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Wellington: Water is safe, officials say
Wellington, Kan. — Posters claiming poison is in the City of Wellington’s drinking water are unfounded and untrue, city officials say. Bright yellow posters claiming “There is Poison in the Tap Water” have been spotted on the north side of Wellington. The posters claim fluoride in the water system is dangerous and could cause neurological […]
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Southampton: Fighting talk on fluoride
A LEADING international critic of water fluoridation is to give a special presentation in Hampshire next month. Professor Paul Connett’s visit comes as campaigners claim there is gathering momentum in their fight against controversial plans to add fluoride to water supplies in and around Southampton. As revealed by the Daily Echo this week, the Government […]
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China: Hormone Disruptors Found in Wild Yangtze River Fish
Beijing, China — A new Greenpeace study has revealed the widespread presence of hazardous chemicals in wild fish caught along the length of the Yangtze River. Some of these chemicals have been banned or are under restricted use in European Union nations as well as other countries. In China, however, these substances are completely unregulated, […]
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Maryville: For some, fluoride is nothing to smile at
Maryville, Mo. — Now that Citizens for a Smoke-free Nodaway County has succeeded in gaining City Council approval for a workplace smoking ban inside the Maryville City Limits, a second group of citizens is seeking similar action against what they see as yet another threat to public health — fluoride in the municipal water supply. […]
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Okotoks: Fluoride use questioned
Fluoride applied to the surface of the teeth is good, but drinking fluoride in water is bad, insists an Okotoks resident. Florence Christophers said she would like the Town of Okotoks to stop adding fluoride to the water and she is presenting a summary of studies conducted on the health effects of drinking fluoridated water […]
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Southampton: Fluoride plans could be scrapped
PLANS to fluoridate Hampshire’s water could be axed as health chiefs lose powers to approve the controversial scheme. The Government has revealed councils are to be given responsibility for fluoridation as part of a shake-up of the NHS that will see strategic health authorities (SHAs) axed. Every local authority in the area affected – covering […]
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Bundaberg: Fluoride grinds to a halt
THE clock is ticking in the countdown to fluoridation, but Bundaberg Regional Councillor Alan Bush says progress has come grinding to a halt over funding uncertainty. “The bottom line is that nothing is happening,” Cr Bush said. “The council can’t do anything … we can’t move forward until we know whether we have funding.” The […]
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Childsmile: Fluoride varnish to be painted on to children’s teeth
Children taking part in a new health initiative in the Lothians will have their milk teeth painted with fluoride varnish in a bid to stop decay. About 150 dentists have signed up to the Childsmile scheme to improve the oral health of the under fives. The youngsters will have the varnish applied every six months […]
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Green Party of Canada calls for ban on the fluoridation chemicals hexafluorosilicic acid and sodium silicofluoride.
At its Convention in Toronto, August 20-22, 2010, the Green Party of Canada passed the following resolution (also available in French). Note: In the U.S. over 90% of drinking water fluoridation schemes use hexafluorosilicic acid and sodium silicofluoride. Considerations: This motion, in calling for a ban on the fluoridation of public drinking water, would create […]
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Minnesota: Agency wants 3M to pay for Washington County groundwater pollution
The 3M Co. should pay for environmental harm done by its chemicals, according to state officials. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said this week that it is negotiating with 3M over compensation for damage done by perfluorochemicals that leaked into Washington County groundwater. The state attorney general’s office, acting as the agency’s lawyer, confirmed it […]
Perfluorinated chemicals