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Smoke on the water: Fluoride debate continues to heat up
No matter what the city of Rifle decides to do — whether or not to add fluoride to the drinking water supply — somebody is going to be upset. Exactly one year ago, the issue came up before council after equipment used to add fluoride to the water broke down. Rifle City Council members received […]
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Water supplies to 28,000 Chinese suspended
BEIJING – Toxic wastewater was flushed untreated into a river in southern China, prompting the government to cut water supplies to 28,000 people for at least four days, a local official and a Chinese newspaper said Monday. The official China Daily said that a power plant on the upper reaches of the Yuexi River in […]
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Poll finds most dental patients unaware of mercury
PORTSMOUTH – Mercury is the second most toxic element in the periodic table, said Dr. Richard Fischer, past president of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. The first is plutonium, which is radioactive and has a half-life of 100,000 years. Yet, each year dentists use 34 tons of mercury in the silver-colored amalgam […]
United States, New Hampshire -
Hamiltonians to vote over fluoride in water
Hamilton residents will decide themselves whether they want fluoride in their drinking water. Hamilton City Council voted 11-3 for a binding referendum on the issue yesterday during an emotive meeting which developed into a physical confrontation. Hillcrest dentist Steven Pawley, who councillor Roger Hennebry verbally attacked during the earlier debate, later approached Cr Hennebry in […]
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Free dental care under threat
Hamilton dentists are threatening to withdraw from providing free dental care to people under 18, if the city votes to stop fluoridating its water. The city council has voted to hold a binding referendum on the issue in May. The Dental Association has been one of the strongest advocates for the continued use of fluoride […]
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Hampton adding fluoride
HAMPTON — City residents will soon have more fluoride added to their water — again. Earlier this year, the community’s City Services Committee recommended that a 1975 ordinance requiring additional flouridation be repealed since the water system met state standards without it. So plans were made for an election in 2007 in which voters would […]
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Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Lies, damned lies, and statistics: That Mark Twain line seems to describe maneuverings while the California Supreme Court considered Watsonville’s appeal against the state forcibly fluoridating its water. A conveniently timed survey by the Dental Health Foundation indicating increased cavities splashed through local front pages, but a few details should be added. First, the DHF […]
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No-show angers debate organisers
WODONGAS anti-fluoride campaigners are angry that Victorian Government representatives failed to show up at a debate on Tuesday night. The event was cancelled, despite two speakers having travelled from Geelong to talk about the negative impacts of fluoride. Debate organiser Marilyn Edgar, from the Fluoride Education Awareness Team, said the no-show proved the Govern-ment couldnt […]
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Anti-fluoride campaign goes across Victoria
GIPPSLAND Safe Water Alliance (GSWA) members will join concerned citizens from across Victoria this weekend to develop a state-wide strategy opposing fluoridation. Alliance spokesperson Shane Elson said in response to the Bracks Government’s refusal to consult with and listen to community concerns about artificial fluoridation, a state-wide, coordinated approach to the issue would be organised. […]
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Harvard Professor Hiding a Link?
TRANSCRIPT FOX ANCHOR 1: Fluoride in water is supposed to fight tooth decay but could it also cause cancer? It’s a controversial question. FOX ANCHOR 2: Now Harvard University is actually caught up in the debate with serious allegations that an ivy league professor may be covering up the truth. Fox Undercover’s Mike Beaudet is […]
United States, Massachusetts