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Napa mayor says fluoride not a biting issue
It all comes down to demand. A 1995 state law requires cities to add cavity-fighting fluoride to water supplies, if and when state funding becomes available. In the absence of state help, cities can tackle the expensive task on their own. But in Napa, officials say the urgency just isn’t there. “You know, I have […]
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DuPont agrees to $1.1 mln settlement over HF leak
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb 28 (Reuters) – DuPont Co. (nyse: DD – news – people), the No. 2 U.S. chemical company, on Friday said it agreed to a $1.1 million settlement with the U.S. government over a hydrogen fluoride leak from its Kentucky plant in 1997. About 11,500 pounds of hydrogen fluoride, a gas with a […]
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Sides take issue over conclusions of Fort Collins fluoride report
Is it safe? That is the question that has been posed to the tens of thousands of Fort Collins area residents who drink tap water treated with fluoride. While advocates of placing the cavity-fighting substance in the city’s water supply say it promotes dental health, especially for residents who have trouble affording dental care, opponents […]
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Sierra Club fights fluoridation – Safety of fish questioned
Fish may not brush their teeth, but they could be dying from fluoride consumption, according to a city conservation group. The Sierra Club of Canada’s Chinook chapter is so concerned about the levels of fluoride in the city’s waterways, it wants aldermen to impose a moratorium on fluoridation. Past concerns have focused on perceived threats […]
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Hawaii State Fluoridation Ban May Pass
In an unusual move, the state Legislature is only two votes away from ending the decades-long debate over fluoridation. Although fluoridation has been a hotly debated issue since the 1950s, Senate Bill 1038, SD1, which would ban additives in Hawaii’s drinking water, has quietly and quickly passed the Senate and a House committee this month. […]
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Watsonville fluoride case goes to court
WATSONVILLE — City leaders, caught between a state order to fluoridate their drinking water and city voters who passed an ordinance that essentially prohibits that, have opted to let the courts decide. In the latest turn in Watsonville’s fluoride saga, the council voted Tuesday night to seek what is known as a “declaratory judgment” on […]
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Threat by state escalates Watsonville fluoride war
WATSONVILLE – The Watsonville fluoride war is not over. More than three months after city voters rejected the prospect of adding fluoride to the public water supply, the state is poised to force the city to do just that. State health officials told the city they plan to issue a compliance letter within a few […]
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Fluoridation: medication via the water supply
To have better behaved citizens we could legislate putting Valium in the town water supply, or aspirin and cholesterol drugs to reduce heart attacks, and hormones to regulate birth control. Not a silly idea? Of course it is! It violates Nuremberg laws as well as basic individual freedom to choose. So why is it that […]
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Santa Maria Fluoridation foes submit 4,545 names
Activists on Monday brought a foot-tall stack of names to Santa Maria city officials — a petition calling for a citywide vote on whether to stop fluoridation of the city water supply. Members of the Santa Maria Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, who began gathering names in October, filed the document bearing 4,545 names at […]
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Is there a danger in the air for cooks?
DuPont says kitchen temperatures are not hot enough to release harmful fumes Scientists have long known that fumes from overheated Teflon can cause health problems in industrial settings: People can contract a flu-like illness with fever, chills and shortness of breath that can last up to two days. They, however, do not agree on whether […]
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