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Vote was `no-brainer’ all right
The Palm Beach County Commission made an unfortunate and irresponsible decision to give the green light to fluoridation before waiting for the results of a major project now under way at the National Research Council in Washington, D.C. The project is titled “Toxicological Risks of Fluoride in Drinking Water.” Note, the project title is not […]
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Famed Activist To Meet Coronet Complainants
PLANT CITY – Environmental crusader Erin Brockovich-Ellis will lend her star power to a public meeting scheduled for Feb. 1 at The Lakeland Center. Brockovich-Ellis, environmental research director for the California law firm Masry & Vititoe, is set to join Jim Ross of McCurdy & McCurdy LLP to update plaintiffs on the status of a […]
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Bill revives fluoridated water debate
SALEM — Across the country, adding fluoride to tap water is as routine as brushing your teeth. But in Oregon? It’s about as popular as paying a sales tax or pumping our own gas. At least three bills have come before the Oregon Legislature since 1995 proposing to require municipal water systems to add fluoride […]
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Dentists renew push to require fluoride
SALEM – Oregon dentists, who for decades have have come out on the losing side of campaigns to add fluoride to the state’s drinking water, returned to Salem on Monday to try again. But this session’s opening hearing made it clear that, while the battle is old, the battle lines aren’t. In decades past, dentists […]
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It’s all a matter of autonomy
We have to give some credit to dental surgeon Dr Joe Mullen. In an article in this paper (IMN, 5/1/05), he at least addresses the question of personal autonomy when it comes to enforced dosing of the population of Ireland with an unlicensed medication via their drinking water supply. This to me at any rate […]
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Tribes object to Simplot plan
POCATELLO – Shoshone-Bannock tribal leaders say they oppose a rules change allowing J.R. Simplot to increase sample testing for fluoride emissions rather than requiring the company to monitor for them continuously. During a public hearing the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality hosted Wednesday night at City Hall, Fort Hall Business Council Chairwoman Nancy Murillo, asked […]
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Alcoa, partners find use for hazardous waste
Alcoa, Nova Pb and St. Lawrence Cement have pooled their expertise and developed a way to turn the aluminum company’s hazardous waste into a non-toxic product that improves cement. Pot-liner, the residue produced during the smelting of primary aluminum, is dangerous stuff, containing cyanide and fluoride. It has been banned from most landfill sites for […]
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Toothpaste label revs up some anxiety
I don’t know why, or why I hadn’t before, but the other day I read the back of my wrinkly tube of toothpaste. As if I don’t already suffer enough anxiety, I found these words: “Do not swallow.” Nearby was a warning to keep the tube away from children under 6. It got worse: “If […]
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Fluoridation Comes To Palm Beach County
Its official. Palm Beach County is now a fluorinated county. The switch will be flipped later this week to begin injecting the highly controversial chemical into the County’s four public water drinking supply systems. The vote Tuesday was 5-2, but not before Commissioner and Chairman Tony Masilotti argued that fluoridation removes citizen choice. And not […]
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Fluoridation failed in forum
Fluoridation took a blow to the teeth here last Thursday, but the Board of Health enlisted some assistance for another round which could feature a more positive outlook. With snow and freezing rain causing two members of a scheduled panel to cancel plans to drive to North Attleborough from Worcester, and a third opting not […]
United States, Massachusetts