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Sacramento: First 5 to cut $17 million from fluoridation projects in the County
The First 5 Sacramento Commission on Monday slashed $48.5 million from programs serving young children in the county. The cuts were necessary because the state recently took $1 billion in reserve funds from First 5 commissions across California to help balance the state budget… The biggest cut, $17 million, was made to a project that […]
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Rous Water: Fluoride argument headed for court
THE fluoridation of water will be put on trial after a ruling by the Land and Environment Court on the legality of Rous Water dosing the region’s water supply with the controversial chemical. [ See ruling: Oshlack v Rous Water ] The ruling, which has been described by lawyers and anti-fluoride activists as “landmark” and […]
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Letter: Fluoridation Regulation
Contrary to the assertions of George Van Dyke Tiers, the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs was justified in accepting the objections submitted by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and others on the use by Dow AgroSciences of sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume) as a post-harvest food fumigant (C&EN, Feb. 28, page 5). Any independent review of FAN’s […]
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ADA celebrates 66 years of fluoridation
Pittsburgh—The ADA, the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention celebrated 66 years of community water fluoridation at the National Oral Health Conference April 12, honoring more than 100 states and communities with 2010 Fluoridation Awards at Pittsburgh’s Westin Convention Center. Caption under photo: Honored: Dr. Steven […]
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The Truth About Fluoridation in Watsonville
On February 02, 2010 the following editorial was published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel regarding fluoridation in Watsonville. Emilio Martinez wrote: The Sentinel’s editorial regarding our city of Watsonville and fluoridation Feb. 24 is in need of clarification and additional facts. The California Dental Association CDA did not offer $2 million to fluoridate as reported. […]
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Whitecourt. Editorial: Do you want town water fluoridated?
It began with a letter to the editor, was followed by a request for the town’s attention, and now has led to Whitecourt council asking for citizens’ written opinions. The issue is fluoridation of water. Since 1965 Whitecourt has been adding fluoride to its water supply.Like most Canadian communities, it was responding to an identified […]
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Fluoride foes file lawsuits against Port Angeles, Forks
Fluoride opponents filed a lawsuit last week against the cities of Port Angeles and Forks in hopes of ending the practice of fluoridating public water on the North Olympic Peninsula. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Clallam County Superior Court, is the third the activists have filed against Port Angeles and the first against Forks. Forks […]
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Conflict of interest discovered for Army Corps of Engineers’ phosphate mining environmental impact contractor
The Ecology Party of Florida has discovered a direct conflict of interest with CH2M Hill, the engineering firm awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) contract for preparing the Areawide Environmental Impact Statement (AEIS) on phosphate mining. The AEIS is supposed to determine all of the direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of phosphate […]
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Fluoridation debate is not settled
I appreciate Mr. Kochhar’s response to my previous letter regarding the hazards and ineffectiveness of fluoride in the water supply. Unfortunately, he failed to address the most salient point of my letter, which is that the rate of tooth decay in countries that do not fluoridate their drinking water is the same as in those […]
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New Entry Restriction on Fluorine Industry in China, Angel or Devil?
Guangzhou-In November 2010, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC released new standards of the access to fluorine industry. New plants with low productivity will be scaled out. The new restriction policy stimulated fluorine industrial stock price rise. It is generally considered a good sign for the fluorine chemical industry integration. The raw material […]
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