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Polyvinyl fluoride: DuPont and Suntech sign strategic agreement
DuPont and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. STP -1.21% , the world’s largest producer of solar panels, have signed a strategic agreement to help increase the supply of photovoltaic materials and technologies for the growing global market for solar energy. The agreement focuses on technology advancements, supply chain optimization cost reduction initiatives, and DuPont(TM) Tedlar® […]
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Sedgwick County: Peterjohn, Ranzau state opposition to city fluoridation
WICHITA — What started out as a proclamation declaring February National Children’s Dental Health Month turned into a political discussion about fluoridation and “Obamacare” this morning at the Sedgwick County commission meeting. Commissioners were discussing the proclamation when Karl Peterjohn and Richard Ranzau spoke out against putting fluoride in water for everyone. They said they […]
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Proposed legislative bill requires accountability for drinking water additives
*SB 3760 by *Gresham. (HB 3790 by *Dennis.) Water – As introduced, requires manufacturers of products added to public water systems to verify the safety of such products to the system operators. – Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7. Fiscal Summary Increase State Expenditures – $213,900/General […]
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Halton to continue water fluoridation
A natural mineral. A great equalizer. One of the most important health interventions of the last century. A toxin. A forced medicine. A cancer causer. The words used to describe the fluoride added to Halton’s drinking water differed greatly between delegates during Tuesday’s regional fluoridation vote. The meeting drew concerned parents, seniors and students who […]
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Bundaberg Regional Council revolts at fluoride plan
BUNDABERG Regional Council has staged a revolt over state government plans to force the fluoridation of the region’s water supply. Councillor Alan Bush, a long-time opponent of fluoridation, yesterday succeeded in getting the council to agree not to go ahead with the work until the government meets council representatives and addresses their concerns. Cr Bush […]
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Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara Falls NY, 1942-47: NIOSH Special Exposure Cohort
This report (pages 1-51) evaluates the feasibility of reconstructing doses for all workers who worked in any area at the Electro Metallurgical (also known as Electro Met) for the period from August 13, 1942 through June 30, 1953. It provides information and analyses germane to considering a petition for adding a class of employees to […]
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NYT Letters: Fluoridation Pro and Con
To the Editor: Re “Dental Exam Went Well? Thank Fluoride” (Personal Health, Jan. 24): When the three of us (retired professors in chemistry, physics and biology) wrote a book on the fluoridation controversy, we hoped it would raise the level of the debate. In “The Case Against Fluoride,” our arguments were supported with numerous scientific […]
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Another Push to Add Fluoride to Public Drinking Water
Convincing a majority of lawmakers of the benefits of requiring fluoride in New Jersey’s public water supply has been like pulling teeth for years in the New Jersey legislature. The long-hoped for measure by dentists has consistently been opposed by some environmentalists and water companies. But on Monday, the Assembly’s health committee took another shot […]
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NJ Assembly panel OKs bill to fluoridate state water supply
TRENTON – Water companies throughout New Jersey would be required to add fluoride to the public water supply under a bill an Assembly panel passed Monday, at the urging of dentists and public health professionals but over the objections of environmentalists and utility officials. The bill’s passage before the Assembly Health Committee was never in […]
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China to eliminate endemic diseases in 5 yrs
BEIJING – China will establish a long-term working system to prevent and cure endemic diseases in key areas, according to a plan jointly issued by the Ministry of Health, National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance. The plan said that China will continue to work on eliminating iodine deficiency in 90 percent […]
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