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Fishing in Lake Baringo’s takes a dip
Once a thriving fishing village, Kampi Ya Samaki Township on the shores of Lake Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley province is a pale shadow of its former self. Its name loosely translates to a fishing camp – an indication of its repute of yesteryears. But today, a different scenario exists. Thorny Prosopis juliflora trees, known […]
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Fresh water in Asia a challenge
Excerpt: Health experts say as many as 70 million people in India and Bangladesh are exposed to excessive concentrations of arsenic and FLUORIDE. Some experts describe it baldly as the biggest mass poisoning in history. For more, see original article
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W. Virginia, Ohio Families Face Toxic Teflon Chemical Risk
Washington, DC – A March 10 agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. over drinking water contamination around the company’s Parkersburg, WV, plant leaves people in the area exposed to dangerous levels of the Teflon chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a probable carcinogen and reproductive system toxin also […]
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Editorial: Staunton has bigger issues than fluoride
Title of Editorial: Staunton has bigger issues than flouride [sic] It’s not that we don’t believe Kenneth Case has an issue with the city’s water supply. Case asked Staunton City Council last week to discontinue adding flouride [sic] to city water, citing its dangers. He is a mouth cancer survivor. t’s an argument that’s been […]
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Madison: Poison in the water? Let’s talk
Bruce Rideout was expecting a different reaction. He thought his recent email to the Madison Water Utility questioning its addition of fluoride to drinking water would get a curt reply, or none at all. Instead, Rideout began hearing “from all these people strongly encouraging me” to raise the issue at the Water Utility Board’s next […]
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Southampton: Councillor to take debate to the top
THE fight against controversial plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water is being taken to the top by one community leader. Health chiefs have already voted in favour of fluoridation and are working with Southern Water to implement the scheme, but the campaign against the “mass medication plans” is still going strong. Despite a […]
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Ballina’s dental crisis
A SEVERE shortage of dentists and worsening oral health in the community has led to a dental crisis in Ballina. And medical experts have warned that it is only going to get worse. More than 30 community leaders were invited to a public health information session last week to discuss the crisis and possible solutions. […]
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Chinese in court for selling fake Close-up toothpaste
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday began hearing the case involving two Chinese immigrants allegedly in possession of quantities of fake green close-up tooth paste products marked with a counterfeit trade mark belonging to Unilever Ghana. The two, Tang Wei, a businessman and Chen Chuping, a saleslady, who pleaded not guilty, have been granted bail […]
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Somerset County will continue fight over reverse osmosis
The Somerset County Sanitary District Commission has struggled for five years to get permits to drill much needed wells at Revell’s Neck. These wells would enable residential construction to go forward and would have a direct and beneficial impact on the quality of life of Somerset County residents. The Maryland Department of the Environment has […]
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LNP won’t brush aside fluoride
A Liberal National Party (LNP) government would stick with the decision to put fluoride in drinking water, but release data on the health benefits, leader Lawrence Springborg says. Fluoride was introduced into Queensland drinking supplies last December and 90 per cent of the state will be drinking the water in four years’ time. But while […]
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