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Fluoride debate rages at Poughkeepsie council session
POUGHKEEPSIE — Though typically a chemical that enters one’s mouth when drinking water or visiting the dentist, fluoride seemed to be something coming out of everyone’s mouth during Tuesday night’s City of Poughkeepsie Common Council meeting. Frank Mora, vice chairman of the city and town’s Joint Water Board has been criticized for supporting the decision […]
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‘Health chiefs should resign over fluoride’
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for health chiefs to quit over plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water. Protesters who claim fluoridated water harms people’s health are stepping up their fight against the move. Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) supports water fluoridation and is awaiting the results of investigations into its practicalities. As reported in […]
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Province looks into inorganic fluoride
The province is stepping into the fluoridation debate after a local citizens group requested a review of their concerns under the Environmental Bill of Rights. The Ministry of the Environment is launching its own review of the existing policies and regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act that pertain to the addition of inorganic fluorides […]
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Protest bites
About 60 anti-fluoride campaigners yesterday voiced their anger at the State Government’s plan to introduce the chemical to Geelong’s water supply. Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation president Keith Oakley, above, led the march on the offices of Barwon Water and the Department of Human Services, demanding plans to add fluoride to Geelong’s water be […]
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Turtle studies suggest health risks from environmental contaminants
The same chemicals that keep food from sticking to our frying pans and stains from setting in our carpets are damaging the livers and impairing the immune systems of loggerhead turtles—an environmental health impact that also may signal a danger for humans. Jennifer Keller, a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) […]
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Fluoridated water for central NSW shire within months
Gulargambone and one-third of Coonamble in central New South Wales will have fluoridated water within three months. The Coonamble Shire Council has accepted a tender to install fluoridation plants at two of its bores. The Department of Health is subsidising the full capital cost of the project. The council’s General Manager, John Griffiths, says fluoridation […]
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Gerogia: Once-heralded wastewater system reviewed
DALTON, Ga. — Researchers are questioning if the way Dalton disposes of its sewage and industrial wastewater may make the area more vulnerable to contamination by a chemical used in carpet manufacturing. The Loopers Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant is a 9,200-acre land application sewage treatment facility that was hailed as a the cutting edge of […]
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Ocean Springs asks for citizens’ opinions on fluoride
OCEAN SPRINGS — Whether the city adds fluoride to the water supply could depend on opinions offered by residents. Aldermen meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to discuss the project. In January, Dr. Nicholas Mosca, state dental director of the Mississippi State Department of Health, presented information in favor of water fluoridation. “We […]
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Board takes fluoride out of water
It was in Poughkeepsie’s drinking water for years. Several years ago it was taken out. Last June, it returned. Last month it was removed again. Confused? So are some city leaders who want to know why fluoride has again been removed from the water system, which serves about 80,000 residents in four Dutchess County communities. […]
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Community cabinet gets teeth stuck into fluoride
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, at her government’s first community cabinet this year, has moved to calm Gold Coast voters angered over the introduction of fluoridated water. The government’s push to introduce fluoride into the state’s water system was the biggest topic of contention at the 109th community cabinet meeting held at the William Duncan State […]
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