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Yutan eyes another vote on fluoride
YUTAN – A group of residents in Yutan have signed a petition to put fluoride back on the ballot during a special election. However, the city is waiting to find out if the petition is enough to get the question of putting fluoride into the drinking water voted on again. According to Yutan City Administrator […]
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Anger as MPs say no to Southampton fluoridated water review
IT was a plea from 15,000 residents – but one that looks set to be ignored. Campaigners opposing a bid to fluoridate water supplies in Hampshire had called on the Government to re-examine the plans. But in what has been branded a “kick in the teeth”, ministers have knocked back calls to look again at […]
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Fluoride safety fears rock Sarnia
For 40 years, the six Ontario municipalities that share the Lambton Area Water Supply System have been debating whether it’s safe to add fluoride to their drinking water. This November, the issue may finally be put to rest. Like many Canadian water supplies, Lambton began adding fluoride to its water four decades ago as an […]
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Warrumbungle Shire Council approves fluoridation in voting cliff-hanger
With voting locked at four-all at last week’s council meeting (with one councillor, Dr. Tilak Dissanayake, absent) Mayor Peter Shinton used his casting vote to approve the introduction of fluoride to the shire’s water supplies. It was a brave move by the mayor, and although on paper his vote swung it, it could be argued […]
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COFFS Harbour: Degens’ tries to stop fluoridation
COFFS Harbour City councillor Rodney Degens will attempt to halt fluoridation of the city’s water supply at this afternoon’s council meeting. The Greens councillor has given notice of his intention to move that the Department of Health be requested to rescind their gazettal that Coffs Harbour must fluoridate the water supply and that the council […]
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City of Silsbee adding fluoride to water supply, North Hardin sees no reason to follow suit
Silsbee is hoping the addition of fluoride to the city’s water system will help reduce dental costs for its residents, said Joe Marino, director of public works in Silsbee. According to water plant officials, the cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur already add fluoride to their water systems. “We’ve been adding fluoride for quite a […]
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Jensen Camp: Water quality disclosure not government’s job
Government agencies that oversee thousands of small water suppliers in California don’t have to order the companies to notify their customers when their water is contaminated, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The court ruled Monday in a case brought by about 80 residents of a Carmel Valley mobile home park, who blamed ailments ranging […]
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South East Euro-MP Challenges Health Secretary’s ‘Vested Interests’ In Southampton’s Water Fluoridation Scheme
Green MEP for the South East Caroline Lucas has challenged the Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham over his position as vice president of the British Fluoridation Society – at a time when health authorities in Southampton were giving the green light to a “mass medication” water fluoridation scheme. The Health Secretary was instrumental […]
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Anti-fluoride action grows
Campaigners signalled the start of a renewed bid to rid Hamilton of water fluoridation yesterday by hanging a banner from the Totara Dr overbridge in Te Rapa. The banner visible to thousands of Wairere Dr motorists was hung by members of a group called Health Freedom New Zealand. A Waikato branch spokeswoman, Robyn Hembry, acknowledged […]
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After decade of debate Fluoride arrives in Geelong
FLUORIDE is set to begin flowing into Geelong’s drinking water supply this week ending decades of debate between the community and the State Government. It will take a fortnight for the level of fluoride in the water to reach the optimal level of one milligram per litre. Acting chief health officer Dr Rosemary Lester said […]
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