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Group seeks even lower levels of fluoride in Utah water
County officials in Davis and Salt Lake counties are asking their health departments to again review how much fluoride is added to area drinking water after a request Tuesday by Waterwatch of Layton. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed changing the recommended fluoride level to 0.7 milligrams per liter of […]
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Calgary fluoride debate delayed to Jan. 26 to allow more input
Council will delay deciding on the future of fluoride in Calgary’s water system until a public hearing later this month, but one aldermen questions whether members’ minds are already made up and that a hearing would be largely ceremonial. Ten of 15 aldermen had lent signatures to a motion Monday that would have ended Calgary’s […]
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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 to Bar Fluoride-Based Pesticide
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to grant three environmental groups’ petition to end the use of sulfuryl fluoride, an insecticide and food fumigant manufactured by Dow AgroSciences. The Dow product, approved by EPA as an alternative to methyl bromide, is used on hundreds of food commodities. Citing concerns about children’s […]
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HHS Recommends Lower Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water
Two federal agencies have announced that they are taking new measures to reduce levels of fluoride in drinking water because Americans increasingly encounter the mineral from other sources, such as fluoridated toothpaste. The overriding goal of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to reverse a […]
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Cape Breton: Fluoridation exploration
Canadians got a wake-up call on the importance of water supply safety in May 2000 when seven residents of Walkerton, Ont. died as a direct result of drinking tap water contaminated with E. coli. An inquiry concluded water utility workers failed to use adequate amounts of chlorine, among other mistakes. American health officials began adding […]
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Calgary: Fluoride opponents at City Hall back away from quick vote
It might not be decision day on fluoridation after all. Council should delay its debate on removing fluoride from Calgary water to hold a public hearing on the issue later this month, Ald. Druh Farrell said Monday morning. The alderman leading the anti-fluoride side had gathered signatures from nine of her 14 colleagues backing her […]
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Calgary: Finances soak fluoride debate
Although removing fluoride from Calgary’s water would save money, some aldermen argue cost shouldn’t factor into the debate. Ald. Druh Farrell will bring forward a notice of motion today asking city council to vote in favour of removing fluoride from the city’s water. She said if fluoride is kept in the water, the city’s fluoridation […]
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Taiwan has no intentions of tightening fluoride standards
Taiwan – Taiwan has no intentions of tightening fluoride standards Environmental authorities in Taiwan yesterday said they have no plans to tighten the standards for fluoride in drinking water, despite the U.S. government’s recent move to do so. The US government has lowered the permitted level of fluoride in tap water to 0.7 mg per liter, […]
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Editorial: Who Knew? Fear of fluoride proves not so wrong after all
Well, now, maybe the Texarkanas are not the bastions of bumpkinism people thought when we sank our teeth into the fluoride debate. Time, tests and tainted teeth tell the tale of the wisdom of voter sooth-daying, or tooth-saying. From time to time, people have mounted campaigns to add fluoridation to the cities’ water supply. A […]
United States, Arkansas