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Health bosses in north-west postpone consultation scheme
PLANS to fluoridate other parts of the UK have been put on hold – because of the campaign against the scheme in Hampshire. Health bosses have postponed a consultation on a scheme to fluoridate parts of the north-west to wait for the results of a legal challenge against the decision to add the chemical to […]
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Prolonged consumption of tea could weaken bones
Prolonged consumption of tea, especially the oolong and black variety, could weaken human bones due to the presence of toxic fluorine in tea beverages, Japanese researchers say. The researchers, including Tetsuo Shimmura, who is senior research scientist of Toyama Institute of Health in Toyama Prefecture, reported the existence of the chemical in beverages such as […]
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Parents warned over lunch treats
POPULAR snack bars designed for kids’ lunch boxes have been labelled as bad as sweet biscuits and chocolate. Junk food critics claim food companies are conning parents over treats loaded with sugar that risk rotting teeth. A Parents Jury review of 21 snack bars has declared none suitable for everyday lunch boxes. Versions of Kellogg’s […]
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Southampton: Health regulators will not examine controversial decision
HEALTH regulators will not scrutinise the controversial decision to fluoridate Hampshire water supplies. The health service ombudsman says it won’t examine concerns over South Central Strategic Health Authority’s (SHA) public consultation on the scheme because of a potential legal challenge going through the courts. But they left the door open to carrying out an investigation […]
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Lancashire: Fluoride plan costs increase
CONTROVERSIAL plans to put fluoride in tap water in the North West have been delayed after projected costs rocketed. Supporters of the controversial move, which has been given the go-ahead by NHS bosses on the South Coast, say it would improve East Lancashire’s poor record on tooth decay. But opponents dispute the claim and have […]
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Geelong: Fluoride to benefit community
RECENTLY there has been extensive coverage regarding water fluoridation in the Geelong media. While it is important to discuss this program, it is also important that information presented to the community is factual and can be supported by credible scientific and medical evidence. The addition of fluoride to drinking water is one of the great […]
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Consumer products could be major C8 source, study says
Read the study CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Everyday consumer products such as stain repellants and paper coatings may be a “significant source” of the toxic chemical C8, according to a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study. Chemicals used in these consumer products could degrade, releasing C8 and related toxic substances, much faster than previously projected by […]
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Tennessee: Nuclear Fuel Services Close To Starting New Production Line
ERWIN — Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., could get approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as early as next week to begin operating a new production line that will convert highly radioactive uranium hexafluoride into other compounds. Joseph Shea, NRC Region II director of the Division of Fuel Facility Inspection, made that disclosure during an “exit […]
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Southwire to Pay Unprecedented Fine for Clean Air Act Violations
(Atlanta, Ga. – July 23, 2009) In the largest civil settlement obtained for alleged violations of the Secondary Aluminum Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) regulations at a single facility in the Southeastern United States, Southwire Company has agreed to pay a total of $337,500 in civil penalties to the United States and the Commonwealth of […]
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Manchester: Fluoride plan hit by delay
PLANS to add fluoride to the water in Greater Manchester have been delayed because of a legal challenge to a similar proposal elsewhere. Health bosses have decided to wait and see whether campaigners opposed to a fluoridation scheme in Southampton win a judicial review there before deciding whether to hold a public consultation into the […]
United Kingdom, England