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Dispute over Methyl Bromide alternative prompts debate on fluoride
EPA’s approval of a fluoride-based alternative to the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide is triggering a broader fight over agency data justifying the use of fluoride to treat drinking water and combat pests — a dispute that could be heavily influenced by a major new scientific report expected in the coming weeks. The fight also highlights […]
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Water fluoridation – the farce goes on
This whole business has become high farce. At this stage it would appear nobody in their right mind could take it seriously or, for that matter, care less about it. It is, of course, yet another committee, paid for, as always, by you and I, the long-suffering taxpayers. That consummate lover of the home-grown committee […]
Ireland -
US fluoridation witness lashes Dept
A leading US scientist has written to the Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health expressing his frustration at what he sees as a failure to take action on water fluoridation. Dr Paul Connett previously travelled to Ireland on two occasions to testify against the practice and appeared before the Oireachtas Committee in 2004. Since […]
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Sweet solution to fighting cavities
Here’s a sweet idea: a cavity-fighting candy. A recent discovery in dental care could soon make it possible. Researchers at Stony Brook University have found a new way to fight tooth decay by mimicking the powerful re-mineralizing benefits of saliva, long known to naturally protect teeth from harmful, cavity-causing bacteria. A two-year study in the […]
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Polluted water compounds bachelor woes
Single men in this small Rajasthan town are finding it difficult to end their bachelorhood, as not many families are prepared to marry their daughters to men from a place known for heavy fluoride content in its water. Many residents of Dudu, about 60 km from here, and surrounding villages are affected by various orthopaedic […]
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Fluoride levels in Palam water way over permissible limit: Study
New Delhi,January 16: A three-year survey by the Fluorosis Research and Rural Development Foundation has found that 34.8 per cent of the children, below the age group of 8 years, living in Palam are afflicted with dental fluorosis. The levels of fluoride in the drinking water here was found to be higher than permissible limits […]
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Tucson dentists: Fluoridate water now
A broken Tucson promise is damaging the health of our children, say angry Tucson dentists, who want it fixed. That promise — made 13 years ago but never fulfilled — was to fluoridate Tucson’s water to reduce childhood tooth decay, still one of the most common and costly health problems afflicting local youngsters. Tucson’s City […]
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Fluoride use disputed
In Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie is the only one of 725 public water systems that adds fluoride to drinking water. That could change, though. Commissioner of Health Dr. Michael Caldwell has made it a priority this year to inform public water providers about the benefits of fluoride in cavity prevention, in hopes that more choose to […]
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Rockford to discontinue fluoride water treatment
ROCKFORD — The Rockford City Council on Thursday voted to discontinue putting fluoride into its drinking water. “We needed to put new equipment in for it and (the city public works director) didn’t really recommend doing it,” Mayor Harry White said today. Adding fluoride to the drinking water is not required by the Iowa Department […]
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County says water company not adding fluoride
Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon has not decided whether the county will sue a small water company for failing to add fluoride as required by public health rules. He wants to consult others before he acts on the request from the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health. “It’s an issue of fairness,” Corroon told […]
United States, Utah