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Defluoridation plants bring hope & relief to Punjab community
A Latin American story is playing out in a Punjab town. It has been so magical and real that the government has decided to take it to 20 villages. The story began on June 21, 2002, when Uruguay gifted a modular water-treatment plant, the first of its kind in India, to Talwandi Sabo. A town […]
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Greens step up campaign against water fluoridation
THE Green Party stepped up its anti-fluoridation campaign yesterday, before Prime Minister Tony Blair’s plans to rush through a new Water Bill on September 8 that could lead to the fluoridation of most or all of Britain’s water supplies. Some local authorities, including Bradford, Brighton and Lancaster, have already passed motions opposing the government’s plan. […]
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Law Firm, Brockovich Begin Look At Coronet
PLANT CITY – Erin Brockovich’s well-chronicled investigation of a California polluter rocketed her to national fame when the giant utility paid $333 million in damages to 600 residents. She has been portrayed on the big screen by Julia Roberts and lauded by environmentalists across the country. Now she is focusing on Plant City. Intrigued by […]
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Area evacuated over gas leak fear
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) Thousands of Shizuoka residents were evacuated from their homes on Tuesday due to a possible leakage of poisonous gas from a paper-making factory. But local authorities later lifted the order after alleviating the danger. The municipal government ordered about 18,000 people living within 1 km of the Tomoegawa Paper Co. factory in the […]
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Beatty’s main well on line
BEATTY – The town’s main water well went back into service Sunday after a crew installed a new motor to drive the pump. The well, formerly operated by the Barrick Bullfrog Mine, had been out of service for almost a month, forcing the town to use water from another well that had high fluoride content. […]
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Keeping your children from the dentist
Young people’s teeth are not as healthy as they used to be. So how can youhelp your children to keep them free of cavities? Louise Holden reports How healthy are your children’s teeth? If they’re typical of young people’s around the country they may have seen better days. Since fluoridation of water became standard in […]
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Yellow, Pitted Teeth from Fluoridated Toothpaste
19-year-old Erin Habib has never liked to smile, especially not for a camera. “If you look really close, there’s little dents in it, in between the teeth, there’s yellow stains, that’s more obvious,” she says, describing her smile. Erin’s dentist believes she damaged her teeth by “eating” toothpaste as a child. Too much fluoride can […]
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Petition asks Port Angeles to reconsider fluoridation action
PORT ANGELES — A group fighting to keep fluoride out of the city’s water system hopes to deliver at least 1,000 petition signatures asking the City Council to reconsider its decision to add the chemical supported by local dentists. “We hope to present our petition to City Council later in the month. We realize that […]
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Experts Seek More Health Data On Workers In Stauffer Study
ATLANTA – During the 34 years it processed phosphate ore, more than 2,400 people worked at the Stauffer Chemical Co. plant north of Tarpon Springs. Most toiled in hot, dusty conditions described as torture. Claims that exposure to toxic chemicals was harming workers began as soon as the plant opened in 1947. “When the furnace […]
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Coronet’s Problems Were Kept Quiet For Far Too Long
Plant City commissioners are understandably furious that environmental regulators never notified them of serious pollution problems at a phosphate processing plant. The commissioners were about to consider approving a huge development near Coronet Industries when the Tribune and WFLA-TV, News Channel 8 revealed the company had dozens of environmental violations and nearby residents complained of […]
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