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Yuba County: Fluoride debate revived
Olivehurst water officials will weigh the possible addition fluoride to water supplies in much of Yuba County, a step they hope will check the rate of tooth decay in local children. Olivehurst Public Utility District directors last week revived discussion about fluoridating water for about 15,000 residents of Olivehurst and Plumas Lake to the south. […]
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Hyndburn Council, Lancashire: ‘No’ to fluoride in water
COUNCILLORS have voted a resounding “no’’ to plans to add fluoride to the region’s water supply. Speaking at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, members from the Conservative, Labour and Independent parties all voted against the plans put forward by the Strategic Health Authority. Hyndburn Council had been asked for its views on the subject by the East […]
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Southampton: ‘A vital chance to cut tooth decay’
SOUTHAMPTON councillors have taken their first chance to grill experts on both sides of one of the most contentious debates to face the city in years. Members of the city council’s Water Fluoridation Inquiry heard council executives, dentists and health chiefs tell them the controversial scheme should be backed as a vital opportunity to reduce […]
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Cumbria: Controversial fluoride vote planned
HEALTH bosses in Cumbria are to vote this week on whether to support the controversial addition of fluoride to more of the county’s water supplies. Already around 130,000 people in West Cumbria receive fluoridated water, but this could be extended to other areas if NHS Northwest approves the move. The board of Cumbria Primary Care […]
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Margaret River: Fluoride in water
THE Health Depart-ment is seeking public comment on a plan to fluoridate the public water supply to Margaret River. Chairman of the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee Dr Richard Lugg said the proposal would bring the town into line with almost 98 per cent of the Western Australian public who received fluoridated drinking […]
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Southampton: Fluoridation? World expert says ‘It’s an American crackpot idea from the ’50s’
ONE of the world’s leading experts on fluoride paid a flying visit to Southampton to join in the Great Fluoride Debate. Dr Paul Connett is vehemently opposed to fluoridation and has jetted into the city all the way from his home in New York to add his powerful voice to the consultation on plans to […]
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Holmen: Village board OKs fluoride referendum vote
Village residents may voice their views of fluoridation of Holmen’s water supply in a referendum Nov. 4, and when they do they’ll be able to consider the cost to the taxpayers. Meeting Sept. 11, village trustees worded the referendum question so voters will know the cost of their vote. Village public works director Bob Haines […]
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Southampton: ‘Don’t poison our water supply’
“WE don’t want you to poison our water supply.” That was the overwhelming message to health chiefs at the second drop-in session about plan to fluoridate tap water in Southampton. A succession of concerned residents pressed officials on why they should have to accept risks of such mass medication and raised doubts over the fairness […]
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Fluoride in our water in days; Campaigners fight to the end
ANTI-FLUORIDATION campaigners will end their unofficial referendum on the same weekend as fluoride is added to water supplies in Warrnambool, Allansford and Koroit. Organisers of the citizens-initiated poll, which started on May 8, aim to have collected the views of 10 per cent of eligible voters by September 29. “We will have polled 10 per […]
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Brooksville: Fluoride Will Stay In City Water
BROOKSVILLE – Fluoride will stay in the city’s water. A divided council voted late Wednesday to keep placing the chemical in Brooksville’s water supply despite attempts by one council member to stop the practice. Three of five board members agreed there are not enough studies to show that fluoride presents a danger to the population. […]
United States, Florida