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Oakville/ Halton: UTM weighs in on debate on fluoride
It has been brought to my attention that the Town of Oakville/Halton Region is considering the removal of fluoride from the water supply. I have learned of this from reading the articles on the topic, primarily from the anti-fluoride group, in The Oakville Beaver. I am a resident of Oakville, in the Clearview area for […]
Canada, Ontario -
Hartland Township ends its water fluoridation program
Hartland Township in Livingston County has voted to immediately stop adding fluoride to its water system. The decision came after a long debate over rumored health risks and government control of water additives. Trustee Glenn Harper brought the issue to the board. He called it a health hazard and says people should decide individually whether […]
United States, Michigan -
Pinellas County’s fluoridation issue will not go to referendum
CLEARWATER — There will be no Pinellas County referendum next year asking voters whether they support adding fluoride to drinking water. Nor a dental care van going to schools to treat youngsters from poor neighborhoods. And for the third time this year, the County Commission also voted Tuesday night to cease fluoridation on Dec. 31. […]
United States, Florida -
Pinellas considers alternative to fluoride that costs more, helps fewer
For $205,000 a year, Pinellas County adds fluoride to drinking water to improve the dental health of 700,000 residents. When commissioners voted to end that practice come Dec. 31, however, they said they wanted an alternative to help those with little access to dental care. But the solution they’ll consider today costs twice as much […]
United States, Florida -
Moncton to drop fluoride from water
Say goodbye to fluoride in your drinking water, Metro Moncton. Moncton city council voted last night to put a moratorium on fluoride use in the municipal water supply for the next five years. The city’s plan is to then review the decision, and in the meantime, council voted that, “Moncton request the N.B. Department of […]
Canada, New Brunswick -
London: Mayor fails to quash meeting on fluoride use
Despite an effort by Mayor Joe Fontana to nix a public meeting on fluoride use in London, politicians have endorsed holding one next month. Council’s civic-works committee received a staff recommendation to hold a meeting on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m., when critics of the long-used additive would be able to voice their concerns about […]
Canada, Ontario -
East Java. Kawah Ijen: Between potential & threat
EXCERPT: After three major eruptions 3,500 years ago that created a caldera measuring 22 by 25 kilometers, the Ijen volcano rose to world fame for its crater lake with the most acidic water in the globe. Looming behind the natural beauty and geothermal energy potential of the Ijen crater or Kawah Ijen, however, is a […]
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Are fluoride supplements good for children?
Fluoride supplements do not reduce tooth decay in baby teeth and the health risks of the supplements have not been adequately studied, according to a new study. The Cochrane Oral Health Group said Monday fluoride supplements significantly increase the risk of dental fluorosis. The condition is a change in appearance of the tooth’s enamel caused […]
United States, National USA -
Studies of Fluoride Supplements: No Evidence of Safety – No Benefit Either
According to the Cochrane Oral Health Group, fluoride supplements fail to reduce tooth decay in primary teeth, permanent teeth cavity-reduction is dubious and health risks are little studied (1). Further, “When fluoride supplements were compared with topical fluorides or with other preventive measures, there was no differential effect on permanent or deciduous teeth,” write Cochrane […]
United States, National USA -
Southampton: MP’s appeal to Government over fluoride
AN MP has written to the Government admit saying it is “morally indefensible” for health bosses to fluoridate Hampshire tap water in the months before they lose their power. Julian Lewis wants public health minister Anne Milton to accept South Central Strategic Health Authority would be acting undemocratically if it introduces the scheme before it […]
United Kingdom, England