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Chancellor dismisses South Blount fluoride lawsuit
Chancellor Telford E. Forgety today dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force South Blount County Utility District to stop fluoridating its water supply and to provide documentation showing fluoride in water is safe to drink. The utility’s Board of Directors voted Jan. 2 to begin fluoridation at the request of Blount County Mayor Jerry Cunningham. Fluoridation […]
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It’s thumbs down for fluoridation from Hampshire County Council
HAMPSHIRE County council bosses are the latest to come out against plans to put fluoride into tap water. They will this week oppose fluoridation for the city, hot on the heels of Test Valley councillors who have also rejected the proposal. Southampton City Primary Care Trust wants to add more fluoride to water supplies in […]
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Ont. dentists say urgent action needed prevent ‘infectious’ tooth decay in kids
TORONTO — Ontario parents and politicians are being urged to do more to help prevent what a dental group calls an “urgent problem” of tooth decay in children. The Ontario Dental Association calls tooth decay an infectious disease and the most common preventable chronic childhood disease. The association’s report, entitled “Tooth Decay in Ontario’s Children: […]
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End water fluoridation, professor says
Back in the 1960s, when the fluoridation of water became widespread, objections to the practice tended to come from the fringes. It was a communist plot to poison the water supply, came the cry from some quarters. Today, as municipalities begin to debate fluoridation anew, the arguments against it are more mainstream. Halton’s Health and […]
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Fluoride a health risk, doctors’ group says
Re: ‘Halton might pull plug on fluoridated water’ (Nov. 14) On behalf of the 3,500 members of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, I’m writing to support the proposed ban on fluoride in Halton’s drinking water. The decline in caries (cavities) in communities that are fluoridated has been significant — but so is […]
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NF3: The greenhouse gas that nobody knew
When industry began using NF3 in high-tech manufacturing, it was hailed as a way to fight global warming. But new research shows that this gas has 17,000 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide and is rapidly increasing in the atmosphere – and that’s turning an environmental success story into a public relations disaster. Hypothetical […]
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HFO-1234yf: New Refrigerant Takes Heat
TO RALLY public opinion against fluorine-based refrigerants, a German environmental group has recorded a car crash and staged a series of tests purporting to prove that a newly developed automotive refrigerant is both flammable and lethal. Much to the consternation of the refrigerant’s makers – Honeywell Speciality Materials, DuPont, and Arkema – the crash and […]
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Is Expired Toothpaste Dangerous?
Q. What happens if you use toothpaste that’s past its expiration date? Is it dangerous? A. No, it’s not dangerous, said Dr. Joel H. Berg, chairman of pediatric dentistry at the University of Washington in Seattle and a representative of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. “But,” he said, “there is a potential loss of […]
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Region debates fluoridation of tap water
When there’s doubt, take it out. That was the message councillors delivered loud and clear Thursday night after taking the first step to remove fluoride from drinking water in all Halton municipalities. Members of the region’s health and social services committee supported a motion by Halton Hills councillor Clark Somerville to stop fluoridating water in […]
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Fluoride startup will take a while in Holmen
HOLMEN – Although Holmen voters had a taste for fluoride in their water when they went to the polls Nov. 4, village trustees learned Thursday it will be like pulling teeth to get the fluoride flowing. A village referendum, which passed 2,118 to 1,856, instructed officials to increase the fluoride in village water to the […]
United States, Nebraska