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Erie voters say yes to fluoride
Erie results Ballot Question 2A, fluoridation Yes 1,570 51.5% No 1,481 48.5% —————————————————————————————————– Voters in Erie decided Tuesday they want fluoride in their water and a new face in town government… In the final weeks leading up to Tuesday’s election, a vocal group of fluoridation opponents emerged and sent mailers to voters urging them to […]
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Bill that would force fluoridation gets 1st round OK
Twenty-nine senators indicated Tuesday they trusted the information on fluoridated water supplies with a first-round vote to approve the mandatory treatment of water in Nebraska cities or villages over 1,000 population. The bill (LB245) that advanced on a 29-4 vote would offer an opt-out clause for city residents to vote on the issue in their […]
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Georgia: Union asks for testing of water
A labor union’s independent sampling of drinking water in Dalton, Ga., found the presence of a carpet industry chemical EPA has labeled a likely carcinogen. Perfluoroctanoic acid, also called PFOA or C8, was found in six of seven tap water samples from locations including the city library, a gas station, a home and a residential […]
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Ashland group ready to contest fluoride
ASHLAND — A group of residents is banding together to urge the Board of Health not to add fluoride to the town’s water and may press for a ballot referendum if officials vote to act otherwise. About a dozen people were involved in a group calling itself Ashland for Pure Water before a public forum […]
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Palestine’s water to have fluoride starting April 15
PALESTINE — Starting April 15, Palestine’s drinking water will have an extra additive — fluoride. Notices are being sent with city water bills alerting residents that the fluoridation will begin mid-April, according to city utilities director Robert Sedgwick. Notices also are being sent to area medical and dental offices, Palestine Regional Medical Center and offices […]
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Blood vow on ‘fast’ fluoride
The Geelong region will drink fluoride before the end of June next year after State Government fast-tracked plans to fluoridate the water supply. But fluoridation opponents have threatened “blood will flow in the streets” in protests against the plan. State chief health officer Dr John Carnie announced on Wednesday that the secretary of the Department […]
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Wolfforth works to settle well dispute
Wolfforth and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality officials met earlier this week in Austin to settle a dispute involving four of the city’s water wells. TCEQ officials approved the four water wells in November, then revoked them for higher-than-mandated fluoride levels in mid-February. “We were disappointed,” said Frankie Pittman, Wolfforth city manager. The loss of […]
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Fluoride costs per ton jumped from $435 to $650 for Mahoning Valley Sanitary District
MINERAL RIDGE — It will cost the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District more money in its 2008-09 fiscal year for water treatment facility chemicals — considerably more. Chief Engineer Thomas Holloway said estimates indicate the increase could be as much as $108,000. “I attribute these increases to higher fuel costs for delivering chemicals along with the […]
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Yesterday in parliament (March 26, 2008)
Excerpt: March 26 session Fluoride The prime minister insisted that adding fluoride to tap-water supplies would be a good thing for British teeth. He said that he had “seen the benefits of fluoridation” and added that last month the health secretary, Alan Johnson, had pledged an extra £14m for authorities who wanted to add the […]
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Kerala: ‘Fluorosis endemic to Alappuzha’
Experts blame drinking water supply system for rising prevalence ALAPPUZHA: Speakers at a continuing medical education (CME) programme on fluorosis here have warned that the disorder has become endemic to the districts of Alappuzha and Palakkad. The programme was organised by the Fluorosis Research Centre (FRC) at T.D. Medical College here. Experts said the prevalence […]
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