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Q & A: Who decides on fluoride in Calgary’s water?
Calgary has spent a lot of time mulling whether fluoride should flow through the water in city taps. And on Monday, after six plebiscites in the city’s history – the most recent in 1995, voting to keep the fluoride in – city councillor Druh Farrell will put forth a motion to lose the tooth-protectant chemical […]
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Some medicinal chemists can’t get enough fluorines in their molecules
Column: In the pipeline Some medicinal chemists can’t get enough fluorines in their molecules. Derek Lowe explains the love-hate relationship Fluorine is a nasty element. That may be an unfair judgment, but I’m prepared to defend it, at least as long as we’re talking about the zero-oxidation-state pure element. I have never used fluorine gas, […]
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HHS and EPA announce new scientific assessments and actions on fluoride
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today are announcing important steps to ensure that standards and guidelines on fluoride in drinking water continue to provide the maximum protection to the American people to support good dental health, especially in children. HHS is proposing […]
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Bloomberg: Fluoride in Drinking Water Should Be Capped, HHS Says
Fluoride in the U.S. water supply should be limited because the additive is damaging children’s teeth, federal officials said in announcing the first restrictions in almost 50 years. Drinking water should contain the lowest amount of the mineral recommended as the Environmental Protection Agency reviews the maximum level allowable, the Department of Health and Human […]
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CNN: Government recommends lowering fluoride levels in U.S. drinking water
The federal government is recommending changing the amount of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in 50 years. The Department of Health and Human Services and Environmental Protection Agency are proposing the change because of an increase in fluorosis — a condition that causes spotting and streaking on children’s teeth. The government is […]
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U.S. Catches Up with Science On Fluoride in Drinking Water
Washington, D.C. – Since 2005, Environmental Working Group (EWG) has been pushing the federal government and municipal water utilities to reduce the levels of fluoride in drinking water to protect children from tooth enamel damage (“dental fluorosis”) and other potential health problems. Today those concerns have been heard. The nation’s top health official, Health and […]
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EPA releases new fluoride risk assessment documents
Fluoride Risk Assessment and Relative Source Contribution Fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 29K) EPA has completed and peer-reviewed a quantitative dose-response assessment based on the available data for severe dental fluorosis as recommended by National Research Council (NRC). Additional research will be necessary to obtain dose-response data amenable to a quantitative risk assessment for Stage […]
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ADA Applauds HHS Action on Recommended Fluoride Level in Drinking Water
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Dental Association (ADA) today commended the Federal agencies responsible for public health and safety for recalibrating the ratio of fluoride to water that they consider optimal based on scientific evaluation and the full appreciation of fluoride received from all sources. As a science-based organization, the ADA supports […]
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AP EXCLUSIVE: US says too much fluoride in water
Fluoride in drinking water — credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay — may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids’ teeth. A reported increase in the spotting problem is one reason the federal government will announce Friday it plans to lower the […]
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Grand Rapids. Study proposes reducing fluoride in city water supply, one of Grand Rapids’ claims to fame
Fluoride in drinking water — credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay — may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids’ teeth. That led the federal government Friday to lower its recommended level of fluoride in the municipal water systems. The U.S. Department […]
United States, Michigan