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DEC nominated for ‘Dirty Dozen’ award by Canton group
CANTON – Fluoride Action Network Pesticides Project, Canton, nominated one of the “Dirty Dozen” awards announced this week by Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, Albany, a non-profit organization that advocates for pollution prevention and environmental justice. FAN Pesticides Project nominated the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Natural Resources under the Pataki administration for its lack […]
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Fluorosis : Bone crusher in Assam
Life for Gita Deb (44) of village Tekelangjun in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam is an endless odyssey of pain. For the last seven years she has been bedridden, suffering from perennial body pain. She is also without medical care, even medicine. Her husband looks after the family and also takes care of the […]
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Fluoride Costing More but Still Seen As Bargain: Health Experts: Money Saved on Dental Bills Makes Use Worthwhile
Part of the fallout from Hurricane Katrina was a disruption in Florida phosphate mining, a byproduct of which is the fluoride added to drinking water to prevent tooth decay. Fluoride supplies were interrupted and costs went up, leading some cities — including Evansville — in several states to stop adding fluoride to water. That’s not […]
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Chocolate Constituent Bests Fluoride
That’s how Tulane University’s news office provocatively titled a press release it issued last week. Sound sweet? Unfortunately, it’s anything but. The extract, theobromine, is a bitter constituent of a number of plants, including the beans used to make chocolate. A chemical cousin to caffeine, this compound is also a stimulant—and doesn’t taste the least […]
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Hooper Bay: Lack of fluoride gives villagers tooth decay
Note from Fluoride Action Network: In 1992, Hooper Bay’s water treatment equipment failed and fluoride levels were so high one man died in the nation’s first death due to fluoride poisoning. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Dentists say the equation is simple: less fluoride equals more tooth decay. Soda and sweets just add fuel to the fire. […]
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Irish Medicines Board responds to claims of illegal water fluoridation
The IMB has responded to criticism from VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment) that it is in breach of legislation surrounding water fluoridation. In a letter to the IMB, VOICE has asked the IMB to enforce the provisions of EU Council Directives and Irish legislation. However, the IMB said it considers that neither […]
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Fluoride in water once again under debate
THOROLD — During the Cold War, as debate raged over whether to add fluoride to municipal drinking water supplies, there were people who believed it was all part of communist machinations to control people with chemicals under the guise of offering stronger teeth. While no one seriously believes secret agents are out to seize control […]
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FDA Bans Toothpaste from China after 51 Deaths in Panama
The Food and Drug Administration said it is blocking all shipments of toothpaste from China after 51 Panamanians apparently died after brushing with poisonous toothpaste from China. However, a ConsumerAffairs.Com investigation reveals the FDA’s action may be too little too late and that importers still may be able to sneak tubes past FDA inspectors. ConsumerAffairs.Com […]
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A New York 2007 “Dirty Dozen” Award nominated by FAN
The New York 2007 “Dirty Dozen” Awards to Polluters and New York State Government Agencies Today the Albany-based Citizens’ Environmental Coalition unveiled the recipients of its fourth annual “Dirty Dozen“ Awards* to various polluters and state agencies in New York. The “winners” were selected by a committee based on the severity of the threat they […]
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Managing methamphetamine mess
Victor Boyd cleans up the sort of mess few people want anything to do with – the remnants of illegal methamphetamine laboratories. The Titirangi resident got his idea for his company, Contaminated Site Solutions, while working for another commercial cleaner. “We’d been approached by a couple of councils and they didn’t know how to deal […]
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