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Dallas: New Anti-Fluoridation Group Warns About Dallas’s “Poisoned” Taps
Alan Smith says he can’t get any clean water to drink because his tap’s poisoned — and that’s the same old tap water everyone else in Dallas is drinking. Every drop, of course, is treated with fluoride to reduce cavities — but each time Smith pours a cup of water, he doesn’t see cavity control. […]
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Red Deer: Snow removal, fluoride hot topics at council event
Excerpts: Snow clearing and cavity fighting were the hot button topics at Saturday’s meet-city-council event. The mayor and city councillors were joined by more than 30 staff from all departments who were on hand to answer questions and hear concerns at the Bower Place Shopping Centre. Councillor Dianne Wyntjes said the message she was getting […]
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Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit: Presentation by Dr. Dick Ito
Excerpt: Guidelines: Water Fluoride Concentrations • Maximum Acceptable Concentrations (MAC) 1.5 ppm – Health Canada, Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, 6th Ed, 1996 • Levels above MAC must be reported to the MOH • Optimal Fluoride Concentration 0.5 – 0.8 ppm – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Technical Support Document for Ontario Drinking Water […]
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Capricorn Coast: Fluoride now on tap in coast’s homes
THE entire Capricorn Coast is now drinking fluoridated water. Fitzroy River Water has completed the installation, and has commenced operation of the $1.3 million fluoridation equipment at the Woodbury, and also Mount Morgan, water treatment plants. A Rockhampton Regional Council spokeswoman yesterday said previously about 20% to 25% of the Capricorn Coast’s drinking water supply […]
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Finally, govt releases fluorosis control funds
As the financial year comes to a close, the state health department is releasing the Central funds for fluorosis control in four districts. The state was sitting on the funds, which the Centre had released for these districts around eight months ago. The districts chosen by the government for the first phase of the programme […]
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Resurgence of fipronil in China
Note from Fluoride Action Network. Fipronil is a highly toxic pesticide. This is it’s molecular formula: The restriction of insecticide fipronil issued by the MOA, which banned its registrations, sales and usage on most crops in China since 2009, only exemptions have been granted for residential use, corn and exports. Yet the execution for fipronil […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Rep. Dennis Cardoza Accuses EPA Head of “Agency Activism”
Rep. Dennis Cardoza released the following statement: Today, U.S. Congressman Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) grilled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson on the agency’s lack of concern about the impact of its regulations on agriculture producers. Comparing the agency’s zealousness to “judicial activism,” Congressman Cardoza said the EPA’s “agency activism” is burdening farmers with extreme regulations […]
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Illinois: Calcium fluoride pond closure project at Honeywell Metropolis conversion plant
Honeywell uranium conversion plant, Metropolis, Illinois NRC License No. SUB-526, Docket No. 04003392 Converdyn Aerial view: Google Maps · MSRMaps NRC Facility Info (Decommissioning) Calcium FLUORIDE pond closure project at Honeywell Metropolis conversion plant Honeywell pays US$ 12 million fine for illegal waste storage at Metropolis conversion plant On March 11, 2011, Honeywell announced that […]
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Southampton: Anger over Department of Health study into dental fluorosis
CAMPAIGNERS have accused health bosses of wanting to use Hampshire residents as “guinea pigs” to test if fluoridating water causes damage to teeth, the Daily Echo can reveal. The Department of Health (DoH) hopes the controversial scheme to add the chemical to tap water in and around Southampton will help with studies into dental fluorosis […]
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HHS: All infant formulas contain fluoride; Avoid Mixing with fluoridated water
All infant formulas, either concentrated or ready-to-feed, already contain some fluoride and, when routinely mixed with fluoridated water, increase the risk of dental fluorosis (discolored teeth), according to Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a video commentary published on Medscape.com, March 8, 2011. (1) Fluoride, […]
United States, National USA