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Opposition Gears Up to Fight Fluoridation
Government moves that could lead to fluoridation of most or all of the UK’s drinking water supplies are being fought by local authorities nationwide. The row will erupt in the Commons today when MPs take part in the Second Reading of the Water Bill. Peers voted in favour of smoothing the way for water companies […]
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A Kick in the Teeth for Scientific Debate
Before 1950, fluoride was generally considered to be a toxic environmental pollutant, and fluoride levels of one part per million (ppm) or more were considered to be sufficient reason for a water supply in the USA to be rejected. However, fluoridation was introduced as a public health measure in the USA in the 1950s after […]
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Lacking common sense
The fluoridation of Palm Beach County’s water became a fait accompli when county commissioners approved a measure calling for fluoride to be added to the county’s water supply. This newspaper actively called for a no-vote on the matter, however, commissioner’s voted 4-2 to approve adding what amounts to toxic waste to the water system. Commissioner’s […]
United States, Florida -
Anger at plan to add fluoride to water supplies for 13m
Fluoride could be added to the drinking water of another 13 million people by next summer under plans by Ministers to supply major cities with the chemical. A new amendment to forthcoming legislation will force water companies to add fluoride to water supplies, smoothing the way for the largest extension of fluoridation for almost 50 […]
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Greens bare teeth over fluoridation ‘through back door’ fears
STORMONT Health Minister, Angela Smith, is at the centre of a row over claims fluoridation could be reintroduced in Ulster. Environmentalists and consumer groups, who argue that fluoridated water has links to cancer, Down’s syndrome, and brittle bones, have accused the Government of having a “hidden agenda” on the controversy. Fluoridation was abandoned here, in […]
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Obituary. Herschel Horowitz, dental researcher and promoter of water fluoridation
Herschel S. Horowitz, 71, a dental researcher for the Public Health Service who crusaded internationally for adding fluoride to public water supplies to prevent tooth decay, died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 10 at his Bethesda home. Dr. Horowitz’s work at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, where he was chief of community programs […]
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Conflict over fluoridation far from over
Most all of the cities in Davis County are fluoridated now, and even the lone hold-out — Layton — is knuckling under and installing fluoridation equipment. But just because the fluoridation order seems to be a done deal, fluoride foes aren’t just sitting back and grumbling about losing the battle. They still believe they can […]
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Pinellas joins the flow, adds fluoride
CLEARWATER – After decades of resisting one of the most recognized trends in preventing tooth decay, Pinellas County relented Tuesday and agreed to add fluoride to the bulk of the county’s water supply. County commissioners voted 6-1 in favor of fluoridating water that serves more than 600,000 of the county’s residents. St. Petersburg, Dunedin, Gulfport […]
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Palm Beach County water to get fluoride
WEST PALM BEACH — Within about a year, the county’s 400,000 water consumers will be sipping small doses of what some call a tooth-decay salve and others say is a government-endorsed poison. After about four hours of listening to county staff and county residents, medical experts and college professors, county commissioners voted 4-2 Tuesday to […]
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Niger Victims of Fluoride Poisoning Seek Compensation
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Tibiri, a district 650 km east of Niamey now has clean and healthy water, but some 5,000 children who suffered bone malformations from drinking water with high fluoride content are still to get some form of compensation from the authorities. Healthy water supply was restored to the area thanks to a […]
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