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The battle over fluoride in Monterey
Fluoridation in Monterey County has a contentious past, a low-key present and a future that will be active but uncertain, those on both sides of the divisive issue said. “We’re probably two to three years away from being able to bring a proposal forward,” said Wayne Green, assistant to Salinas’ city manager. Generating plans, getting […]
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Let community decide on fluoridation: unions
SECRETARY of the Ballarat Trades Hall Graeme Shearer has backed calls for a referendum on the introduction of fluoride into Ballarat’s water supply. Mr Shearer said it was necessary to have broad community consultation before such a move occurred. “We have never tried to be experts on the benefits versus the not benefits of fluoride,” […]
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Groundwater contamination from Australian phosphate plant
THE Department of Environment wants Wesfarmers CSBP to take urgent action to stop further groundwater contamination from the polluted site of its former fertiliser plant in Bayswater. A consultant’s report has detected contaminated groundwater up to 400m from the former Cresco plant in Railway Parade. The report, submitted to the department on May 15, found […]
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Fears over level of toxic fluoride: Homegrown produce threatened by emissions
After years of feeding her family with homegrown vegetables, Ravensbourne resident Ruth Bayne is questioning whether she has been doing the right thing. It was with horror she read in the Otago Daily Times last week that tests on vegetables from several Ravensbourne gardens recorded fluoride levels many times the recommended safe maximum as a […]
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Health, Environment in Danger from Russian Region’s Metal Works
Russia TV’s “Vesti Nedeli” Sunday feature on 8 June highlighted the plight of an area in Russia’s northwestern region of Karelia, the site of a major aluminium producer, whose residents have “lived in dreadful environmental conditions for decades”. Children and adults alike suffer from fluorosis. The concentration of cancerous substances is massive. One man has […]
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Arthritis is a growing pain for society as a whole
Remember the “Age of Aquarius”? Well, if you do, prepare for the Age of … Arthritis. Recently released reports indicate that increasing numbers of baby boomers are creaking, cracking, aching and ouching their way to and through midlife. Nationally, 70 million adult Americans (also one in three) are affected by arthritis or chronic joint symptoms, […]
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Port Angeles group revisits fluoride issue
PORT ANGELES — A group of residents concerned about city leaders’ approval of fluoridating city water gathers Tuesday to inform others of the chemical additive. “We going ahead with this meeting to gather people in Port Angeles that are concerned about fluoride. . . . let them know that it may have detrimental effects,” said […]
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Poison peril lurking in our tap water
Toxic industrial waste is not easy to get rid of these days as disposal costs can run into billions. Some polluting companies have found a way round this dilemma by pretending their highly toxic fluorosilicate waste is the same as naturally-occurring calcium fluoride. Dangerous industrial waste is simply sold on to fluoridating water companies in […]
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Elgin communities to end fluoridation
Two communities in the west end of Elgin County have opted to stop adding fluoride to their municipal drinking water. The decision by the municipalities of Dutton-Dunwich and West Elgin means fluoridation will end in about a month when the supply of the chemical runs out. Fluoride has been added to municipal water supplies for […]
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Pinellas County Targeted with Fluoride Proposal
Two-thirds of Pinellas County residents don’t have fluoridated water, but that could soon change. Pinellas County commissioners appear likely to vote in favor of adding fluoride, possibly in the next month. “I don’t know why we don’t do it already,” said Commissioner Calvin Harris. “I think it’s one of those old holdovers that’s never been […]
United States, Florida