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At EPA, Unions Break From Management
Unions at the Environmental Protection Agency have pulled out of a long-standing partnership with management, saying Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has failed to deal in good faith on issues such as scientific integrity and job evaluations. In a Feb. 29 letter to Johnson, 19 union leaders, who represent 10,000 EPA employees, complained that he and […]
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Ashland public forum on March 13 will focus on fluoride use
ASHLAND — Fluoride opponents and supporters will argue the potential benefits and hazards of adding the chemical to the town’s drinking water in a public forum next Thursday. The Board of Health is organizing two panels, one on each side of the sometimes controversial question of whether fluoridation safely reinforces developing teeth or can be […]
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Fairbanks City Council votes to keep fluoride
The Fairbanks City Council decided Monday to continue the city’s 48-year-old practice of supplementing fluoride levels in public drinking water. The council’s split vote came at its regular meeting and followed three hours of comments from residents, most of whom objected to having fluoride universally added to water supplies. Public health professionals, however, tended to […]
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Fairbanks. Editorial: Fluoride Fury
Ending 50 years of a practice that many people find beneficial to the public health certainly warrants more than just a couple of meetings over the course of two weeks. That’s why the Fairbanks City Council should reject, or at least table for a lengthy period, Councilwoman Vivian Stiver’s proposal to end the fluoridation of […]
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Minnesota: Cottage Grove wary of water assurances
About 80 Cottage Grove residents came to a community meeting Tuesday night armed with questions about the meaning of a Minnesota Health Department announcement last week that a 3M chemical in drinking water poses less risk than first thought. Skeptics included Kathy Lewandosky, who said too little is known about contamination from perfluorobutanoic acid, or […]
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Princess Anne clean water supply discussion continues
PRINCESS ANNE — Just because Somerset County can’t find an abundant supply of quality drinking water in underground aquifers to supply the town, it doesn’t mean a source doesn’t exist, said representatives from a Dover water utility who have sought informal permission from Princess Anne officials to dig. Principals at Tidewater Utilities Inc. recently met […]
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Fairbanks: Fluoridation discussion covers familiar ground
As elected officials in Fairbanks discuss whether to supplement fluoride in drinking water, they are entering a debate more familiar to some communities than others. The policy discussion was sparked last month by concerns from a handful of residents who believe fluoridation, a regular practice in most of the United States, is outdated and risky. […]
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Fairbanks: CDC reaffirms support for fluoridation
A dentist and public health specialist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Fairbanks officials Thursday that his agency believes supplementing water with fluoride is safe and effective at fighting tooth decay. The comments come as the Fairbanks City Council reviews the city’s 48-year practice of augmenting natural fluoride levels in public drinking […]
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Untreated water takes toll on villagers’ health
Khem karan, March 6 Sajjan Singh, 55, a resident of nearby Assal Uttar village is waiting for the doctor at the local community health centre here. He can’t speak much, his body aches, his teeth have turned yellow and dis-coloured awfully, causing premature decay. But he is not alone as out of the 20 patients […]
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Water supplies to be fluoridated in Braidwood, Bungendore and Captains Flat
Palerang Council resolved last week to fluoridate the water supplies for Braidwood, Bungendore and Captains Flat. Results from the Council survey showed that over 70% of the respondents were in favour of fluoridation. The Council meeting was addressed by Dr Peake, a dentist of 41 years experience, on the benefits of fluoride. There were also […]
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