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Poisonous legacy of a simple clay stove
WHEN Hou Jiwen was born 52 years ago in Hehua Village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, his house, like many, had a coal-fired clay stove for cooking. Nobody gave the stove a second thought but, even then, it was changing the course of Hou’s life. It was only after he married in his 20s and […]
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Fluoridation is supposed to improve our dental health, yet an increasing number of Canadian municipalities are taking it out of the water. Citizens’ groups form to fight it, academic studies come up with different conclusions and even dentists duel over its desirability. Fluoridation has a long and heated history for an element found naturally everywhere […]
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Tumor outbreak reported in Dongming, pollution blamed
Tens of thousands of residents in Dongming county, Shandong Province, allegedly suffer from thyroid tumors because of industrial pollution, a discovery that has resulted in Premier Wen Jiabao ordering an investigation into the claims. Zhang Lixiang, administrative supervisor of the Shandong health department, told the Global Times yesterday that officials with the provincial departments of […]
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Southampton: ‘The public has not been convinced it’s the right thing to do’
THE people should have the final say. That is the message from a Hampshire MP backing calls for the public to be given a vote on plans to fluoridate Hampshire tap water. Sandra Gidley who represents Romsey and north Southampton, believes the people affected by the controversial scheme have not been convinced by the case […]
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Daily Echo backs calls for a referendum on fluoride issue
GIVE us a vote. The Daily Echo today backs calls for a referendum on controversial plans to fluoridate Hampshire’s tap water. Campaigners argue that faith in democracy has been damaged by health chiefs approving the scheme to add fluoride to the water supplies of nearly 200,000 homes, despite widespread opposition. Calls for a direct referendum […]
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“Stove Revolution” in SW China Aims to Wipe out Fluorosis
When Hou Jiwen was born 52 years ago in Hehua Village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, his house, like many, had a coal-fired clay stove for cooking. The family used it for baking corn and peppers. Nobody gave the stove a second thought, but even then, it was changing the course of Hou’s life. He […]
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Dog Food Contaminated With Levels of Fluoride Above EPA’s Legal Limit for Humans
WASHINGTON, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) — Eight of 10 dog food brands tested by an independent laboratory commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) contain fluoride in amounts up to 2.5 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) national drinking water standard. Study: http://www.ewg.org/pethealth/report/fluoride-in-dog-food The eight dog foods, all of them major national brands, were […]
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UNC Students’ Research Contributes to Fluoridated Water Legislation in Mississippi
A team of graduate students in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health’s department of health policy and management has helped convince the Mississippi state legislature to require communities in the state to fluoridate their water. The students include Ms. Lauren Brown, Dr. Kim Hammersmith, Ms. Ashley […]
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Health Minister insists it [fluoridation] will improve dental health
TWO Hampshire MPs have reacted angrily to the Government’s decision to ignore a 15,300-signature petition from anti-fluoride protesters. Both Romsey MP Sandra Gidley and Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne accompanied Hampshire Against Fluoridation campaigners last month to Downing Street to hand in the petition. But this week Health Minister Ann Keen insisted the Government remained firmly […]
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SEQ Water at fault for Brisbane fluoride overdose
Queensland Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson has blasted SEQ Water for its role in a fluoride overdose in water supplies, north of Brisbane. After initial confusion about the date, suburbs and dosage involved, the State Government confirmed the contamination happened in April, with up to 400 homes affected in the suburb of Joyner, as well […]
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