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Warwick and Stanthorpe: Fluoride to flow next week
IT’S four months late, but in a week or so the water Warwick and Stanthorpe residents drink, wash and water their gardens with will contain fluoride. The State Government roll-out was introduced as a scheme to improve dental care for young people. While supporters say it’s vital for dental health, those against believe it’s mass […]
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Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation
Because fluoride can disproportionately harm poor citizens and black families, Atlanta civil rights leaders, Andrew Young and Dr. Gerald Durley, have asked Georgia legislators to repeal the state’s mandatory water fluoridation law. Andrew Young, former U.N. Ambassador and former Atlanta Mayor, along with Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Atlanta, both […]
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Citizen activists need GRAMA to fight the good fight
Lorna Rosenstein is a GRAMA [Government Records Access and Management Act] warrior… Rosenstein heads the volunteer group Utah Water Watch. While government officials dispute many of her claims and conclusions about water fluoridation, no one can doubt her dogged determination to investigate the issue… Read full article
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Prof in bid for fluoride study funds
More government-funded research is needed to investigate health concerns arising from fluoridation, says a United States anti-fluoride campaigner, who visited Dunedin recently. Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, an environmental chemist, of St Lawrence University, New York, outlined the “case against fluoride” at a public meeting attended by about 60 people. He is director of the International […]
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Hamilton’s fluoride debate rages
Fluoridation of the municipal water supply is either an oddball and unethical medical practice with close to zero benefits and significant health risks – or one of our greatest public health achievements. It all depends on who you believed at a Hamilton City Council workshop yesterday, where touring US professor Paul Connett presented the case […]
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Calgary fluoride decision final
Plans to take fluoride out of Calgary’s drinking water are going ahead. Alberta Environment says it reviewed four statements of concern over city council’s decision to discontinue fluoride in Calgary water. The city voted 10-3 in February to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. Two dentists, a doctor and Alberta Health Services urged […]
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North Burnett: CMC dismisses fluoride complaint
THE Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) has not found any evidence in complaints made by North Burnett anti-fluoride campaigners that Queensland’s chief health officer Jeannette Young gave misleading information to the State Government to help push for mandatory fluoridation. Anti Fluoride Alliance member Colin Bishop asked for the CMC investigation after what he believed was […]
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Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation
Because fluoride can disproportionately harm poor citizens and black families, Atlanta civil rights leaders, Andrew Young and Dr. Gerald Durley, have asked Georgia legislators to repeal the state’s mandatory water fluoridation law. Andrew Young, former U.N. Ambassador and former Atlanta Mayor, along with Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Atlanta, both […]
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Pakistan: Vicious circle of fluoride contamination, illness and poverty
Tharparkar in Pakistani’s Sindh Province relies heavily on underground water sources because it has no rivers, but fluoride contamination is proving a major source of illness, experts say. “The worst affected villages are Samoon Rind, Kalario, Narovari and Sukhani,” Iftikhar Ahmed, a researcher from Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) said. “In Samoon Rind alone, […]
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Lethbridge: A healthy debate over fluoridation
City is taking right approach to making an informed decision on fluoride issue Fluoridation – a safe, effective boon to dental health or a process with overrated benefits and possible health consequences? The answer likely depends on which side of the debate you’re on. Both sides come armed with studies and facts to support their […]
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