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Bellingham will not add Fluoride to drinking water
BELLINGHAM — With changes to fluoride regulations in drinking water being in recent news reports, the Department of Public Works announced today fluoride has never and will never be added to the town’s drinking water system. During routine sampling of the town’s raw water, there is testing done for fluoride, and the results have shown […]
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Call to fluoridate Canterbury water
The head of Dental Health Services in Canterbury is calling for a fluoridated water supply in the region. Dr Martin Lee, the Canterbury clinical director of Community Dental Services, said a Ministry of Health report on oral health in New Zealand highlighted a growing need to fluoridate Canterbury’s drinking water. The New Zealand Oral Health […]
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Fluoridegate: Fluoride spots on teeth the tip of the iceberg
NOTE: This press release was released by Dan Stockin of The Lillie Center, Inc. Decades of assurances that consuming fluoride in drinking water is a safe and an effective way to prevent cavities are being called into question as a jarring Fluoridegate controversy erupts across the nation. A series of disclosures are surfacing about the […]
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San Diego: Residents argue against fluoridated water plan
Dozens of people showed up at Tuesday morning’s San Diego City Council meeting to voice their concerns about fluoridated water. The city was supposed to start adding the compound to its treatment plants last month, but delayed the move to make sure the staff and systems were ready. Last week, federal health officials announced they […]
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Calgary: When in doubt, take the fluoride out
Everyone is suddenly using the F-word. Fluoride. I don’t recall the issue surfacing during the civic election campaign last fall. But suddenly, council wants to talk about removing fluoride from Calgary’s drinking water, and just as suddenly, everyone is weighing in with instant vehemence, as if they’d been fulminating on it for a long time […]
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What the #!%*?: Calgary’s fluoride debate
In this occasional feature, the Post tells you everything you need to know about a complicated issue. Today: Sarah Boesveld examines Calgary’s debate about removing fluoride from the city’s water. Q: Why is Calgary talking fluoride? A: The presence of fluoride in Calgary’s city-supplied drinking water, meant to prevent tooth decay, is one of the […]
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EPA proposes phaseout of fluoride-based pesticide
U.S. EPA today proposed to start gradually banning a pesticide often used on cocoa beans and dried fruits that degrades to fluoride, a move closely linked to the Obama administration’s decision last week to curb the maximum levels of fluoride in drinking water out of concern for children’s health. EPA’s bid to wind down legal […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: EPA moves to ban pesticide that leaves fluoride behind
After years of pressure from environmental groups, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to ban sulfuryl fluoride by 2014. Sulfuryl fluoride is used to fumigate places where food is stored, and the stuff gets sprayed on grains, dried fruit, coffee, cocoa beans and nuts. The problem with sulfuryl fluoride is that it leaves fluoride behind […]
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ADA objects to downgrading of CDC’s Oral Health Division
American Dental Association 1111 14th Street N.W. Washington DC 2005 January 11, 2011 Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Sebelius: The American Dental Association (ADA) is very disturbed to learn that the Division of […]
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Maine urges water districts to cut fluoride now
The acting commissioner of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services urged the state’s water districts Monday to immediately reduce the amount of fluoride in drinking water, following federal guidelines announced last week. Maine calls for 1 to 2 parts per million of fluoride — which has been shown to prevent tooth decay — to […]
United States, Maine