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Wearable biosensor measures fertility hormones in sweat
Researchers have designed a wearable, ring-like biosensor for monitoring the hormone oestradiol in human sweat. The technology is a fast-acting, non-invasive advance over conventional methods for tracking fertility and women’s health. The single-use sensor, described in a study published on 28 September in Nature Nanotechnology, combines microfluidics and emerging electrode technology with a group of […]
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Albany Common Council to vote on fluoridated water
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Legislation to add fluoride to Albany’s drinking water is on the table. If passed, the capital city would join neighboring Schenectady and Troy, which have fluoridated their water for years. “I was not aware that Albany did not have fluoridation in the water,” said Steve Shafer, a Pine Hills resident. “As […]
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Locking in Mandated Medicine by Short-Circuiting Democracy
It’s starting to look like New Zealand’s Ministry of Health makes a habit of undermining democratic process in order to skirt around inconvenient truths. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (BORA) could be collateral in the game that is being played. But it’s bigger than that. Members of Parliament, officials at the Ministry, […]
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Fluoridation efforts in Albany face little resistance thus far
City officials have so far managed to avoid the fluoride culture war in their push to add the mineral to Albany drinking water. ALBANY — City and county officials have so far avoided a fluoride culture war in their quest to add the tooth decay-fighting mineral to Albany drinking water. Few constituents attended a Nov. 16 […]
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Western BOP pushes ahead with water fluoridation
Western Bay of Plenty District council will push ahead with fluoridate plans despite a High Court ruling that the national directive was unlawful. The preliminary High Court decision says then director-general of health Sir Ashley Bloomfield’s July 2022 fluoridation directive to Western Bay and 13 other councils failed to consider the Bill of Rights Act. […]
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Letter: Fluoride shouldn’t be in the water
A WHO study showed that there was no difference in dental cavities in fluoridated and un-fluoridated areas of the world. Fluoride doesn’t prevent cavities, so why are we using it? Does the water company tell us of the dangers — cancer, thyroid, osteoarthritis, fluorosis, IQ, etc. ? The union representing professionals (scientists, engineers, attorneys) at the […]
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Fluoride: stop work call
Waip? District Council should stop work on plans to put fluoride into Cambridge water pending a final court decision, a local body politician says. But the health ministry is telling 14 councils its orders to add fluoride remain in place. Kane Titchener spoke to The News this week in the wake of a High Court […]
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Whangarei District Council Stalls Fluoridation Until “Unlawful” Court Ruling Resloved
On November the 23rd, water fluoridation was on the Whangarei District Council’s agenda again. Whangarei District councillors have chosen to pause work to fluoridate the water supply, as Rotorua Lakes Council has done recently, [1]. The Director-General of Health’s directive to councils to fluoridate was found to be unlawful in the recent ruling in the […]
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Rotorua Lakes Council pauses fluoridation work after High Court judgement on mandate
Rotorua Lakes Council has paused work to fluoridate its water supply after a preliminary High Court ruling the mandate to do so is unlawful. “I am resisting the urge to say ‘I told you so’,” a councillor who opposed the government mandate – and wanted to hold off on following it after New Health New […]
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Will Voters Settle The Fluoride Debate?
The City Council discussed fluoridation of water, approved a Republic Services trash rate increase, approved an ordinance to reduce fees for construction of accessory dwelling units, and announced the Lebanon Downtown Association is back in good standing during the Nov. 8 meeting. Fluoridated water The council discussed the issue of fluoridated water and chose to […]
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