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Milton to add fluoride to H2O
The City of Milton will once again be adding Fluoride to their municipal water sources due to a $20,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health. Milton had been adding fluoridation to the water since 1989, but stopped in late 2006 when the City Council voted to discontinue it due to an older, unreliable injection […]
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Fluoride again prevails in Davis
Utahns for Better Dental Health fought tooth and nail to get citizen approval to add fluoride to water in Davis County. The group scored a victory in the 2000 general election, with 52 percent of the voters saying yes to fluoridation. Then, two years later, UBDH won again after it successfully sued to stop a […]
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A land that ‘waters down’ dreams of married life
ONGOLE: Almost 600 young men in four villages are finding it to difficult to get a girl in marriage. For no fault of their own. The girls in the neighbouring parts find fault with the water they drink! Yes, boys raised on flouride-contaminated water are, they believe, unfit for marriage. A problem, hitherto considered a […]
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For some, fluoridated water still hard to swallow
A chemist called it “criminally intolerant chemical warfare to enslave the American people.” A self-described inventor and “secret investigator” said the government was trying to “kill you slowly.” Another man put it bluntly: “Communism is one of the factors behind it.” In the summer of 1966, a year after the Watts riots, Los Angeles City […]
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Fluorosis cripples villagers in Sonbhadra village in UP
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 22: A large number of villagers of Sonbhadra village in Uttar Pradesh are suffering from fluorosis due to the excessive fluoride content in the ground water that these villages draw to drink. They are facing the risk of becoming handicapped due to excessive fluorosis Chopan, Dudhi and Myorpur and Babhni Blocks. […]
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Improvements planned for Marathon’s refinery
More than $206 million in improvements to clean the air and water are planned at the Marathon refinery in Stark County. The work includes $170 million in new equipment to produce low-sulfur diesel fuel, said Michael R. Armbrester, division manager for the Ohio Refining Division. In addition, $36 million is earmarked to improve waste water […]
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Moyne to ask about fluoride – Residents will be surveyed
HOUSEHOLDS across Moyne Shire will be given a chance to have their say on fluoride. A mail-out survey or a public forum will be held for the council to gauge the community’s view about the contentious issue. Warrnambool, Koroit and Allansford are expected to have their water supplies fluoridated under a Victorian Government initiative. Inviting […]
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OSHA cites Frontier Refining
EL DORADO, Kan. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Frontier El Dorado Refining Co. of El Dorado for one alleged willful and 18 alleged serious violations of federal safety and health standards. The agency is proposing penalties totaling $153,500. OSHA initiated its inspection on June 19 under […]
United States, Kansas Oil Refineries -
Condoms for Anna
Dear Premier I was wondering how I might thank you for your beneficence in the provision to me of an unnecessary drug in my water supply. I understand that the fluoridation of water has absolutely no benefits for an elderly fellow like myself, or indeed the entire adult population – at least those adults not […]
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Anger at GPs’ fluoride backing
ANTI-fluoridation campaigners believe general practitioners have disgraced themselves by backing State Government fluoridation plans for Geelong. They believe the GP Association of Geelong has sold out to the Government by flagging its support and is ignoring latest scientific findings on the impact of fluoride on bones, kidneys and thyroid glands. Opponents also said the Government […]
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