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Removal of zinc and fluoride ions from industrial waste water plants around Cairo.
Read the 1st of 2 pages of this paper online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00128-002-0186-3
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Fluoride decision catches Southern Californians by surprise
A day after the Metropolitan Water District surprised many in the water world by voting to fluoridate Southern California’s drinking water supply, North County officials were still grappling with how the decision will affect their agencies and customers. Almost all said they were caught off guard by the vote. Some entities, such as the city […]
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Unanimous vote keeps Shaler’s water fluoride-free
Shaler commissioners have decided to keep the township’s water supply free of fluoride. By a 7-0 vote, commissioners decided to go along with a water committee’s recommendation last month to reject a proposal that would add fluoride to the water. Shaler’s water supply, which comes from underground aquifers near the Allegheny River and supplies more […]
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Woman to sue over fluoride
A West Midlands woman with severe thyroid problems was today revealed as the first person in the UK to be taking legal action because of the level of fluoride in her drinking water. The woman, who has not been named for legal reasons, is suing her local health authority because she claims her tap water […]
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Bottled water creates a ‘fluoride gap’
ATLANTA – As more Americans are drinking from the bottle instead of the tap, dentists are sending patients home with prescriptions for fluoride. Most bottled waters contain little or none of the fluoride that’s standard in tap water and is considered essential to hardening teeth and preventing cavities in children. So dentists are urging patients […]
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Shaler commissioners to vote tonight on fluoride measure
Shaler commissioners are expected to vote tonight to keep Shaler’s water supply fluoride-free. Shaler’s water system, which provides more than 30,000 people with water in most of Shaler, Etna, and parts of Millvale, O’Hara and Hampton, has never been fluoridated. Commissioner Bill Cross said he expected commissioners to follow last months’ water committee recommendation to […]
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Southern California water agency approves massive fluoridation project
California’s largest water agency voted Tuesday to add fluoride to the water it supplies to 18 million customers from the Mexican border to the central coast. California, because of pockets of stubborn opposition, has long trailed the nation on water fluoridation. Only a handful of Southern California cities, including Beverly Hills and Long Beach, currently […]
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Metropolitan Water District to implement massive fluoridation project
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 11, 2003–Drinking water supplies for up to 18 million Southern Californians will be fluoridated after Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors today adopted a policy that calls for the cavity-fighting agent to be added to its treatment processes. “At a cost of less than a dollar a family, the dental and medical […]
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Refinery agrees to phase out use of lung-searing chemical
WILMINGTON, California — A 16-year effort to ban the use of a potentially deadly chemical at a local refinery ended this month when refinery officials agreed to switch to a less-toxic substance. Neighbors had lobbied to halt use of the lung-searing chemical hydrogen fluoride at the Ultramar refinery, fearing an accidental release could result in […]
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Renfrewshire Council Says No to Fluoride
CALLS to halt fluoride being added to public drinking water have been backed by Renfrewshire Council. It is claimed the chemical helps stop child tooth decay. But fluoride has also been linked to cancer and hip fractures. The Scottish Executive is currently carrying out consultation on the issue and is looking for public opinion right […]
United Kingdom, Scotland