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Brisbane: Fluoride overdose didn’t cause illness, says health expert
QUEENLAND’S chief health officer says it is unlikely a fluoride overdose in the drinking water north of Brisbane has caused a young girl to break out in blisters. The girl’s father told ABC Radio he feared an overdose of fluoride in his suburb’s drinking water had caused blisters on his daughter’s shoulders and head. Chief […]
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Non-stick chemicals in NJ drinking water: Updated
PFOA is used to make Teflon and other coatings. Scientists in New Jersey found the chemical in municipal drinking water in Gloucester and Salem counties, along with about a dozen others. The DuPont plant in South Jersey uses PFOA. Jane Nogaki, the vice chair of the New Jersey Environmental Federation says she was surprised by […]
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UK: Nuclear development cash released for Capenhurst
Nuclear reprocessing company Sellafield yesterday that is was pushing ahead with plans to speed up the removal of uranium reserves from its Capenhurst site in Cheshire. It is developing two projects that aim to reduce Capenhurst’s overall radioactivity hazards and maximise the value of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) uranium assets at the site. The […]
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Thousands of low-income children and adults in Illinois suffer from untreated dental disease.
NOTE FROM FAN: FLUORIDATION is state mandated in Illinois. The most recent statistics state that 98.9% of the population on community water systems receive fluoridated water. __________________________________________________________________________________ Title: Support Bill HB 388 for dental care Thousands of low-income children and adults in Illinois suffer from untreated dental disease. They can’t eat or sleep properly, do […]
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TMWA officials: Public should get to vote before fluoride is added to water
Directors of the Truckee Meadows Water Authority reaffirmed Thursday their opposition to legislation that would require them to fluoridate public drinking water. And voters should be offered the chance to vote on the issue before, not after, fluoride is put in the water, board members said. Washoe County voters already spoke clearly on the issue […]
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Surgeon General of Arkansas: Fluoridation necessary
Title of letter: Fluoridation necessary The editorial “Say ahh, and wow!” missed an important issue. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, water fluoridation, known to prevent 40-65 percent of all tooth decay, costs less than $1 per person per year. Further, every dollar spent on fluoridation prevents $38 in dental treatment. It […]
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Brisbane: Qld Opposition backs fluoridation despite bungle
The State Opposition leader says fluoride is still a good idea, despite confusion over this month’s overdose at the North Pine water treatment plant in south-east Queensland. There has been confusion and contradiction about who was affected by the overdose, how severe it was and exactly when it happened. John-Paul Langbroek says the Government has […]
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Brisbane: Bligh apologises for fluoride confusion
An overdose of fluoride in Brisbane’s drinking water was sent to a different area to that the Queensland government first reported, and was smaller. Premier Anna Bligh on Thursday received the initial findings of an investigation into the North Pine water treatment plant, which the government last week said sent up to 20 times the […]
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Brisbane: Fluoride farce continues
The farcical fallout over a fluoride overdose administered from a Brisbane water treatment plant continues, with the state government today admitting it released incorrect information on when and how the incident occurred and who was affected. Four thousand households in Brendale and Warner were last week advised they had drunk water containing an overdose of […]
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Minnesotta: MPCA opens bidding on landfill clean-up contract
By the end of this month, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) should have a contractor selected to complete the clean up project at the Washington County Landfill in Lake Elmo. Doug Day, MPCA supervisor of the closed landfill unit, and Jeff Lewis, commissioner of the MPCA, shared the contractor selection process with the Lake […]
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