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Rutland: Fluoride issue off the ballot
The city aldermen on Monday brushed aside a proposal to ask voters whether they wanted the city to continue adding fluoride to its water supply. By a vote of 8 to 2, the aldermen defeated a motion that would have asked city voters to decide the issue in November. Aldermen Roy Thomas and Tom DePoy […]
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Eurobodalla Shire: No go for fluoride!
THREE Eurobodalla Shire Councillors have already lodged a rescission motion after council yesterday voted 5-4 not to fluoridate the shire’s public water supply. The decision came despite 67.5 per cent of respondents to council’s community survey having said they wanted fluoride in the water supply. Councillors Peter Cairney, Chris Kowal, Graham McGillivray and Alan Morton […]
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EDITORIAL: Something to chew on
The Rutland City Board of Aldermen’s recent debate over fluoridation of city water borders on the Twilight Zone. First, it’s as close as we’re likely to get to a settled argument in the convoluted world of public health policy: • Fluoridation of municipal water supplies has a 60-plus year history, having begun in Michigan in […]
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Still no safe water for fluoride-affected villagers
NALHATI, May 17: The fluoride-affected people of Nashipur village under the Nalhati-I block in Birbhum are slowly dying. Although the government has made many assurances, people are not provided with the necessary treatments and safe water. Even the CPI-M led previous board of Baoutia panchayat failed to give hope to the affected people. For 16 […]
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WVU releases preliminary data of C8 study
PARKERSBURG—Reaction has been swift to preliminary data released by West Virginia University that says C8, used by DuPont Washington Works in the manufacture of Teflon and the subject of a class action lawsuit here, may cause weakening of the immune system, liver damage, thyroid problems and higher cholesterol in children. DuPont Washington Works’ discharge of […]
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Ohio: C8 Science Panel Responds to Release of Preliminary Results on C8
The C8 Science Panel, chosen to determine whether C8 has a probable link with any disease, is making a statement in response to recently released C8 results of preliminary analyses from WVU. According to Dr. Kyle Steenland, one of the C8 Science Panel, “West Virginia University has recently released information from the C8 Health Project. […]
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Yarmouth voters soundly defeat fluoridation
It’s not often that 40 percent of Yarmouth voters show up at the polls and with that kind of turnout in last week’s town election, many of those who supported the fluoridation of the town’s water are asking, “what happened?” “My husband is a dentist and we’ve tried four times to get this by the […]
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Orissa: Districts with High Fluoride Levels
Excerpts: The government’s woes on the water front have been compounded by reports of high concentration of fluoride in ground water in 22 blocks of 12 districts. In the wake of this revelation following a survey, the fear of spread of fluorosis, a disease caused by high fluoride level in the water, has gripped these […]
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Major Study of Teflon Chemical in People Suggests Harm To Immune System, Liver, Thyroid
WASHINGTON – A chemical used to make Teflon, food wrappers and dozens of other products may harm the immune system, liver and thyroid and cause higher cholesterol in children, according to the initial findings of a study of 69,000 people in West Virginia and Ohio who live near a DuPont manufacturing plant. The health effects […]
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Advocates: Put more fluoride in public drinking water
Health advocates rallied in the Capitol on Monday for a bill to require more fluoride in public drinking water, saying it would help low-income people avoid serious dental problems and save taxpayer money. The rally was led by PAFluorideNOW, a new coalition of public health advocates who are backing a bill sponsored by Rep. Stephen […]
United States, Pennsylvania