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ECUADOR: Farming in the Shadow of the Volcano
QUITO, Dec 17 2010 (IPS) – On a clear day, hundreds of families pull over in their cars and snap pictures of the column of smoke spewing out of the Tungurahua volcano in central Ecuador. But people living in towns and villages near the volcano, which has destroyed their way of life by coating their […]
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California American Water’s San Diego County customers to receive fluoridated water from City of San Diego
CORONADO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– California American Water’s customers in its San Diego County service district, which includes the cities of Coronado and Imperial Beach and portions of south San Diego and Chula Vista, will receive fluoridated drinking water beginning Dec. 22, 2010. This change is due to California American Water’s wholesale water supplier, the city of […]
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Burlington: City panel recommends halting fluoride
The issue of whether Burlington’s drinking-water supply should be fluoridated has risen again, almost five years after city residents voted overwhelmingly to continue the practice. A subcommittee of the Public Works Commission this week unanimously recommended that the fluoridation of the city water supply be “deferred” until further scientific studies consider health aspects raised in […]
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Los Angeles: First 5 LA ignores requests for transparency in county fluoridation grants
A request by Coastal Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, a coalition of 15 local groups, to be heard on First 5 LA’s March 13 agenda has gone unanswered with the date for the First 5 LA meeting now past and the date for fluoridation contracts to be issued growing near, the group charged in a […]
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Lake Cowichan: Fluoride vote seems likely
The town of Lake Cowichan may be headed to referendum on the question of fluoridation. Council has considered stopping the fluoridation of the town’s water a number of times over the years, including the most recent consideration in 2002. That’s when the town’s elected officials passed a resolution calling for the question to be asked […]
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Rous Water: Fluoride case continues
The next instalment of the seemingly never-ending fluoride saga has been set for March 14-18 next year in the Land and Environment Court. Lismore resident and anti-fluoride activist Al Oshlack has challenged the decision by Rous Water and Ballina Shire Council to build five dosing plants for the region’s water supply. The case is the […]
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Carmel Valley, Del Mar to have fluoride added to water
COAST CITIES — Certain areas are scheduled to begin fluoridating drinking water beginning Dec. 22. All residents in the city of San Diego, as well as residents of the cities of Del Mar, Coronado and Imperial Beach will be impacted The cities will supplement naturally occurring fluoride and imported fluoridated water in drinking water in […]
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Sparta: Fluoridation alternatives considered
INDEPENDENCE, Va.—Following the vote last Tuesday by the Sparta Town Council to not purchase fluoridated water, the Virginia/Carolina Water Authority agreed to seek alternatives. Sparta Town Manager and Authority Chairman Bryan Edwards asked the authority to take the action, since all parties in North Carolina had opted not to fluoridate the water supply. The Alleghany […]
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Sparta: Town Council nixes fluoridating water
Where Sparta is concerned, said Town Board Chair John Miller after the Dec. 7 surprise vote not to purchase any fluoridated water from the Virginia/Carolina Water Authority, “the debate is over.” The 5-0 vote came after Town Manager Bryan Edwards read a lengthy statement and a motion by John Brady. “Good decision,” said Jerry Brooks, […]
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City of Austin water policy concern
Questions arose over City of Austin water quality Nov. 9 at Travis County Commissioners Court when Dr. Paul Connett, professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University in New York, persuaded the court to take a serious look at Austin’s fluoridation policy. Attention to the issue has been growing since Austin’s Environmental Board requested an […]
United States, Texas