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Fluoride flows again, for a price
Melbourne’s water system would have run out of fluoride today, but an emergency purchase — at eight times the usual price — kept the tooth-toughening chemical compound flowing out of taps. Cocoa had just 10 days of fluoride left, but a new shipment arrived Tuesday that will last for two months. Brevard County’s two largest […]
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Mention fluoride, and fight’s on
Decades after most of the rest of the nation accepted adding fluoride to the water supply to prevent tooth decay, the issue remains a flashpoint in Oregon. “Of all the issues in the state, this is one of the most contentious,” says Brett Hamilton, a director of the Oregon Dental Association, which supports fluoridation. “It’s […]
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Problems at Fertilizer factory leads to shortage of fluoridation chemicals
The county’s water plant west of Delray Beach got good news about strong teeth Tuesday, when its supplier of fluoride said a shipment would arrive there later in the week. County Administrator Bob Weisman said a shortage of fluoride led the county to halt fluoridation of water west of Delray, after the plant ran out […]
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Shortage forces halt to fluoride in water
Seven months after Palm Beach County commissioners came within one vote of removing fluoride from the county’s drinking water, a statewide shortage of the compound has forced utility officials to stop using it. County Administrator Bob Weisman said Monday that the utility department already has run out of fluoride at its water treatment plant in […]
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Only 82% in Alabama receive fluoride in their water
Added fluoride in Alabama’s drinking water is a given, right? Not necessarily. Eighty-two percent of Alabamians on public water are getting fluoride added at the water plant, reflecting the prevailing belief among health professionals that the practice is beneficial. Yet every county in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area still has water systems that don’t add fluoride […]
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Dental study used in anti-fluoride campaign
A South Island wide study of dental decay in 12-year-olds is being used by anti-fluoride campaigners to push the case of keeping fluoride out of Ashburton’s community water supply. The information was presented at a meeting on Thursday night, called by anti-fluoride campaigners, and is part of a package of data being used to ensure […]
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5000 in Doda contract fluorosis, lose teeth
Jammu, Jan 28: Many thousand people in Doda district’s Ghat area are believed to be suffering from dental flourosis, in which the victim loses teeth by fast decay and discoloring of the enamel. Jammu’s Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) in August 2000 had detected excess fluorine content in drinking water in Ghat. Six yearn on, the […]
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Beatttie won’t force fluoride issue
PREMIER Peter Beattie yesterday ruled out mandating fluoride as he has recycled water. “We had to make that decision based on life and death and because we had no choice. I think fluoridation is a different issue,” he said. The State Government continues to offer rebates to councils for set-up costs of fluoridating their drinking […]
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Bill would require fluoridation of water
YORK — It’s not something that York opponents of fluoridation probably want to hear, after they fought a city proposal to add it to the water supply. But LB 245 is seeking to create a mandate that all towns with more than 1,000 residents should have to add fluoride to their water. The bill, which […]
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Slippery Rock Area school board puts cap on fluoride distribution
Slippery Rock Area School Board approved a motion to discontinue the distribution of fluoride tablets by teachers to students during their Jan. 22 meeting. The board also asked superintendent Lee Beaton to discuss alternative methods of distribution of the pills with district dentist David Duryea and district nurses. Over the past three meetings, school board […]
United States, Pennsylvania