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Kaitangata will soon have fluoridated water supply
After receiving a strong support from the residents, fluoridation of Kaitangata Water Treatment Plant will commence on February 14. It is believed to bring some positive changes in dental health of the users. Currently, the plant caters to Kaitangata Township and to the Wangaloa Rural Water Scheme. The council has been seeking advice on this […]
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Sangrur and Patiala districts: SOS to central ministers over arsenic and fluoride contamination in Sangrur water
SANGRUR: Alleging that the state government was at best biased and discriminatory and at worst quite indifferent in handling the situation arising out of arsenic and fluorine contamination in water in various villages in Sangrur and Patiala districts, the Congress has brought the matter to the notice of the Union Health Ministry and the Union […]
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Calgary: Fluoride debate may go to plebiscite, again
As city council prepares to debate the fluoride issue today, the chief medical officer for Calgary is urging aldermen to send it to an expert panel before making any decisions. Many on council have said they oppose fluoride being added to Calgary’s drinking water. In fact, late last month, a city committee recommended the practice […]
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Calgary: Aldermen ready to pull plug on fluoride
Half of Calgary’s aldermen say support for a fluoride-treated water supply has dried up and its fate shouldn’t be decided in a public vote. Ald. John Mar, along with several other council members polled by the Sun ahead of Monday’s meeting where fluoride will be debated, are ready to pull the plug on Mayor Naheed […]
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Verchères council votes unanimously to end fluoridation
An email sent to Gilles Parent from Luc Fortin, a council member of Verchères, announced that the council voted unanimously to end fluoridation. The resolution was made on Feb 7, 2011, and the fluoride was turned off on Feb 8. The email sent to Gilles: Adopté à l’unanimité ! (J’en était le “proposeur”) La résolution […]
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Fairbanks fluoride task force closer to making decision on water additive
FAIRBANKS — The city’s fluoride task force is getting close to consensus on whether fluoride should keep going into the city’s water supply. Most members of the six-person committee favor terminating the fluoridation of water, according to a meeting Tuesday. “I think there are two reasonable options on the table. I probably could have gotten […]
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Mildura. Anti-fluoride expert here: Professor Connett to put case against additive in our water
FLUORIDE will be thrust back into the spotlight this month with a visit from environmental activitist Professor Paul Connett. Prof Connett, executive director of the world-wide Fluroide Action Network, will speak at two meetings at the Setts in Mildura on February 20. He will meet local health professionals, including doctors and dentists, at 10am, before […]
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Atomic weapons workers at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion begged for assistance in 1957 from Ohio Department of Health
PORTSMOUTH, OHIO (HNN) – While the Atomic Energy Commission produced video tells of all the construction and benefits of the new plant in Portsmouth, the union workers began complaining about disease — Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Tuberculosis. Dated February 19, 1957, the president of Local 10-689, C.A. Romine, sent the letter to Thomas Mancuso of the […]
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Valloney Baloney Redux
City Council member Peter Vallone, Jr. was not happy with ACSH’s recent response to his efforts to ban the fluoridation of New York’s tap water. Ignoring decades of evidence that the addition of fluoride, a substance that protects against cavities, has been one of the most effective public health measures of the century, Mr. Vallone […]
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Fond du Lac fluoride levels are reduced after CDC warns of health risks
The City of Fond du Lac has reduced the level of fluoride added to its municipal drinking water following a recent health alert from the Centers for Disease Control. Fluoride in the U.S. water supply should contain the lowest amount of the mineral recommended while the Environmental Protection Agency reviews the maximum level allowable, the […]
United States, Wisconsin CDC