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San Bernardino County: High fluoride levels in drinking water
Note: The East Valley Water District provides water service to San Bernardino and surrounding territory. A full service area map can be viewed at their website . Flouride [sic] notice from East Valley Water District East Valley Water District Public Notice Published: Thursday, October 28, 2010 5:04 PM CDT Since August 1996, East Valley Water […]
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Crescent City. Our view: It’s a no-brainer: City Measure A is bad medicine
A decades-old public policy dispute has landed in the laps of Crescent City voters: Measure A on the Nov. 2 city ballot would prohibit the fluoridation of our water. We’re not alone. Despite widespread water fluoridation, it’s an issue that pops up from time to time in American communities big and small. And unlike most […]
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Waterloo votes No fluoride
It won by the thinnest of margins, but Waterloo voters decided to turn off the tap on water fluoridation for the first time since the practice started in 1967. It took until the final two polls for the No side to eke out a victory with 50.3 per cent of the vote. When all the […]
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Rous water: The changing face of Rous
As the challenge of how to ensure ongoing future water supplies becomes one of the biggest issues facing the Australian nation, the election of a new chair to the board of Rous Water could herald some changes in how we plan and develop our local water supply strategies. Byron councillor Richard Staples was last week […]
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Cairns: Residents take fluoride fight to UN
The Cairns Regional Council says it will try to delay the addition of fluoride to water in the region’s north as residents prepare to take international court action. A group of residents in the former Douglas Shire is planning to take action in the United Nations’ International Court to prevent fluoride being added to their […]
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EU report: Study on waste related issues of newly listed POPs and candidate POPs
This report, dated August 26, 2010, was released on October 27, 2010. POP = Persistent Organic Pollutant Brief Excerpts: 1 Executive summary Based on the background of the amended Stockholm Convention the intention of the study is in particular to provide the European Commission with • A compilation and evaluation of existing data on the […]
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Amesbury Health Dept. launches fluoride program
The Amesbury Health Department, in cooperation with the Amesbury Department of Public Works and the Mayor’s Office, has announced the implementation of a fluoride program for eligible residents. This program is being implemented due to the discontinuance of fluoride in the public water supply, which resulted from a problem with the fluoride product purchased from […]
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Hoquiam Council votes down fluoride
Hoquiam Mayor Jack Durney still hopes to move toward adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water despite a rejection from the City Council and a… The rest of the article is only available by subscription * * * * * * * * * The Associated Press reported in SeattlePI: Hoquiam Mayor Jack Durney hopes […]
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Bellingen Shire: Fluoride to be added to another north coast public water supply
A controversial project to add fluoride to the Bellingen shire’s public water supply will begin in December. Six years ago the Bellingen council surveyed residents to see if they wanted fluoridated water and more than 70 per cent of those responding said ‘no’. But the New South Wales Department of Health has now approved the […]
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Delaware Valley schools spitting out fluoride program
For years, elementary school teachers throughout Delaware Valley School District have reached into their desks just after morning announcements, pulled out bulk-sized bottles of prescription medicine and dispensed pills to students. But the practice of dispensing fluoride tablets — the supplement for kids who drink well water at home — will likely stop in November. […]
United States, Pennsylvania