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Coronet Cancer Study Disputed
PLANT CITY – A national expert in environmental medicine and toxicology calls the state health department’s recent investigation into cancer rates near Coronet Industries “meaningless” and “irrelevant.” James Dahlgren, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, has testified on behalf of plaintiffs in a number of lawsuits involving pollution- […]
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Fluoride not wanted
MORE than 80 per cent of people have said no to the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. That is the overwhelming result from a massive county-wide survey. The news has come as a blow to public health bosses who believe fluoride has the potential to improve child dental health – but anti-fluoride campaigners […]
United Kingdom, England -
Liberal Democrats vote against fluoridation
THE Welsh Liberal Democrats decided to oppose the fluoridation of water – although they allowed their elected representatives to vote on the issue according to their conscience. Recent legislation has given the National Assembly the power to decide whether domestic water supplies should be fluoridated. Kirsty Williams, the party’s spokesperson on health at the Assembly, […]
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State won’t force dose of fluoride
TOPEKA – The Legislature will not force Wichita to add fluoride to its water, says the chairwoman of a committee handling a bill that could do just that. But lawmakers are not ready to drop the issue altogether, says Sen. Susan Wagle, because Wichita’s cavities are costing the state money. Lawmakers don’t know exactly how […]
United States, Kansas -
Emotional week for area residents
Residents made their closing, but definitely not the last remarks in a week-long hearing on what life is like in a neighborhood of ‘astronomical changes’ last week. “It was incredibly emotional,” recalled Cheryl Henkelman, a resident who was the first of nine from the northeast Strathcona County area, perusing a statement to a panel of […]
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Fluoride lawsuit survives legal challenge
VISTA —- A lawsuit against the city of Escondido and the state over plans to fluoridate the city’s water supply survived a legal challenge Thursday and appeared headed for a trial in April. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Stern tentatively denied requests from the city and the state to decide the case in their favor without […]
United States, California -
Teeth bared over water fluoridation
TOPEKA – Lawmakers heard a barrage of criticism about fluoridated water Tuesday, but the decision they make may come down to the issue of local control. A Senate bill would direct Wichita and Hutchinson to add fluoride to their water supplies if grant money is available to cover start-up costs. Those two cities have the […]
United States, Kansas -
Opponents blast bill on mandatory fluoridation
TOPEKA, Kan. – Don’t tell Joe Walker that fluoridated water is safe to drink and prevents tooth decay. The Wichita resident hasn’t believed either argument for 40 years, and he came to the Statehouse on Tuesday to urge a Senate committee to kill a bill requiring Kansas’ largest communities to fluoridate their water. Most already […]
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Fluoridation controversy in Longmeadow
It’s amazing that some issues never go away, and fluoridation of a public water supply is one of them. Folks in Longmeadow are now debating the issue and I would have thought that in the year 2004 we would have settled this concern. Making water a safer more pure product should be the goal of […]
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Heartland: “a pollution ghetto”
A hearing pegging Fort Saskatchewan area residents against industry is a matter stretching beyond the scope of the community. Environmental Defense Canada, a charitable group committed to protecting the environment, is backing the residents plea to halt an Agrium proposal for a phosphogypsum stack extension at the Redwater operations plant. The fertilizer producer says halting […]
Canada, Alberta Phosphate Industry