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Cumbria: Health bosses warned of ‘illegal’ fluoride use
HEALTH chiefs will be told today that adding fluoride to water supplies in more parts of Cumbria would be illegal. Around 130,000 people in West Cumbria already receive fluoridated water but the NHS Cumbria board are set to decide whether to make plans that could lead to fluoridation in South Cumbria. Changes to the law […]
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Hampshire: County debates fluoride issue
THE water fluoridation debate comes to Winchester today (September 25) as Hampshire County Council contributes to the consultation by the South Central Strategic Health Authority. Southampton City Primary Care Trust has launched proposals to add fluoride to drinking supplies in Southampton and South West Hampshire to lower tooth decay rates in children. Hampshire County Council […]
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Lambton area: Fluoride removal balance tipped
Lambton’s municipalities are not equal when it comes to the controversial fluoride issue, says the man heading up the local water system. Terry Burrell wants a second legal opinion after the first obtained by the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) concluded member municipalities need only cast one vote a piece to remove fluoride from […]
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Yardney Fire Evacuates Pawcatuck Area
Stonington – A fire in a large lithium-ion battery being tested at Yardney Technical Products in Pawcatuck early Tuesday afternoon forced the evacuation of a 4-square-mile area of the village along with students from nearby Pawcatuck Middle and West Broad Street schools. There were no injuries caused by the fire, whose flames were extinguished quickly, […]
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Princess Anne: Water discussions under way
PRINCESS ANNE — A facilitator appointed to help resolve a stalemate over water supply issues is schedued to meet Thursday with the Somerset County Sanitary Commission. David Nemazie, an associate vice president at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in Cambridge, will meet individually with several county boards and state agencies to hear […]
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Erie to start adding fluoride Oct. 27
Fluoride will be added to Erie’s drinking water starting Oct. 27, six months after voters here approved the additive. The town of 16,000 is one of just a few remaining communities in Colorado that doesn’t fluoridate its water supply, and the issue passed by fewer than 100 votes. Over the summer, Kansas City-based Burns and […]
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Herefordshire: Oral health not so good, committee hears
THE standard of oral health in Herefordshire is poor compared with regions where the water supply has been fluoridated. But at a meeting of Herefordshire Council’s health scrutiny committee on Tuesday, September 22, the county’s director of public health, Dr Akeem Ali warned against drawing easy conclusions from the data. And committee chairman, the Herefordshire […]
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Southampton: Opponents set for fluoride face-off
THEY have been having their say for months, but campaigners from both sides of the fluoride divide are now going head to head in a series of public debates. Residents and those who work in parts of Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton and Netley where fluoride could be added to water supplies, will get the chance to […]
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Should we fear fluoride in water?
A fierce debate is under way in Hampshire over whether to put fluoride in tap water for about 200,000 residents in and around Southampton. But for years it has been added to drinking supplies for cities such as Birmingham and Newcastle. So why is there still such concern? Tooth decay is a big problem among […]
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Refinery expansion headed for first vote
A long-awaited public hearing on the Big West of California refinery expansion is no longer expected to produce the fireworks the issue once promised. The plan to boost gasoline and diesel production at the Rosedale Highway facility will go before the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday. The panel will take public comment before issuing a […]
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