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Fluoridation not without its risks
RECENTLY I attended the 25th international conference on fluoride research, where several papers revealed that fluoridation of water supplies is both ineffective in reducing tooth decay and potentially harmful to health. Yet, on the basis of out-of-date notions and discredited results, North East Water, based in Albury-Wodonga, is being pressured to implement fluoridation of all […]
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Debate continues over fluoride water
The director of business services at the Wodonga Regional Health Unit, Greg Pearl, says there have been indications of benefits from adding fluoride to the water system. Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike says the Government could legislate to force some water boards to add fluoride to water supply systems, including Wodonga. Mr Pearl says issues […]
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Fluoridation out of favor: Water board sticks with its original advice
A handful of antifluoride crusaders were smiling Thursday after the Fort Collins Water Board recommended the city eliminate the proven cavity-fighter from its water. The recommendation is a departure from the advice of two county health boards that weighed in on the controversial issue earlier this month but is the same advice the board offered […]
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Fluorosis rampant in rural Orissa, India
Bhubaneshwar – There are a number of villages in Orissa where high fluoride content has led to serious disability among the people. NDTV visited a village in Nuapada district bordering Chhattisgarh where fluorosis is a common disease. Fluoride content over 0.5 milligram per litre could lead to fluorosis as is the case in Karlakot and […]
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Fluoride initiative drive begins in Pierce County
A group of Pierce County residents is sponsoring an initiative and petition drive to force a public vote before water suppliers can put fluoride in their drinking water. The move derives from last year’s decision by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board to order the county’s larger water purveyors to fluoridate their water. The health board […]
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Water for all may just be a pipe dream
NEW DELHI: If you think that the water crisis in the country cannot get worse, you are in for a shock. According to a WHO and UNICEF-sponsored study on water supply and sanitation in the country, the per capita requirement will outstrip the current utilisable resources by 31% by the middle of the century. According […]
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EPA Calls for Expedited Review of PFOA Data
EPA released its risk assessment for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) last week, but it called for more research into PFOA’s effects on human health before deciding whether stricter regulations are warranted. Manufacturers and other groups that have studied PFOA will be required, through “enforceable consent agreements,” to submit any additional health effects data on an expedited […]
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Water additive bill makes a splash
Now here’s a story that may be easy — or hard — to swallow. Unintentionally or not, Senate Bill 684 revived a long-running debate about the addition of fluoride to public water supplies. The bill, which the Senate Health Policy Committee heard this week, says nothing about fluoride. But it would require additives to be […]
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Fluoride in Hamilton’s Water in Question
Hamilton City Council will debate the fluoridation of water following a meeting between pro- and anti-fluoridation groups yesterday. Fluoride Action Network representatives Siggy Henry, Val Sandford and Christine Cave said at a briefing for councillors that hydrofluosilic acid, a fertiliser byproduct put into the water, is a waste product and should not be used. The […]
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In the Shadow of Danger: The Chemical Plant Peril
At a sleepy council meeting in December, Paulsboro’s emergency-management coordinator waited his turn. Then, Glenn Roemmich stood, cleared his throat, and matter-of-factly suggested that the Gloucester County river town needed six-story warning sirens – “in case something happens” at the neighboring refinery. But to warn of what? It could be a small leak of hydrogen […]
United States, Pennsylvania Oil Refineries