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Fluoridation to be discussed in Hastings
HASTINGS councillors will hear the argument in favour of fluoridation at a workshop this week. This follows a meeting between mayor Rob Drew, Hastings Council general manager Bernard Smith, Mid-North Coast Area Health Service chief executive officer Terry Clout and health practitioners last week. “They presented a very good case,” Cr Drew said. Fluoridation was […]
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W.Va. Supreme Court orders DuPont documents unsealed in C8 suit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A year before it was sued, a DuPont lawyer warned the chemical giant that it could be found liable in a class-action lawsuit alleging a chemical contaminated drinking water, according to company documents unsealed by the West Virginia Supreme Court. The court voted 5-0 Thursday to unseal the internal documents, which include […]
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House bill lets towns vote on fluoride in water system
CONCORD — The House yesterday approved a process that would allow multi-town water districts to determine whether fluoride should be added to the water supply. The bill stems from a lawsuit filed by people in communities who receive their water from the Manchester Water Works and were not able to vote on whether fluoride should […]
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New study finds cancer rate higher in C8-exposed areas
PARKERSBURG – A recently released study authored by Dr. James Dahlgren, a nationally known toxicologist retained by plaintiffs in a pending Wood County Circuit Court C8 class action lawsuit filed against DuPont Washington Works, states “the overall cancer prevalence rate is higher in the population exposed to C8 when compared to the general population.” Perfluorooctanonic […]
United States, West Virginia Perfluorinated chemicals -
Top 10 findings of Escambia Co. Grand Jury
Here’s a look a the top 10 findings in the Escambia County grand jury report issued Tuesday: 1. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Escambia County Utilities Authority failed to do all they could to prevent and remove pollution in Escambia County. 2. More than half of Escambia […]
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Too Much Fluoride May Harm Babies’ Teeth
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fluoride in water has helped prevent millions of cavities, but the results of a new study suggest that infants who drink large amounts of beverages that contain fluoride may be at risk for discoloration of their primary teeth. In particular, infants who drank the most water-based beverages, particularly infant formulas […]
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Panel raps state, federal, local agencies on Pensacola pollution
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — State, federal and local agencies failed to do all they could to prevent and remove pollution that has contaminated more than half of Escambia County’s public water wells, a grand jury said in a report Tuesday. The panel, however, issued no indictments. State Attorney Curtis Golden said the statute of limitations […]
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Warning on danger of stolen power pole rods
TASMANIAN public health authorities warned last night of the potentially lethal dangers associated with stolen Aurora power pole rods. About 100 of the Preschem pole saver rods were stolen from locked panniers in an Aurora pole tester’s vehicle parked in the locked yard at his Gagebrook home on April 20. Dr Roscoe Taylor, the director […]
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Fluoride: the debate goes on
Consider this. If we as physicians were to prescribe to patients we know nothing about, a medically active, unproven drug at uncontrolled dosage and tell them to take as much as they want for the rest of their lives while not monitoring the side effects, how long would we be practising medicine before our licences […]
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Taps may draw fluoridated water by mid-May
BEAVERTON — On May 17, if everything works well in tests up to then, fluoridated water will begin flowing to about 65,000 of Beaverton’s 79,000 residents. At the same time, smaller amounts of fluoride will pass from Beaverton’s system to about 17,000 residences and businesses served by Tigard’s water system. Outsiders include residents of King […]
United States, Oregon