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Fluoride no longer in water from Falher plant
Residents getting their drinking water from the water plant in Falher probably have not noticed that the water has not contained fluoride for almost one month. Fluoride was discontinued in early September after a measuring metre malfunctioned. Extensive research shows that fluoride in water is more harmful than healthy. “Latest studies indicate that ingestion of […]
Canada, Alberta -
Koori poll on fluoride
GUNDITJMARA Aboriginal Co-operative has denied it is pro-fluoride and is planning a members’ poll to determine its stance on the controversial issue. A Victorian Government advertisement in The Standard last Friday stated the co-op was one of several agencies that supported water fluoridation in Warrnambool. “We want to distance ourselves from that statement,” chairman Brian […]
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Fluoride in Our Water: Recent Science and Upcoming Regulations
Locally and lately, assertions have been made that anyone who questions fluoridating our water supply is a kook who doesn’t care about poor children, and that these kooks are just a vocal minority that the rest of us should disregard. The 600 dentists, doctors, and PhDs (including world-renowned scientists, a former Chief of Water Toxicology […]
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Southwest Riverside County’s water gets fluoridated
A good portion of residents in southwestern Riverside County can look forward to fewer cavities and healthier teeth, water officials say. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Monday began adding fluoride to its water supply at a Riverside treatment plant that provides water to most of western Riverside County. This is the first of […]
United States, California -
18 million people to get fluoride in water
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will begin adding the cavity-fighting agent fluoride to the drinking water for 18 million Southern Californians starting today. The MWD said it will supplement the trace amounts of naturally occurring fluoride in the water it imports from the Colorado River and Northern California to levels promoted by the […]
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East Montgomery: Dentists push fluoride, water districts don’t
Michelle Roberts wants her three young children to have fluoride, which she knows can help prevent cavities. For the past 20 months, though, her drinking water has not been fluoridated, and she had no idea. “I have a 2 1/2-year-old and she’s had no fluoride for most of her life,” said Roberts, who lives near […]
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United Arab Emirates: dentists call for adding fluoride to tap water
DUBAI — The local Scientific Committee of FDI (International Dental Federation) has urged the authorities to compulsorily include fluoride in tap water in the UAE. During the closing ceremony of the FDI Annual Dental Congress 2007, Dr Tareq Khoury, Chairman, Scientific Committee, FDI Dubai 2007, said the water authorities in the UAE should look into […]
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EDITORIAL: Trust the dentists, not web theories
Fluoride. Do you think it’s dangerous? Isn’t that the stuff most of us squeeze onto a toothbrush and shove into our mouths every morning and before we go to bed? So what’s the harm if our government puts it into our water supply? Won’t it help fight tooth decay? Of course it will. That’s just […]
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Newport water to contain fluoride
Plans to add fluoride the Newport Beach’s water supply will go ahead next month, despite outcry from a group of citizens and a subsequent City Council vote to ask the water district for a delay. Some Newport residents say they worry about negative health effects associated with fluoride, but most experts say the water additive […]
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Corning has enough signatures to force fluoridation referendum
CORNING — A petition calling for city charter changes that would prohibit Corning from fluoridating its water has enough valid signatures to trigger a referendum, City Clerk Rose Blackwell said Friday. Blackwell said the petition contained 320 valid signatures — 14 more than the 306 needed to force a vote. “I’m very pleased with this […]
United States, New York