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Wolfforth Residents Warned Not To Drink The Water
WOLFFORTH–Drinking water can sometimes be taken for granted. But for residents in Wolfforth, another newsletter serves as a reminder that their water isn`t safe. Water composes more than 2/3 of your body. But for Wolfforth residents, their supply is saturated with hazardous levels of fluoride. “It concerns me a whole lot,” says Michael Hill, a […]
United States, Texas -
Where have all the experts gone?
Way back in September 2002, the then Health Minister Micheál Martin promised the people that there would be an expert body established to oversee the recommendations of the Forum on Fluoridation. This group was to be called the Irish Expert Body on Fluoridation and Health. For the purposes of brevity I will refer to this […]
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Residents debate need for fluoride
The debate over fluoridation continued Wednesday at South Blount Utility District’s monthly board of commissioners meeting. The district’s decision not to fluoridate water at its new plant, completed this year, has drawn staunch support and opposition from customers. Both sides made an appearance at the meeting Wednesday. Commissioners decided to continue collecting information on fluoridation, […]
United States, Tennessee -
The Fluoride Debate Hits the Web
To add or not to add that’s the question in one East Tennessee community, as the debate concerning whether or not fluoride should be in the water continues. The South Blount County Utility District used to buy its water from other districts which added fluoride. But it decided to leave fluoride out when it started […]
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To fluoridate or not to fluoridate – that is the question
MARYVILLE – The Internet has become the newest battleground in the controversy over the South Blount County Utility District’s decision to remove fluoride from the water the organization provides its 13,000 customers. Mike Biddle, who runs his own Web hosting and site design service, entered the fray during the weekend, bringing online a site dedicated […]
United States, Tennessee -
Arcata fluoride initiative circulating
ARCATA — The group seeking to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water can now legally collect signatures on an initiative petition. Arcata City Manager Dan Hauser said the petition became eligible for circulation on Wednesday, having been delayed because of disagreements over the wording that have since been resolved. The Arcata Citizens for Safe […]
United States, California -
‘Prevent fluorosis through nutrition’
Tamilnadu is one of the 17 States in the country grappling with the ‘fluoride problem,’ according to K P Anbazhagan, Minister for Information and Publicity and Local Administration. Inaugurating a national workshop on ‘Nutritional Effects on Fluorosis’, here yesterday, he said, excessive fluoride content in water resulted in different types of fluorosis. ‘Fluoride affects teeth […]
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City may go it alone and put fluoride in tap water
GLASGOW health chiefs could still “go it alone” and introduce fluoride to drinking water. As reported in later editions of last night’s Evening Times, First Minister Jack McConnell has ruled out adding fluoride to mains water supplies across Scotland. But bosses at NHS Greater Glasgow are still determined to add the chemical to improve the […]
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McConnell says no to fluoride bid
FIRST Minister Jack McConnell has ruled out adding fluoride to Scotland’s drinking water. He told MSPs that the Executive planned to bring forward a range of other measures to improve the dental health of children. Senior Labour ministers had been eager to press ahead with fluoridation. But the decision to drop any such plans represents […]
United Kingdom, Scotland -
No fluoride in our water
FIRST Minister Jack McConnell today ruled out adding fluoride to Scotland’s drinking water. He said the Executive was instead planning to bring forward a range of other measures to improve the dental health of children. The news will delight campaigners who have fought for years to stop the controversial move. And it will come as […]
United Kingdom, Scotland