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BBC. Scotland: Fluoride plan goes down the drain
The first minister has pulled the plug on plans to add fluoride to drinking water in Scotland. Jack McConnell told parliament the Scottish Executive was instead planning a range of other measures to improve the dental health of children. Some dentists and the World Health Organisation have backed fluoridisation while other experts have said more […]
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Fury over grants to pro-fluoride lobby
THE Scottish Executive has paid almost £70,000 of taxpayers’ money to a pro-fluoride lobby group, while claiming it was neutral on the issue. Furious Green MSP Patrick Harvie has accused the Executive of bias for continuing to give grants, already totalling £68,500, to the British Fluoridation Society. The BFS is a group of doctors and […]
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More than a mouthful of evidence
Part of the argument for fluoridating Brisbane’s water supply is that Brisbane is out of step with the rest of Australia. In fact, Brisbane may be out of step with the rest of Australia but it is not out of step with the rest of the world. Brisbane is in step with major cities throughout […]
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City and AMA Snub Debate
A PUBLIC forum in Brisbane to debate water fluoridation is expected to attract hundreds of people on Tuesday. But both the Brisbane City Council and the Australian Medical Association will snub the event. An international expert on the issue will attend and has challenged medical and dental bodies to provide a representative to debate the […]
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Executive pulls plug on fluoride in water
CONTROVERSIAL plans to introduce fluoride into the public water supply in Scotland are set to be abandoned, it emerged today. The Scottish Executive is understood to have axed the proposal – which won support from the medical profession- in favour of better targeted dental services. The move is thought to have been sparked by splits […]
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Customers’ input sought for South Blount utility meeting
MARYVILLE – Officials of Blount County’s Community Health Initiative are calling on customers served by the South Blount County Utility District to express their views about the district’s decision to eliminate fluoride from the water it delivers. Laura Harrill, director of community outreach for Blount Memorial Hospital and facilitator of the health initiative, said the […]
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Unintended consequences
A new science-based report on the mass fluoridation of South African drinking water has raised several red flags – including extra health risks for tens of thousands of HIV/Aids sufferers, kidney patients, the elderly and other “sensitive” groups. Many of the potential costs – to people, the environment and the economy – have not been […]
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City waiting to remove fluoride
Mount Pleasant residents wanted to know when fluorid will be taken out of their water at Monday’s Cit Commission meeting City officials said the fluoride has not been removed and residents asked when it would be done. Voters approved city Proposal 1 by a 52 percent to 48 percent majority Nov. 2, forcing the city […]
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State proposal could force fluoridation
LITTLE ROCK – A joint committee of the Arkansas General Assembly is considering a proposal which would mandate fluoridation of all public water systems in the state. A hearing on Interim Study Proposal 2003-157 was held in September by the Joint Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. Currently, the option of water fluoridation is […]
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Tracking Fluoride in the National Food Supply
The Agricultural Research Service has launched a database that lists the level of fluoride in 400 separate food and beverage items. The list will be important to researchers who strive to estimate the amount of fluoride that individuals consume daily. For more than half a century, to prevent tooth decay, small amounts of fluoride have […]
United States, National USA NIDCR