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Sandpoint: City brushes off fluoride issue for vote
SANDPOINT — Removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water has been a pungent topic among council members who will once again address the issue in an upcoming meeting. After the narrow defeat of a proposal last year that sought removal of fluoride from the municipal water supply, members of an anti-fluoridation group asked the city […]
United States, Idaho -
York County. Editorial: Fluoride would add value
The York Water Co. has proposed a rate hike with the state Public Utility Commission of about $6 a month for residential users, $16 for commercial users and $99 for industrial users. What would we get for that extra money? Well, for one thing, it would be an investment in assuring a continued supply of […]
United States, Pennsylvania -
Waterloo: Fluoride campaign launches with passion and disagreement at televised debate
WATERLOO — The great fluoride debate launched Thursday with civility, passion, and total disagreement. About 60 people watched four panellists duke it out for 90 televised minutes over the merits of adding fluoride to drinking water as a way to prevent cavities. Panellists disagreed about everything, using arguments that have changed little in decades. There […]
Canada, Ontario -
Southampton: Judicial review on fluoride due this autumn
The judicial review of fluoridation of water supplies in Southampton is expected to be heard in the autumn. That’s according to health minister, Simon Burns, who was replying to a question in the House of Commons this week. Conservative MP Dr Julian Lewis asked ‘whether it remains his [the health minister’s] policy that fluoridation of […]
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C8 exposure linked to ADHD in children
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Children exposed to higher levels of C8 are at an increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to a scientific paper published this week. The study, by researchers at Boston University and the Harvard School of Public Health, also found higher risks for children exposed to other similar perfluorinated chemicals. […]
Perfluorinated chemicals -
Waterloo: Fluoride debate brings out the big guns
Both sides of the water fluoridation debate are calling in their big guns for the first public debate, which is being held this Thursday in advance of this October’s referendum. Dr. Ira Kershin, the past-president of the Ontario Dental Association and president–elect Dr. Harry Hoediono, a Waterloo resident, will represent the pro-fluoridation side in the […]
Canada, Ontario -
Mt. Pleasant will reduce fluoride levels in water
Mt. Pleasant city commissioners voted 4-2 Monday to reduce the amount of fluoride added to city water. Commissioners also voted to appoint Planning Commissioner Nancy English to fill a vacancy on the city commission. The fluoride vote came in response to a recommendation from a task force that concluded that “artificial fluoridation of the city’s […]
United States, Michigan -
Lake Cowichan: Health Action Network working to end fluoridation
Lake Cowichan’s drinking water may not be as healthy as the public thinks, Burnaby-based Health Action Network Society president Jane Shaak argues. The fluoridation of the water, she said, must end. “I’m sure a lot of people in Lake Cowichan don’t know they’re the only community on the island that has (fluoridated water),” she said. […]
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U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan
According to a New York Times report, “The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials… The vast scale of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth was […]
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Crowley: Chinese fluoride in water system raises concerns
CROWLEY – On June 4th, a Louisiana House committee voted down a Senate passed legislation that would have limited the use of Chinese fluoride in our state’s water system. Currently, only two cities in the state use Chinese fluoride in their water systems – Crowley and Oakdale. Due to recent problems experienced with Chinese toys, […]
United States, Louisiana