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Brockovich Firm Takes Case On Coronet Health Concerns
PLANT CITY – Shannon Franco was in tears, but they were tears of joy. “I’m so happy, because now we’ll finally get some answers,” she said. She was referring to an announcement from California- based Masry & Vititoe, where the famed environmental crusader Erin Brockovich is head of research, that the law firm is going […]
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Another major warning signal
Dear All, Yesterday an abstract posted on PubMed sends yet another serious warning signal on the potential disastrous consequences of continuing to add fluoride to the public water supplies. Researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington, have found – using the FETAX test, one of the standard screening tests for teratogenicity (the ability to cause birth […]
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Bottled water blamed for rush of cavities
Canadians’ growing penchant for bottled water may help explain what some dentists are calling a steep jump in the rate of cavities among children. As families increasingly opt for spring water, most of which contains only trace amounts of naturally occurring fluoride, they are avoiding tap water that in many cities is supplemented with the […]
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Fluoridation Nation
The irony of conventional wisdom is how much of it eventually gets debunked. Not long ago, schoolchildren were routinely sprayed with DDT to repel mosquitoes, pregnant women were given thalidomide to treat morning sickness, and people suffering from mental illness were lobotomized to calm them down. Before such practices were revealed as more injurious than […]
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Fluoride under fire in debate
Tooth decay in Bristol is among the lowest in the country despite not having fluoride additives in local drinking water. And the decay league table, released by the British Dental Association, shows Bristol residents suffer less tooth rot than those in many areas which do have fluoride mixed into their water. The figures come after […]
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Companies avoid water cleanup
Toxic chemicals from the Agrico Chemical Co. Superfund site might have seeped into local drinking water and will remain in the area`s underground aquifer for decades. The two principal companies responsible for the Superfund site are Agrico, the last operator of the plant, and Conoco Inc., current owner of the 35-acre site, located northwest of […]
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Companies skewed Pensacola pollution evidence
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Documents show companies sharing liability for pollution from a defunct fertilizer plant avoided expensive groundwater cleanup after presenting skewed or incomplete data to federal regulators, a newspaper reported Tuesday. As a result, arsenic, lead and other toxic chemicals may have seeped into Escambia County’s drinking water and will remain in an aquifer […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
Fluoride Omitted from Soil Testing Near Coronet
PLANT CITY – Soil tests in the vicinity of Coronet Industries have uncovered no unsafe levels of nearly a dozen pollutants, environmental officials announced Monday. The soil was tested for 11 inorganic compounds, including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead and boron. The levels detected were above what would be considered naturally occurring in Florida’s soil, but […]
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We should let the people decide on fluoride issue
OUR dentists would love it, but there are seemingly thousands out there who are fundamentally opposed to the fluoridation of our water supplies. The state of children’s teeth in Wales is lamentable, with levels of decay among the highest in Britain. For the sake of our youngsters, many say, we must add fluoride to our […]
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Fluoridation plans called mass medication
Ministers were accused of forcing people to take medication without their consent yesterday as the Government moved to push through plans to add fluoride to drinking water. The Tories, who allowed their MPs a free vote on the measures to make it easier to fluoridate water last night, said that they were unhappy about the […]
United Kingdom, England