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Dental Neglect: Illinois’s Oral Health Care Shortage
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. ___________________________________________________________________ There’s a little-noticed public health crisis brewing in Illinois. It’s not especially sexy, but it’s serious. It’s connected to life-threatening ailments, nutrition and even job prospects—the problem is […]
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First oral health survey in 20 years to take place
The first oral health survey in more than 20 years is underway to measure the state of nation’s teeth. The Ministry of Health will interview and examine 2000 adults and 1000 children across the country between now and November. The Ministry says the survey will show whether it’s succeeding in reducing the levels of decay […]
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Rotary Club of Tallahassee makes dreams real in Mexico
More than two centuries ago, the ancient mariner made famous by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge cried out in despair, “Water, water every where nor any drop to drink.” Beginning in 1993 and in response to a similar cry heard around the globe in countries deprived of clean drinking water, the UN General Assembly designated […]
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Bangalore: Contamination is a growing concern
Bangalore: Groundwater in the city is high on flouride [sic] content. If that was not bad enough news on World Water Day, samples from the Madiwala lake showed traces of pathogens. Citizens observed the day across the city on Sunday, but with a growing sense of the impending crisis. While there were over 85 events […]
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Hydrofluoric acid spill evacuation ends for 5,000 Pennsylvania residents
Some 5,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania were allowed to return to their homes Saturday afternoon, some 12 hours after they were evacuated when a tractor-trailer carrying 33,000 pounds of toxic hydrofluoric acid overturned after the driver tried to avoid a deer, authorities said. State police identified the driver as Raymond Leblanc, 54, of Harrow, Ontario, […]
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Ditch the Teflon, Say Hello To Safe Cooking
In her article, “The Essential Resource for Green Family Life: Healthy Child Healthy World“, Jennifer Lance mentioned the Healthy Child Healthy World’s advice on getting rid of Teflon in your kitchen. Teflon is the DuPont brand name for polytetrafluoroethtylene, or PTFE, a type of PFC that is used as a non-stick coating for most cookware. […]
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Ohio-West Virginia: Science panel to meet press, not public
Just got an announcement from the C8 Science Panel that they will have a press conference next Thursday at 9:30 a.m. to talk about the immune effects study that I’ve already written about (It is STILL not on the panel’s Web site, but is available from the Gazette). [UPDATED 3:06 p.m. Friday, March 20: The […]
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St. Petersburg: Ecologists Decry Arrival of Nuclear Waste
About 30 members of St. Petersburg’s ecological organizations protested on Thursday the transportation of nuclear waste from other countries to Russia. “No to the Import of Nuclear Waste!” read the slogan held by a group of ecologists in front of Avtovo metro station — the area of the city through which trains transporting nuclear waste […]
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Worcester County: Group to lobby for fluoridation
OCEAN CITY — Worcester County’s first public dental clinic is expected to start seeing patients in March, bringing much-needed oral health to local low-income children. And in a county recognized by Maryland Office of Oral Health as having one of the highest rates of tooth decay in the state, the almost $800,000 project may be […]
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Ongoing fluoride supplements shortage
The ADA has received calls from members about an ongoing shortage of fluoride supplements in part because of the discontinuation of the products by several manufacturers as well as a limited supply from the remaining companies. Dentists who call the ADA looking for answers about the shortage are advised to work with their pharmacists so […]
United States, National USA