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Activist ratchets up debate over mercury dental fillings
Four years ago, worrying about dental fillings was just a preoccupation for Leo Cashman. Now it’s a full-time job. Cashman, 59, has turned his south Minneapolis apartment into the headquarters of a grass-roots movement to rid the world of mercury fillings and other perceived health dangers. As executive director of DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome) […]
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Fluoride About To Flow in Pinellas
CLEARWATER – After years of on-again, off-again discussion and debate, Pinellas County will begin fluoridating its water supply on Monday, ending its status as the largest water system in the eastern United States devoid of the cavity- fighting additive. The move is lauded by county health officials and other medical professionals as a long-awaited and […]
United States, Florida -
UNC senator sounds warning on La Brea smelter site
Questions have been raised about environmental dangers to La Brea residents if a US$1 billion aluminium smelter is sited there. UNC senator Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan raised the matter as a motion on the adjournment of the Senate on Tuesday. She asked for details on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement signed between US-based aluminium producer Alcoa, […]
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Fluoride fallout: Council recommends fluoridated water issue for ballot initiative
ARCATA — It’s too big of an issue for just five people to decide. That was the consensus of the Arcata City Council after a nearly three-hour discussion on the city’s almost 50-year-old Fluoride Program. The council had been asked to review, discuss and possibly repeal the program, which has added fluoride to the city’s […]
United States, California -
FAN NZ responds to fluoridation push
Fluoride Action Network (FAN) NZ, would like to thank Auckland DHB chair Wayne Brown for bringing the contentious subject of water-fluoridation into the public arena (NZ Herald, 1/06/04). Although disappointed that his initial public stance is in support of the practice, they are not surprised. “He will not have been properly informed on the topic. […]
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Expert panel to review fluoridation in Hastings
AN at times emotional debate culminated on Monday night with Hastings Council referring fluoridation to an expert panel. The council will approach the NSW government to establish the panel to advise on whether there is a strong case for fluoridation. If a strong case is found, the council will take up the Mid-North Coast Area […]
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Low-cost defluoridation of water using broken bricks
Abstract: A low cost domestic defluoridator has been developed by the National Water Supply & Drainage Board of Sri Lanka to remove excess fluoride in drinking water to avoid endemic Fluorosis. Broken pieces of freshly burnt bricks are used as filter media in these units. A kinetic model for fluoride uptake in the filter with […]
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Martin defends practice of fluoridating water
Fluoride is still being added to water supplies in the State, despite 11 local authorities voting against its use amid continuing public concern about its effects on human health and the environment. Last week, the Minister for Health, Mr Martin, strongly defended the practice, in response to a Dail question from the Green Party Leader, […]
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Health boards want to bite councils in pocket
Health boards intend to hit anti-fluoridation city and district councils in the pocket. Auckland District Health Board chairman Wayne Brown said yesterday that he favoured billing the Auckland City Council for a 2001 fluoridation decision that was keeping dental treatment costs unnecessarily high. The council in 2001 voted narrowly against adding fluoride to the water […]
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Hastings fluoride debate tonight
THE controversial fluoride debate will come to a head at today’s Hastings Council meeting. Since a Mid-North Coast Area Health Service teleconference last month, fluoridation of the water supply has been a hot topic, with both sides of the debate presented to the council. Two main motions will come before today’s meeting. Mayor Rob Drew […]
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