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Southampton. Fluoride: By gum it’s complicated
NEWS that health bosses are determined to go ahead with plans to add fluoride to the Southampton city regional water supply should not surprise us one drop. The fact the South West Strategic Health Authority (SHA) has already fought and won one highly expensive legal battle at tax-payers’ expense to stay on course with their […]
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Hazmat crews respond to chemical spill at Rock Island water treatment plant
ROCK ISLAND— It was just before one o’clock Thursday afternoon when hazmat crews were called to the Rock Island water treatment plant for a chemical spill coming from a tanker truck. “It’s a corrosive agent that the water treatment plant uses, overflow caused spillage out of the building onto driveway behind me” said Rock Island […]
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Southampton: ‘We’d throw fluoridation out with SHA’
HEALTH chiefs are wasting time and money pressing ahead with plans to fluoridate water supplies – because council bosses would be able to simply switch it off again once they are handed public health powers, it was claimed last night. South Central Strategic Health Authority has insisted it wants to go ahead with the scheme […]
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Gympie Region: Fluoride not council’s problem
THE alleged fluoride “contamination” of Gympie Region tap water is not something the council can do anything about, even if some residents now find they cannot or will not use the water provided. Councillors this week considered an application for a water rate reduction for a resident who claimed a rare skin disease meant showering […]
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Austin: Fluoride fighters protest Austin water additive
A meeting of the Austin city council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee drew a hefty crowd to City Hall Tuesday afternoon, many waving mock-ups of vintage cigarette advertisements for brands “recommended” by doctors and dentists. The committee met in the council chambers where the audience was nearly full thanks to a call to arms […]
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Southampton: Fluoride will be added to Southampton’s water, despite protests
HEALTH bosses were last night accused of arrogance after revealing they are ploughing ahead with controversial plans to add fluoride to water supplies. South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) wants to bring in the scheme that will affect 200,000 people in Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton, Netley and Rownhams as soon as possible even though it is […]
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Waterloo: Four schools in fluoride pilot program
Four Waterloo Region schools will be involved in a fluoride varnish pilot program as part of a new public health initiative. The program comes in response to regional councillors’ request to find alternatives to water fluoridation after Waterloo voted to end the practice in a November referendum. Under the program, four schools with populations “at […]
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C8 exposure linked to onset of menopause
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Women exposed to higher levels of the toxic chemical C8 were more likely to have experienced menopause, according to a new West Virginia University study that offers some of the strongest evidence to date that such chemicals disrupt the human body’s natural hormone system. The study found an association between chemicals called […]
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San Jose considers fluoridating tap
San Jose is moving forward with a plan to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water. The water district will hold hearings today to talk about the issue. San Jose is the largest city in the U.S. without fluoride in its drinking water. More than 70% of the country has fluoridated water. Health advocates says […]
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Fairbanks group: City should stop putting fluoride in water
No fluoride should be added because city water already contains naturally occurring fluoride, and amounts higher than those levels could harm non-nursing infants, the committee said in a draft report. Five of the six members of the group agreed with the recommendation, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Monday. The committee had a tough choice between […]
United States, Alaska