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Fluoride in water lowers IQ levels: report
Exposure to fluoride may lower children’s intelligence, says a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Fluoride is added to 70 percent of U.S. public drinking water supplies. For the study, 512 children aged 8-13 years in two Chinese villages were tested – Wamaio with an […]
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Fraser Coast: Fluoride introduction postponed
CONTROVERSIAL F-Day, scheduled for December 31, has been postponed. Fluoride, ordered for most of our region by the State Government, will only start gushing through our taps at the end of February. “The primary reason for the delay is that we are still waiting on some critical dosing equipment that unfortunately hasn’t arrived as agreed […]
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Authorities can’t get fluoride dosages right in Queensland’s water supplies
QUEENSLAND’S water bosses have breached health regulations again. After two years of trying, they still can’t get the fluoride dosage right in the State’s water supplies. After accurately dosing the water for the first time in the April-June quarter this year, water authorities bungled it again between July and September, underdosing one plant. The Amity […]
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Do We Really Need Fluoride In Water?
Have you ever wondered why we need to have fluoride in drinking water when there is already fluoride in our toothpaste? The October 2010 issue of the journal of the American Dental Association has confirmed that infants fed with formula milk prepared from fluoridated water run a greater risk of fluorosis (mottling and discolouration of […]
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Fluoridation of Water: Communist Conspiracy, Genuine Threat or Both?
Who can forget the scene from Kubrick’s classic movie Dr. Strangelove of screws-loose General Jack D. Ripper pontificating to straight-laced British group captain Lionel Mandrake about the dangers of fluoride in water—even as machine-gun fire tears up his office? “Mandrake,” says Ripper, “Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?” “Well,” says […]
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Sheridan City Council to move forward with fluoridation of public water
The Sheridan City Council Monday night listened to a room full of people give their opinion on fluoridating the public water system. The debate started with local dentists and physicians offering their support for the idea with an array of statistics showing the benefit of fluoridation. After hearing from the proponents of the idea, the […]
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San Antonio: Reversal of fluoride: BexarMet retracts decision
The Bexar Metropolitan Water District (BexarMet) has reversed a controversial decision it made only a few months ago. BexarMet board members have voted to put fluoride back in the water. In October, BexarMet ended its contract with its fluoride provider. The move came under fire for going against a city ordinance requiring water providers to […]
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San Diego: Planned fluoridation of San Diego’s drinking water put on hold
The city of San Diego will not add fluoride to water as scheduled Wednesday, it was announced. Officials planned to increase the fluoride levels in the cities of San Diego, Coronado, Del Mar and Imperial Beach. Arian Collins, of the city Public Utilities Department, said Tuesday no new date has been set. “The staff just […]
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Fluoride in Water Linked to Lower IQ in Children
Exposure to fluoride may lower children’s intelligence says a study pre-published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (online December 17, 2010). Fluoride is added to 70% of U.S. public drinking water supplies. According to Paul Connett, Ph.D., director of the Fluoride Action Network, “This is the 24th […]
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Potsdam: Connett Raising Fluoride Awareness
CANTON – He has spent 14 years fighting fluoride, but Paul H. Connett thinks next year might be his break-through year. The professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University recently published a book, “The Case against Fluoride,” and has spent most of this fall traveling around the globe promoting it. Mr. Connett has espoused […]
United States, New York