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Concern over rise in calcium, vitamin D deficiency cases
Tirupati, November 30: Speakers at the international symposium on ‘Metabolic bone disorders’ organised here on Thursday expressed concern over the alarming rise of calcium and vitamin D deficiency across the world and saw ‘food fortification’ as the answer. The symposium, conducted by Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), in association with National Institute of […]
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Fluoride and arsenic poisoning
Based on the fluorine content of the drinking water in the country, fluorosis is a problem in 19 States, which are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand & Chhatisgarh. Accordingly to the WHO sponsored project carried […]
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Elgin City Council votes ‘no’ on water fluoridation
Elgin City Council members took on the decision of fluoridating Elgin’s public water system at the Nov. 20 meeting instead of allowing the issue to go before voters as was considered at a previous meeting. On a split 5-3 vote, the decision was to not add fluoride to Elgin’s water. Voting for the prohibition were […]
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Publisher’s view on fluoridation
Fluoridating Santa Monica’s water supply was a controversial matter. I was not in favor of it for the simple reason of why add it to everyone’s supply when people who want it can add it and people who don’t aren’t forced to ingest it. With the water problems we have had with the Charnock Wells […]
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Ohio: DuPont says filters work, will stop paying for bottled water
DuPont has spent $6 million since 2005 to keep 12,000 residents in the Little Hocking area from drinking a chemical the company uses to make Teflon. The company has spent $3 million on bottled water and $3 million on a drinking-water filter system that should protect against C8, a chemical that the U.S. Environmental Protection […]
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Harrisburg Considers Fluoride In Water
Support is building for an initiative to add fluoride to almost all drinking water in Pennsylvania, with proponents billing it as a safe and effective way to improve dental health across the state. Though some are suspicious of adding any chemicals to public water supplies, widespread scientific consensus supports the belief that adding fluoride to […]
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Health Canada downplays fluoride fears for infants
For the past year, the American Dental Association has warned parents that if their tap water is fluoridated, they shouldn’t use it to make infant formula. The worry: It could cause children to develop mottled teeth. Canadian health authorities haven’t made a similar call, even though the amounts of fluoride that prompted the U.S. recommendation […]
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Fluoride fracas afoot in Erie
ERIE — This town of 16,000 is one of just a few remaining communities in Colorado that doesn’t fluoridate its water supply, but that could change next spring when Erie residents head to the polls. Elected leaders are set to vote tonight on a resolution that would place a water-fluoridation measure on the town’s April […]
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Fluoride in water pursued
Is adding fluoride to the water supply one of the all-time great public health initiatives? Or is it a plot to weaken the population or perhaps dispose of industrial waste? There’s a new push in Pennsylvania to require that fluoride be added to all public water systems, based on widespread agreement among scientists that it […]
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East Lancashire: Fluoride in tap water sparks angry debate
POOR dental health and deprivation across Burnley and Pendle is forcing NHS chiefs to look into increasing the level of fluoride in the public’s water supply. However, this has sparked debate among campaigners who consider fluoride a toxic chemical linked to osteoporosis and cancer. Health bosses say there is an obvious link with tooth decay […]
United Kingdom, England