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Greensburg: Benefits, Cost Spark Debate In Adding Mineral To City Water
As the Greensburg Water Board continues to wrestle with the idea of re-inserting fluoride into the city’s water supply, the truth about fluoride’s effects have become a serious topic of discussion for residents. Proponents on both sides have fought the issue with passion, citing numerous specific sources. Like most of the chemicals and acids that […]
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Conway Corp. approves funds for fluoridation
The Conway Corp. Board of Directors voted Tuesday afternoon to allocate as much as $225,000 in water department reserve funds to restore fluoride to the city’s drinking water. If this amount is not sufficient, a “very short-term” loan from the electric department would complete the project, Conway Corp. CEO Richie Arnold told be board before […]
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Palmyra: An ancient city’s tale of too much fluoride
As a waypoint on the ancient Silk Road, the metropolis of Palmyra had it all, broad towers, impressive temples and enviable trade. Water from local wells even contained fluoride, limiting that scourge of the ancients — tooth decay. But just as the wealth of Palmyra vanished, leaving behind ruins in the Syrian desert, a new […]
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Minnesota: PFCs found in more Washington County residents, but health experts not alarmed
Chemicals made by the 3M Co. have been found in a new group of residents in Washington County, state officials said Thursday. Traces of the chemicals — perfluorochemicals, or PFCs — were found in 196 study volunteers in Lake Elmo, Cottage Grove and Oakdale. Finding the PFCs was not surprising, said Jean Johnson, who manages […]
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Pawhuska: DEQ halts fluoride treatments to city water
Pawhuska city water will soon no longer be treated with fluoride, Pawhuska city councilors heard during the regular council meeting held Monday. Pawhuska City Manager Paul McAlexander told the council an official from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality contacted him recently about new water treatment plant mandates. “One of the things that they mandated […]
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Staunton Will Continue to Fluoridate Water
Fluoride will continue to flow from the tap in the city of Staunton. That decision was made after a recommendation from the director of the Central Shenandoah Health District. Dr. Doug Larsen is overwhelmingly in favor of fluoridating water. The debate started when Staunton resident Kenneth Case presented city officials with research showing that fluoride […]
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Edmonton: CTV program on Fluoride at YouTube
Panelists on program: Dr. Simi Soin / City Centre Dental Colin McGarrigle / Avenue Magazine Myles Kitagawa / Toxics Watch Society of Alberta Colin will talk about the Fluoride article in Avenue magazine. Fluoridation is supposed to improve our dental health, yet an increasing number of Canadian municipalities are taking it out of the water, […]
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Fluoridation Debate in Staunton
A debate over fluoride in the city’s water supply is brewing in Staunton. Staunton resident Kenneth Case says, when it comes to using fluoride additives in the water supply, the city is slowly doing serious harm. Case says, “It’s a hazardous waste from the phosphate industry. And who wants to swallow hazardous waste? I certainly […]
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Ministry endorses fluoride in drinking water systems
Ontario’s Ministry of Health Promotion has endorsed the fluoridation of drinking water. In a recent letter to Norfolk council, minister Margaret Best said the fluoridation of drinking water has the McGuinty government’s blessing. “Fluoridation of local drinking water at recommended levels in Ontario is recognized as a safe practice, enshrined in law under the Fluoridation […]
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Tenterfield: Defamation allegations against Deputy Mayor
The family of the man who was the subject of alleged defamatory remarks from Tenterfield Shire Deputy Mayor Nick De Stefani has expressed disappointment with the outcome of the review that cleared the councillor of any wrongdoing. Debby Riley spoke to the Tenterfield Star on behalf of her father Albert Dains last week, saying that […]
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