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Fluorosis: Too much of a good thing
Does your child have a lacy white pattern on his or her teeth, or noticeable mottling and spots? If so, it could be a condition called enamel fluorosis. The culprit? Something you always thought was a good thing: fluoride. Fluorosis happens when children get too much fluoride while their teeth are developing. According to the […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: New food pesticide dangerous for all Americans, three environmental groups warn
Three environmental groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke their approval of sulfuryl fluoride as a pesticide fumigant on food. EPA approved sulfuryl fluoride as an alternative food fumigant to ozone-depleting methyl bromide. The groups say additional fluoride levels in food will be harmful to the health of all Americans because fluoride […]
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New food pesticide dangerous for all Americans, three environmental groups warn
New York – December 21, 2005 — Three environmental groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke their approval of sulfuryl fluoride as a pesticide fumigant on food. EPA approved sulfuryl fluoride as an alternative food fumigant to ozone-depleting methyl bromide. The groups say additional fluoride levels in food will be harmful to […]
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A village hit by fluoride
NAWADA: About 80 per cent of the residents of Kachhariadih village in Rajouli sub-division of Nawada district, mostly dalits, are disabled due to the excessive presence of fluoride in their drinking water. People suffering from humps on their backs or lameness are a common sight in the village. “The present level of fluoride in drinking […]
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China aims to improve safe water availability by 2010
BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters) – China expects to bring potable water to 100 million rural residents by 2010, a state newspaper said on Monday, but that would still leave more than 200 million people with unsafe supplies. Plagued by droughts and shortages, China is currently unable to provide clean drinking water to 360 million people, […]
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Mosaic Spill Causes Fish Kill In Archie Creek
RIVERVIEW – About 40,000 gallons of acidic process water leaked from a pipe at Mosaic Fertilizer plant, causing a small fish kill, according to environmental and company officials. The leaking pipe, which runs under U.S. 41, was detected about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Mosaic spokesman David Townsend. The spill was contained, but sensors in […]
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Hampton votes not to add fluoride to water
HAMPTON — After a lengthy debate, the Hampton City Council decided not to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. By a vote of 4-2 Tuesday, the council decided to repeal a 1975 ordinance which called for fluoridation. In November, Hampton’s four dentists asked the council to resume filtering and fluoridating the city’s water. Speaking […]
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Fluoride war still coming
If you think you are getting fluoridated water when you turn on your faucet — you are so wrong. Unless you are a customer being served by the Port Hueneme Water agency, which started fluoridating in November of 1998, you are merely getting good old-fashioned H20 — and a soupcon of chloramine. In fact, Port […]
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Are your teeth toxic?
A professional musician from Arlington Heights suffers from mysterious rashes and lip blisters. A dental hygienist in Hoffman Estates battles migraines. And a social worker in Prospect Heights is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. All three tried treating their ailments using a controversial method: by having dentists remove and replace their so-called “silver” amalgam tooth fillings, […]
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Fluoride leak shuts the taps
Dec 11, 2005 — Officials are investigating a leak at a Pennsylvania-American Water Co. treatment plant that sent an estimated 600 gallons of fluoride into the system on Saturday, prompting a public warning for customers not to drink the water. The leak raised the fluoride levels in the area from one part per million to […]
United States, Pennsylvania