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Sunshine Coast will drink fluoride by ’09
Sunshine Coast residents will be drinking fluoridated water by January 2009, as the state government implements the first stage of its water fluoridation plan. Work is in progress at south-east Queensland water treatment plants, including Landers Shute near Palmwoods, to phase in water fluoridation. While public debate rages on the issue, Maleny dentist Dr Martin […]
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Forest councillors and W.I. oppose Totton fluoridation
NEW Forest councillors have hit out against adding fluoride to drinking water supplied to thousands of homes in Totton. The district council’s employment, health and wellbeing review panel discussed the plans after Coun. Pat Wyeth put a motion in July that NFDC should resist the scheme proposed by Southampton Primary Care Trust. Although the plan […]
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Sue Gregory: new Deputy Chief Dental Officer at the Department of Health.
Sue Gregory has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Dental Officer at the Department of Health. Sue will replace current Deputy Chief Dental Officer, Tony Jenner, who is leaving the Department of Health after six years. The appointment will take effect in January 2009. Sue is currently the Consultant in Dental Public Health for […]
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Halton wants to stop fluoridating water
The Halton Health and Social Services Committee voted yesterday to send a motion to council to effectively end the use of fluoride in municipal water. The decision followed a lengthy discussion involving more than a dozen presenters who offered evidence both for and against continuing to fluoridate water. The motion was first made by Councillor […]
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Port Hope: Cameco UF6 plant could shut down
PORT HOPE – Due to a shortage of uranium fluoride (HF), production at Cameco’s Port Hope uranium hexaflouride (UF6) plant could grind to a halt by the end of the month. The total Port Hope operations employs over 450 people; however the number of people facing long-term temporary layoff is unknown at this time, said […]
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Buried Secrets: Is Natural Gas Drilling Endangering U.S. Water Supplies?
In July, a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rural Sublette County, Wyo., and pulled up a load of brown oily water with a foul smell. Tests showed it contained benzene, a chemical believed to cause aplastic anemia and leukemia, in a concentration 1,500 times the level safe […]
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Gothenburg, Cozad and Lexington: Fluoride gets thumbs down
Excerpt: Voters in Gothenburg said “no” to the addition of fluoride to the city’s water supply. The measure was soundly defeated 1,275 to 787 during the Nov. 4 election. Cozad and Lexington voters also opposed the measure. From Dawson County election results: COZAD Yes (to prohibit) – 920 No (to allow) – 475
United States, Nebraska -
Othello: City discusses capital projects and Well No. 6
Excerpts: Water Fund – Drill and equipment for new Well No. 9 ($1,000,000). Electronic read meters ($50,000). Well No. 6 Water Quality Study ($50,000). Water Comprehensive Plan update ($10,000). … According to Lindsey, approximately a quarter of the well’s water production comes from above the pump intake, above 780 feet below ground. A third of […]
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Southampton: ‘Crooked ballots’ and fluoridation
IN a recent Daily Echo article Julian Lewis, Conservative MP for New Forest East expressed concerns about whether the current public consultation on adding fluoride to the water supply is a “crooked ballot”. Let me clarify the MP’s misunderstanding on this issue. Mr Lewis suggests that highly qualified scientists disagree about the long-term effects of […]
United Kingdom, England -
Fluoride a year away for Redland residents
REDLAND City residents will not start drinking fluoridated water until late next year. The State Government will soon add fluoride to South East Queensland water supplies as part of a statewide plan to improve dental health, with the first fluoride units due to begin operating at major water treatment plants next month. The first phase […]
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