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No public vote over fluoride in Rotorua
Rotorua people will not get their say on whether they want fluoride in their water. Rotorua District councillors last night voted 7-6 against holding a referendum during the local body elections later this year. Eastside residents will also not have their water chlorinated after councillors voted against it. Water was the subject of two heated […]
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Manila to ask residents about fluoride
MANILA – In considering the prospect of having the Humboldt Bay Municipal Bay Municipal Water District add fluoride to its water supply, the Manila Community Services District’s board of directors wants the input of voters. The board met last Thursday, June June 21 and unanimously approved a resolution that calls for an advisory ballot election […]
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Juneau: Study fluoride before signing ballot petition
Several dentists and public health workers are attempting, with American Dental Association funding, to gather the 2,000 signatures needed to put the fluoride issue on a ballot in October. While I believe that the citizens of Juneau would step up and vote the right way- to keep our water uncontaminated – as a member of […]
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Voluntary Recall of One Lot of Fluotic® (sodium fluoride) 20 mg tablets and Notice of Product Discontinuation
OTTAWA, CANADA — June 27, 2007 — sanofi-aventis Canada Inc., with agreement from Health Canada, has undertaken a voluntary recall of one lot of Fluotic® (sodium fluoride) 20 mg tablets, bottle of 100: lot number 8034613 (expiry date: September 2008). This voluntary recall is intended to address a quality issue. In in-vitro tests, the disintegration […]
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Cumbrian anti-fluoride action group goes on line
A PRESSURE group aiming to raise awareness of levels of fluoride in the west Cumbria water supply has launched its own website. Cumbrians against Fluoridation has been campaigning for the last seven years against what it claims is the use of an untested, unresearched chemical in the area’s drinking water. It is now taking its […]
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State fluoride legislation goes down the drain
SALEM — House Speaker Jeff Merkeley, D-Portland, made it official Wednesday. Mandatory fluoridation of drinking water will not pass the 2007 Legislature. “The bill does not have the votes to get out of the Ways and Means subcommittee,” he said, even though amendments were made to the original measure to attract legislative support. One would […]
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Arsenic in Fluoride? CDC says YES
Fluoridation chemicals are allowed to contain arsenic and other toxins New York — March 2007 — Trace amounts of arsenic are found in fluoride chemicals added to drinking water supplies, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website. (1) Fluoridation is a controversial attempt to reduce tooth decay in tap-water consumers. Fluoridation chemicals – […]
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Today’s letters: Director of Hillsborough County Water Resources addresses fluoridation
As a public utility which provides high-quality drinking water to more than 350, 000 people, Hillsborough County Water Resource Services receives numerous advisories, statements, position papers, opinions and articles from a wide variety of sources. Our staff carefully evaluates each new development in the industry. Medical issues in particular can be extremely complex and confusing, […]
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Opponents vow to fight fluoridation decision in Yarmouth
Some Yarmouth residents are promising to continue their fight after the board of health voted to approve fluoridation of the town’s water. A group of residents went to Town Hall to obtain the papers required for a petition of the board’s vote early Tuesday morning. “We went there bright and early,” said Vi Pacitto of […]
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Sierra Health Foundation gives $250,000 to the City of West Sacramento to help install water fluoridation
As part of its brightSMILES Dental Partnership, Sierra Health Foundation has awarded three grants to agencies involved in improving the oral health of Yolo County residents. A $60,000 grant was awarded to CommuniCare Health Centers for school-based oral health services, the Sacramento District Dental Foundation was awarded a $120,000 grant to support its Smiles for […]
United States, California