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Humboldt: Fluoridation cost study released
HUMBOLDT – Fluoridating Northern Humboldt County’s water would cost the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD) $325,000 to construct facilities and $46,000 in annual expenses. The costs would be split proportionately among the district’s seven water customers, which are the cities of Eureka, Arcata and Blue Lake plus community service districts in Cutten (Humboldt), McKinleyville, […]
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EDITORIAL: Vote Yes for fluoridation in Northern Humboldt County
The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District is considering fluoridation of its water for the seven communities it serves, two of which already fluoridate. Doing so would bring cavity reduction and stronger teeth to rural citizens who have gone without, to the detriment of their dental health as compared to fluoridated Arcata. If any one of […]
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A call for the Welsh National Assembly to debate fluoridation
Wrexham AM Lesley Griffiths has called for the National Assembly to debate whether fluoride should be added to the Welsh water supply. But will such a form of mass medication improve our dental health? Dr Richard Lewis, Welsh Secretary of the British Medical Association, puts forward the case for flouridation THE BMA has for many […]
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Report by the Maui Health Initiative Task Force includes fluoridation project
HONOLULU – Ideas offered by Maui citizens on improving health care took shape in legislation introduced in the 2008 Legislature by three state senators from Maui County. Inspired by a 140-page report from the Maui Health Initiative Task Force, the state Senate delegation offered seven bills for consideration in the session that opened on Jan. […]
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Erie residents to vote on fluoride in their water
ERIE — In a perfect world, Diane Brunson would have the fluoride flowing freely through every Colorado tap. To Brunson, who heads the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Oral Health Unit, it’s an easy call. Statistics show sharp reductions in tooth decay in communities that fluoridate their water. Studies show the costs — […]
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Bedfordshire: Stop the rot – let’s discuss fluoride in our water supply
What links your toothpaste to the atomic bomb and the world’s most corrosive acid? Fluoride has been added to Bedfordshire’s water with little or no public debate. GARRICK ALDER reports on one campaigner who refuses to go with the flow. Cynthia Bagchi is shocked but not surprised. Another health study showing the negative effects of […]
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Government steps in as protesters prepare
PEOPLE would have to drink a bathtub of fluoridated water in a day to be poisoned, the State Government said yesterday. As it prepares to start adding the anti-tooth-decay compound to Queensland’s water at the end of the year, the Government is taking steps to reassure the public that it is safe. Health Minister Stephen […]
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Region’s fluoride decision justified
The decision on Thursday night of regional council’s Committee of the Whole in Niagara to vote down a motion to fluoridate all of Niagara’s municipal water was a good one for the community. As the Region of Niagara has 12 communities and only one full community which has received water fluoridation for over 40 years, […]
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Authority ‘powerless’ on fluoride Return to sender
ANTI-fluoride protesters delivered their message to the wrong address when they marched on Barwon Water this week, according to chairman Roger Lowrey. Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation supporters rallied outside the authority’s Ryrie Street headquarters before delivering about 600 letters expressing non-consent to fluoridation to Mr Lowrey and managing director Michael Malouf. About 100 […]
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High levels of fluoride in Gypsumville’s well water traced to ancient meteorite
Well water of the tiny Canadian town of Gypsumville, Manitoba (population 65) has been poisoned by an extraterrestrial. The invader: A meteorite which struck down almost a quarter-billion years ago, creating the 25-mile-wide (40-kilometer) Lake Martin impact crater. The ancient impact shattered the granitic ground so that extraordinary amounts of fluoride now taint the well […]
Canada, Manitoba