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Morganton will reduce fluoride levels in water
Morganton, NC — City residents probably won’t notice the change, but their water soon will contain 30 percent less fluoride. Jason Green, superintendent of the Morganton water plant, says the city will drop the chemical’s level from 1 milligram of fluoride per liter of water to 0.7 milligrams, because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released […]
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Sacramento: Drinking water fluoridation – a roadblock to greenness?
We keep hearing about our greenness. Here in Sacramento we have a tree program, various recycling programs, and other earth friendly initiatives. But can one policy trump all this? Can a city be truly green when it knowingly adds toxic chemicals imported from China to its drinking water? And to top it all, 99.99% of […]
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Critics want stop to government promotion of water fluoridation
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The controversy over the use of fluoride in drinking water continues. Several legislators are taking a stand, asking that federal officials not promote or endorse water fluoridation. Fluoride has been added to drinking water in the U.S. since the 1940s. The goal was to help prevent tooth decay. “Nowadays we see anywhere […]
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Kaitangata: Fluoridation of water starts today
Kaitangata residents will be drinking fluoridated water from today. Clutha District Council water services manager Hank Stocker said at a recent district assets committee meeting that fluoridation of the Kaitangata supply was due to start today, following on from the fluoridation of the Tapanui water supply in mid-December, and of the Milton supply in mid-January. […]
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Poison Propane?
SALLISAW, OK – – Margie Woodrum needs a cane to find the home where she raised her children. Her eyesight is now failing. “Twenty five years I lived here, and everything was beautiful,” she says as she slowly approaches her former home. “Flowers. We growed all our food.” But even when she finds the front […]
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Southampton: Judge gives go-ahead to add fluoride to city’s tap water supply – despite overwhelming public opposition
Plans to add fluoride to tap water in a major city were endorsed by a judge yesterday despite overwhelming public opposition. Mr Justice Holman rejected claims that the decision-making process was defective and dismissed a legal challenge to the scheme in Southampton. Hampshire council and three quarters of residents oppose the plans drawn up by […]
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European Union: Results of the monitoring of PFAS substances in food 2000 – 2009
Full article at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/2016.pdf Abstract Perfluoroalkylated substances (PFASs) are a large group of compounds consisting of a fully or partially fluorinated hydrophobic alkyl chain and a hydrophilic end group. Due to their thermal and chemical stability they are used in e.g. cleaning agents, impregnation agents for textiles, carpets, paper, packaging, furniture, paint and varnish, fire-extinguishing […]
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HOUSE BILL 901: Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water – Study
By: Delegate Kipke Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2011 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Environment – Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water – Study FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department […]
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Dublin: What new federal fluoride recommendations mean for Dublin
The Federal Department of Health and Human Services recently recommended that community water systems reduce the amount of fluoride added to their water systems to 0.7 milligrams per liter, or parts per million, as the optimal fluoride level to prevent tooth decay. “Dublin San Ramon Services District customers can expect no immediate change to fluoridation […]
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Southampton: ‘I don’t want to be a fluoride guinea pig’
Geraldine Milner was so incensed when her health authority pushed ahead with plans to put fluoride in Southampton’s tap water despite local opposition she fought the decision in the High Court. The mother-of-three said she was “livid” when she learnt fluoride was to be added to the city’s drinking water despite a public consultation which […]
United Kingdom, England