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$2.14 billion project underway to relocate 392,000 people due to fluoride-contaminated water
A project that will cost nearly 14 billion yuan ($ 2.14 billion) to relocate people from remote mountainous areas in Northwest China has started, a provincial government said. The relocation project, prompted by health concerns, is targeting residents living in northern Shaanxi’s poverty-stricken Baiyu mountainous areas. The project will take 10 years to help 392,000 […]
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Saint John: Gap in city’s fluoride flow could last for six months
SAINT JOHN – Residents who live west of the Reversing Falls bridge will not have fluoride in their tap water for the next four to six months, a city official says. Major work at the Spruce Lake watershed means construction workers will need to cut into fluoride lines, said Nicole Taylor, Saint John Water’s operations […]
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Fluoride levels may be on decline
The federal government’s announcement that fluoride levels in drinking water will likely be lowered this year didn’t come as a surprise to Florence dentist William McClanahan. “I don’t think we’re going to notice much of a difference in our patients,” he said. “And it’s probably a good thing. I’ve seen several kids who’ve gotten too […]
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Water contamination in Thar Desert
Fluorosis, a disease caused by high intake of fluoride, is becoming endemic in Tharparkar with more than 250 of the 950 people in Samoon Rind village having developed bone deformities and skeletal and dental fluorosis due to the consumption of groundwater with high levels of fluoride. According to reports, severe drought-like conditions, decreasing water level […]
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Windsor: To Fluoride , Or Not To Fluoride
Windsor City Councillors Ed Sleimann, Drew Dilkens and Bill Marra say they’ve been getting a “flurry” of emails from members of the public who think it’s time to remove fluoride from public drinking water. Fluoridation started in 1958 after studies showed children who drank fluoridated water had fewer cavities. It was considered a way to […]
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Marathon leak prompts brief shelter-in-place order
TEXAS CITY — The east side of the city was under a shelter-in-place order because of a leak of butane that contains small amounts of hydrofluoric acid at Marathon’s Texas City refinery, emergency management officials confirmed. The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 6 p.m. about an hour after it was issued. The isolated order covered […]
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Nitrogen Trifluoride: LCD TV supply chain disrupted by material shortages due to Japan quake
When northeast Japan was hit by tsunami following a devastating earthquake two weeks ago, we provided an account of the direct impact suffered by Japanese consumer electronics companies including Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba. However, a fortnight later more details have emerged regarding the potential disruption to the supply chain of flat-screen LCD HDTV production – […]
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Letter in Scientific American: Skeptical About Fluoride
I was saddened to see the inclusion of water fluoridation in Michael Shermer’s “The Conspiracy Theory Detector.” Perhaps Shermer should go back and look at Scientific American’s own coverage of fluoride [see “Second Thoughts about Fluoride,” by Dan Fagin; January 2008] or, better still, read the science in the 2006 National Research Council report “Fluoride […]
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New pro-fluoridation website sets the facts straight in NH
Today the New Hampshire Dental Society (NHDS) launched a new website (http://www.fluoridefactsnh.com) that serves to inform the public and address questions about community water fluoridation. The website includes general information on water fluoridation, its history, fast facts about fluoride and additional resources. The site also allows users to find local dentists. “Research shows that optimally […]
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Dover: Dental leaders in Dover tout economical benefits of fluoride
DOVER — It was a toothy discussion as James Williamson, executive director with the New Hampshire Dental Society, and Puneet Kochlar, DMD and president of the group’s local chapter, met with Foster’s editorial board on Thursday. The fluoride debate, regulations for dentists and dental hygienists and cosmetic dentistry were all on the table during the […]
United States, New Hampshire