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Mount Gambier: Fluoride campaigners call for referendum
A PETITION calling for a community referendum on the addition of fluoride to Mount Gambier’s drinking water will be presented to State Government next week. Anti-fluoride group Choice Mount Gambier yesterday presented MP Don Pegler with a petition signed by more than 6600 residents, which Mr Pegler has vowed to present to government when parliament […]
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Bundaberg region: Bush presses on with anti-fluoride
THE fight against forced fluoridation of the region’s water continued in the Bundaberg Regional Council yesterday with Councillor Alan Bush proposing a motion to tell the State Government the city did not want it. He proposed council tell the State Government it would rather use the money to upgrade the region’s water treatment plants. However, […]
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Iran’s Uranium Stockpile: A Detailed Analysis
The last 48 hours have brought us the announcement of a third party enrichment deal for Iran as well as a US claim that a deal is now in place for new sanctions against Iran. But how big is this uranium stockpile we’re constantly hearing about, and what is “breakout capability” the war party is […]
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Westcreek Lakes Water District issued Enforcement Order to reduce high levels of fluoride in water
May 18, 2010 LETTER FROM: Russell Zigler, Legal Assistant Enforcement Unit Compliance Assurance Section Water Quality Control Division Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment State of Colorado TO: Brent Robinson, Owner Westcreek Lakes Water District 1421 Windflower Circle Woodland Park, Colorado 80863 RE: Service of Drinking Water Enforcement Order, Number: DC-100518-2 Excerpts: Westcreek Lakes […]
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The State of Public Health in Norway 2010 – new report published
Excerpt: Dental health among children and adolescents is on the whole good. In 2008, close to 80 per cent of all 5-year-olds and almost 50 per cent of 12-year-olds did not have any history of dental decay. The numbers have been increasing steadily over the past 25 years.
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Kaitaia and Kaikohe: Far North towns say no to fluoride
Two towns in the Far North have voted against continuing fluoridation of their water supply. The district council completed a two-year trial of fluoridating the water in Kaitaia and Kaikohe last March. Of 816 responses, 489 opposed fluoridation, while 327 supported it. The issue has been controversial locally, with a Northland District Health Board report […]
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Brantford: Local advocates seek to reopen anti-fluoridation debate
A local advocacy group is seeking to reopen a debate about the safety and effectiveness of putting fluoride in the drinking water, in the first city in Canada to do it. Terry Wilson and Casey Moore of We Are Change Brantford are gathering signatures on a petition call for the city to end water fluoridation. […]
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Smithfield: State okays reverse osmosis water treatment facility
SMITHFIELD. After more than two years in limbo, the town has finally gotten the state’s nod to build a $5 million water treatment plant to remove excess fluoride from its water. Last week, the Virginia Department of Environment Quality notified the town it would renew its current groundwater permit that allows the town to withdraw […]
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Water Fluoridation and Its Enemies
Dr. Whelan took to the airwaves last night to discuss fluoride on the international Manchester Radio Online. “Manchester Radio Online is aired all over the world,” says Dr. Whelan, “so the show has a lot of exposure. I offered a sound defense of water fluoridation to prevent tooth decay, and also to reduce the risk […]
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Waterloo: Campaign to tout tap water falters in fluoridation flap
WATERLOO — You won’t hear radio spots promoting tap water this summer, and you won’t see a water wagon at Waterloo events promoting tap water over bottled water. Fluoridation critics have derailed large parts of a regional campaign meant to encourage people to drink tap water, after persuading politicians that such a campaign is unfair […]
Canada, Ontario