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New Cavity-Fighting Agent Shows Promise
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An experimental cavity-fighting toothpaste may be better at preventing tooth decay and cavities than traditional fluoride toothpaste, according to a study. The new agent does not contain any fluoride, which has been the cornerstone of cavity prevention for decades. The product, called CaviStat, contains the amino acid arginine as well […]
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DEP says Piney Point biggest threat to environment
MANATEE COUNTY — A top Department of Environmental Protection official said Tuesday that the defunct Piney Point phosphate plant is the state’s biggest threat to the environment. “This site constitutes one of the largest risks to the environment in Florida’s history,” DEP Deputy Secretary Allan Bedwell said. “It’s our most significant environmental challenge.” In a […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
Palo Alto council agrees to put fluoride issue on ballot
The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously Monday to put a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot to take fluoride, a cavity-fighting chemical, out of the city’s water. Councilman Bern Beecham made the motion. A monthslong initiative headed by Palo Alto psychologist Susan Willis gathered enough valid signatures to put the issue up for a […]
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Fluoride flaws
The government is poised to reignite one of the most vexed medical issues of the past 50 years. Early next month, parliament will debate clauses of the water bill which will give indemnity against legal action to water companies that add fluoride to their supplies, paving the way for the extension of fluoridation schemes throughout […]
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Burns Lake Voters End 40+ Years of Fluoridation
Burns Lake voters overwhelmingly said no to fluoride in the water supply in a referendum on June 21, 2003. 138 electors indicated they were opposed to fluoridation of the water supply as outlined in municipal bylaw 822. Only 39 voters indicated they were in favor of the proposal. A total of 181 ballots were cast […]
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96% Better Than Fluoride
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – Study Results to Be Presented June, 28, 2003 at the 81St General Session of the International Association of Dental Research Goteborg, SwedenOrtek Therapeutics Inc. announced today that CaviStat(TM), a new cavity fighting agent, was significantly more effective than fluoride in reducing cavities in a two-year 726 patient toothpaste study. The findings […]
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The dark zone
This is a story about patal; the dark zone. This is a real life story about underground water, when the nectar turns into poison. When a daily task of drinking water from the handpump becomes the source of crippling disease and death. This is a story about arsenicosis — arsenic toxicity and fluorosis — excessive […]
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Fluoride debate on tap in Palm Beach
Fluoride. It’s in toothpaste, in dental washes for elementary school kids, in special drops and tablets. In minuscule amounts, it occurs naturally in food and even in nonfluoridated water. This summer, after a 12-year respite, Palm Beach County commissioners will take up the decades-old debate again. Fluoride: magic bullet or poison. “Fluoridating water is the […]
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S. Phoenix pollution tests in doubt because of rain
Air samples from a south-central Phoenix neighborhood confirm residents’ complaints that a hazardous air pollutant is hovering in the area. But distrustful residents doubted the results, revealed last week by state environmental officials at the initial meeting of a project to reduce toxic exposure in south Phoenix. Rain on three of the five testing days […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
Some Davis County Residents Defluoridating Water
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Since Davis County cities began delivering fluoridated water in April, area plumbing businesses have been busy with calls from residents wanting to get rid of the stuff. Culligan, a national water conditioning company, targeted certain ZIP codes in the county with 5-by-8 inch postal cards in the past week advertising […]
United States, Utah