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State dental report card improves
TOPEKA – Wichita’s continued resistance to water fluoridation and Kansas’ lack of access to dentists in rural counties were cited by a national organization Wednesday as two of the state’s biggest stumbles on the road to dental health. While Kansas’ overall score improved on a five-year oral health report card, “the truth of the matter […]
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NHS South Central blazes a trail on water fluoridation
The consultation over putting FLUORIDE in water supplies on the south coast is proving a ‘totemic argument between state and individual’. Other areas will be watching the outcome closely, reports Rebecca Evans Next month, the board of NHS South Central will decide whether to fluoridate the water in parts of Southampton and south west Hampshire. […]
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Blue Lake: Survey work begins for fluoridation plant
South Australian water authorities yesterday began initial survey work at the Blue Lake on a preferred site to construct the city’s controversial fluoridation plant. This follows the State Government announcing in mid 2007 it would push ahead with the project in the state’s largest non-fluoridation centre, despite a backlash from some sectors of the Mount […]
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C8 reports filed with Wood County court
PARKERSBURG – Documents filed recently with Wood County Circuit Court include progress reports dating back to 2005 for the independent C8 Science Panel. The three-member panel was appointed by the court to review community epidemiology studies and studies of DuPont Washington Works employees to determine whether there could be links between C8 and human health. […]
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Bush to issue last-minute PFOA water rule
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Less than a week before leaving office, the Bush administration appears ready to issue an emergency health advisory for drinking water polluted with the toxic chemical C8. The surprise move comes as federal scientists quietly investigate concerns that C8 contaminated the food chain through beef, after tainted sewage sludges were dumped on […]
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Bush Administration Moves to Okay Toxic Teflon Pollution in Tap Water
January 14, 2009. In its final days, the Bush administration appears poised to issue an emergency health advisory for tap water polluted with the toxic Teflon chemical PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) effectively allowing a significant level of pollution and discouraging cleanup of PFOA contamination in tap water in at least 9 states. The level of permissible […]
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System repairs pull fluoride from water until summer
“It’s incredibly obvious isn’t it?” asks a crazed General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove, convinced that water fluoridation is a Communist plot to control America. “Foreign substances introduced into our precious bodily fluids, without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That’s the way a hard-core Commie works.” Although not without its real life […]
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New commissioner may help cancel fluoride decision
Fluoride may not be added to Skagit County’s water supply after all. A two-month deadline extension for fluoridating the Skagit PUD’s water supply apparently isn’t really about giving the utility district time to set up a system. It seems that it’s more about changing the plan altogether. Two of the county’s three commissioners confirmed Tuesday […]
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Fed study finds no public threat from Oak Ridge releases
A public health assessment by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry concluded there were “no public health hazards” from airborne releases at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (also known as the K-25 Site) and the early-era S-50 facility at the Oak Ridge site. The full report is available online [http://www.fluoridealert.org/oakridge.dec08.hra.pdf] and at […]
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St. Joseph County may stop testing water for fluoride, sulfate
SOUTH BEND — The Health Department may soon stop testing for sulfate and fluoride in St. Joseph County drinking water – a practice that health officials call a waste of time and money. Sulfate and fluoride have both been analyzed in water for years and thousands of measurements taken, according to a proposal from the […]
United States, Indiana