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EU Proposes Curbs on Substance Levels in Mineral Water
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Natural mineral water could be damaging to health, and water companies may need to invest to remove harmful substances from their products, the European Union Commission said Thursday. The Commission proposed maximum levels on 15 substances – including fluoride, nickel and lead – that occur in mineral water. It said most of […]
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EWG Joins DuPont’s C-8 Debate
The Environmental Working Group (EWG; Washington) is challenging a recent assessment by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP; Charleston) of safe levels of ammonium perfluo-rooctanoate (C-8) contamination found near DuPont’s facility at Parkersburg, WV. The assessment concludes that C-8 is safe in drinking water at 150 parts per billion, and that a safe […]
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Martin County water to get fluoride
Martin County residents won’t be able to taste it, but they’ll soon be fighting tooth decay with every sip of county water. The Martin County Commission on Tuesday favored adding “therapeutic levels” of fluoride to the county’s water supply. When added to drinking water, fluoride has been shown to strengthen tooth enamel and prevent decay. […]
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Report to outline benefits, downfalls of fluoride in water
The fluoride technical study group is expected today to put the final touches on its long-awaited report on the pros and cons of the continued fluoridation of Fort Collins’ drinking water supply. “All the research has been done, and the ideas are down,” said Patty Bigner, spokeswoman for the Fort Collins Utilities Department. “They’re not […]
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Rs20 CR Plan for Fluoride-Free Drinking Water
The scheme involves installation of large reverse osmosis and overhead osmosis defluoridation tanks Out of the 56,862 villages and hamlets in Karnataka, about 21,000 are getting water containing harmful chemicals and about 5,838 villages and hamlets getting water contaminated with fluoride. In view of this toxicity, Karnataka is implementing a programme at an estimated cost […]
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Investigation into Buffalo deaths near Phosphate plant
The probe into the death of more than 35 buffaloes in Chitrapuzha recently has come to a virtual halt with the Animal Husbandry Department deciding not to submit its post-mortem report to the Pollution Control Board (PCB). The department decision was taken on the basis that the results of the post-mortem conducted on the buffaloes […]
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Glasgow considers using xylitol instead of fluoridation
PARENTS in Glasgow could be given free chewing gum to protect their children’s teeth in a bid to end a health “disaster”. Dental director Bob Broadfoot wants the city to introduce schemes to prevent children getting tooth decay instead of treating them once their teeth are rotten. New figures show 64% of Glasgow pupils have […]
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Louisiana – Targeted for more fluoridation?
NEW ORLEANS — Community drinking water not treated with fluoride is an open invitation to tooth decay, a dental consultant to the Louisiana Office of Public Health said Friday. “We have to have fluoride in the water, or we get decay,” Dr. Greg Folse, who sits on the faculty of LSU Health Sciences Center’s School […]
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Thumbs down for fluoride in Whangarei, New Zealand
Whangarei voters have given fluoridation the thumbs down in a council opinion poll. Only 38% of residents voted on the Ministry of Health proposal to put fluoride in drinking water in a bid to reduce serious dental decay in children. More than 11,000 voters opposed the move while more than 6,000 were in favour. Whangarei […]
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Health panel criticized for handling of fluoride issue
City staff in Independence will address comments from a citizen who is complaining about the way the Advisory Board of Health is treating the fluoride issue. John Pennell, a frequent speaker at City Council meetings, says he has dedicated himself to finding studies to disprove the blanket statements from local dentists and health board members […]
United States, Missouri