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Fluoride’s glory may be cresting
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—The great American assault on tooth decay began here 63 years ago, earning Grand Rapids a special place in the annals of dental history: the first city in the world to fluoridate its public water system. So it is more than a little head-scratching that fluoride, the chemical widely credited with dramatically cutting […]
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Lawmakers seek costs to add fluoride
Water systems with 5,000 or more hook-ups would be required to find out costs to bring fluoride levels to approved levels under a bill that won final House approval Sunday and was sent to Gov. Bobby Jindal. A compromise version of the measure, Senate Bill 312, won House approval 78-19. It cleared the Senate on […]
United States, Louisiana -
Fluoridation debate in Hastings got bubbling iin the 1950s
In February 1955, results of a study on fluoridation conducted in Nebraska and northern Kansas thrust the topic into discussion in Hastings. The study had shown that children living in low-fluoride cities had an average of about three times as many decayed teeth, four times as many missing teeth and two times as many filled […]
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Professionals Ask Governor Jindal to Veto Unfair Fluoridation Bill
Many professionals world-wide are calling on Louisiana Governor Jindal to veto a bill which would force fluoridation on almost the whole state. SB 312 was quietly pushed through the legislature by PR firms without most Louisianans knowing it was happening. The professionals are asking Jindal to use his veto in the interest of fairness. Citizens […]
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Cameco Joins GE Hitachi Enrichment Venture
ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN CDN $ Cameco Corporation (TSX: CCO) (NYSE: CCJ) announced today it is joining a uranium enrichment business venture in the United States, which will extend the company’s involvement in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle beyond its current position as the world’s largest uranium producer and a leading […]
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National Kidney Foundation drops support of fluoridation
The ADA lost an ally in the water-fluoridation debate when the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) changed its supportive stance on June 7. The foundation’s name has since been removed from the ADA’s Fluoridation Facts compendium. In a recent position paper, the NKF said that it would be prudent to monitor the fluoride intake of patients […]
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Fairbanks: Residents seek to repeal fluoride ordinance
Juneau residents succeeded in repealing a fluoridation ordinance in their city, and now Ronald Lee Warner II is trying to do the same in Fairbanks. A divided Fairbanks City Council voted in March to continue adding fluoride to the water supply, rejecting a measure to repeal the ordinance. Councilwoman Vivian Stiver introduced the ordinance to […]
United States, Alaska -
Hastings: Council may put fluoridation on November ballot
Fluoridating the city’s water will likely be going on the November ballot in Hastings. On Wednesday, the Hastings City Council discussed the idea of putting the issue on the ballot rather than making the opponents circulate a petition to take the issue to a vote. The City Council has been discussing this issue since before […]
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MDG and India’s drinking water: racing ahead at what cost?
India has committed to the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG), officially adopted in 2002 by 189 countries. The eight MDGs range from halving, by 2015, extreme poverty to ensuring environmental sustainability. Progress is being actively tracked. It is within the goal of environmental sustainability that the issue of drinking-water and sanitation has come into […]
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Wahoo: Fluoridation vote on November 4
PAGE 6: … In April of 2008, Nebraska Legislature voted in a bill the requires the fluoridation of drinking water of any city or village with a population of 1,000 people or more. This bill will take effect on June 1, 2010. The estimated cost to fluoridate the water would be $25,000.00 for capital cost […]
United States, Nebraska