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A new front in war on cavities
Excerpts: Cavities have made a dismaying comeback in children in recent years, and the search is on among scientists to find new ways to fight tooth decay. The prevalence of cavities in children aged 2 to 5 decreased steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, thanks largely to the expansion of water fluoridation and to advances […]
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Cairns: Far North counts down to fluoride
MARGARET Phillips has good reason to not want her water fluoridated – she believes she is allergic to it. The Bayview Heights resident yesterday joined about 50 people outside Cairns MP Desley Boyle’s office protesting against forced fluoridation of Cairns’ water supply. Cairns’ potable water supply will be fluoridated by December 31 while water supplies […]
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Greenhouse Gases Imperil Health, E.P.A. Announces
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a final ruling that greenhouse gases posed a danger to human health and the environment, paving the way for regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, power plants, factories, refineries and other major sources. The announcement was timed to coincide with the opening of the United […]
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Mandatory water fluoridation bill approved by Senate Health Committee
TRENTON – The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today voted 6-0-3 to approve a bill to require the fluoridation of all public community water systems in New Jersey. Sponsored by Senator Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex) and Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), the bill (S2856) would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with […]
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Beacon City Council authorizes mayor to say NO to fluoridation
Resolution 169 of 2009 – Authorize Mayor to Oppose the Proposed D. C. Sanitary Code Making it Mandatory for All Public Water Suppliers to Add ?Fluoride to their Potable Water supply. WHEREAS, the City of Beacon City Council authorizes the Mayor to oppose proposed Dutchess County Sanitary Code making it mandatory for all public water […]
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Far North dentist disputes effectiveness of fluoridation
Northland Health is claiming a small improvement in children’s teeth after two years of fluoridated water was introduced to Kaikohe and Kaitaia. But Lawrie Brett, who opposes fluoridation, says the study is unreliable due to its small sample size and poor controls. Dr Brett says it also found a small increase in some decay rates […]
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Mackay region: Water fluoridation to boost filtration demand
A north Queensland filtration business say it is expecting a surge of new business, with fluoride due to be added to Mackay’s water supplies within a fortnight. Under State Government legislation, the council must have the chemical added to water supplies by the end of the year. The Mackay Regional Council estimates fluoridated supplies will […]
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Karachi: Mysterious disease strikes children in coastal areas of city
KARACHI: A strange disease has spread in the coastal belt of Karachi paralysing the lower limbs and some times the arms and other body parts of the victims, the majority of whom are children. Earlier, there was an outbreak of a similar disease in Achhro Thar (White Desert) of district Sanghar and other areas of […]
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Oklahoma’a Health department makes cuts
Excerpt: State Health Department programs serving 11,184 children and families have been eliminated as the agency deals with budget cuts caused by state tax revenue coming in far below estimates, Health Commissioner Terry Cline told a House budget panel Thursday. Cline said the Health Department also reduced other programs as well as travel and training […]
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Lebec County Water District Faces Challenges
On Monday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., important challenges for the Lebec County Water District will be discussed, including the need to raise rates in order to qualify for state and federal grants for system upgrades. According to newly elected board member Robert Karr and the system’s secretarytreasurer, Jamie Guinn, the system is in need […]
United States, California