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Saskatoon: Fluoride system set to be replaced
Just days after Calgary city council voted to stop using fluoride in their water, Saskatoon is set to begin a $200,000 renovation to the city’s fluoridation system. Starting next week the entire chemical system at Saskatoon’s water treatment plant will be replaced, according to plant manager Troy LaFreniere. Use of fluoride has become an issue […]
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Saskatoon: City suspending water fluoridation due to upgrade of water treatment plant
The City of Saskatoon is temporarily suspending the addition of fluoride to its treated water. The move is necessary during a construction project to upgrade the city’s water treatment plant, says Jeff Jorgenson, general manger of utility services for the City of Saskatoon. The upgrades include the installation of a new system that will add […]
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Saskatoon: Petition demands fluoride be removed from Saskatoon drinking water
A fight to remove fluoride from Saskatoon’s drinking water could soon boil over. People against the practice are circulating a petition they hope will convince the city. But it may take a lot of public pressure before they get their wish. “I go to coffee shops sometimes, and I hear people talking about it,” said […]
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Ontario, Canada: MOE testing for contamination source in the Binbrook Reservoir
The Ontario Ministry of Environment is expected to begin groundwater sampling testing of the Welland River headwaters for possible sources to the contamination that has been found in fish and turtles in the Binbrook Reservoir since 2009. Jennifer Hall, regional communications advisor for the ministry, said the provincial government will begin a “track back” search […]
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Austin: City Council Is prescribing medicine? Austin experts testify to the dangers of the forced medication of artificial water fluoridation
Fluoride History: Sixty years ago the U.S. Center for Disease Control proposed that fluoride be added to drinking water to prevent cavities. In December 2009, the Austin Environmental Board recommended that city council evaluate the costs and benefits of water fluoridation. In July 2010, Austin Health and Human Services warned mothers not to give fluoridated […]
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NYS Health Officials Disregard Own Fluoride Cautionary Advice
In 1990, the New York State Department of Health (DoH) published a study, “Fluoride: Benefits and Risks of Exposure,” alerting officials that fluoride can be harmful to kidney patients, diabetics and those with fluoride hypersensitivity even at “optimal” levels.(1) But the advice went unheeded, research left undone and today’s claims of safety ring hollow, says […]
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Lack of health studies into fluoride in water’s effects is ‘troubling’
Anti-fluoride campaigner Dr Paul Connett, who gave a speech to the Kapiti Coast District Council regulatory management committee on Thursday, says there were now 24 published studies that indicated moderate to high exposure to fluoride is associated with lowered IQ; there were more than 100 animal experiments which showed fluoride can damage the brain; three […]
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Academic trio add substance to fluoride debate
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Paducah, Kentucky: B&W Conversion Services takes over US Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Project
B&W Conversion Services LLC has assumed responsibility for the Department of Energy Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Project for uranium conversion operations in Paducah (KY) and Portsmouth (OH). March 29 marks the end of the 85-day transition period which began with the Department of Energy’s “Notice to Proceed” issued January 3. BWCS — a limited liability […]
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Fluoridegate and Fluoride Litigation: What law firms need to know about fluoride toxic tort actions
You have probably heard the recent news in the media about fluoride risks; a growing “Fluoridegate” scandal; cities dropping their longstanding policy of water fluoridation; and concerns about fluoride harm to kidneys, bones, thyroid glands, and teeth. For decades, Americans have heard of a long-simmering controversy over the whole-body safety of ingested fluorides. Now government […]
United States, National USA