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Massachusetts Dental Society “Honored” with Dirty Dozen Award
Southborough – The Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) today received a 2002 Dirty Dozen Award spotlighting it as one of the twelve top polluters in the Commonwealth for unregulated mercury discharges. In the process of restoring teeth with so-called “silver” fillings – actually 50% mercury – dentists nation wide use approximately 40 metric tons of mercury […]
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Fluoridation in the Highlands may cost too much
HEALTH experts in the Highlands want more information and a full public consultation before considering any move to put fluoride in water supplies. The Highland NHS Board yesterday unanimously agreed fluoride is a safe and effective way of tackling dental problems, but said fluoridation of water in the area could be impractical and too costly. […]
United Kingdom, Scotland -
Phosphate industry aims to be corporate neighbor
The phosphate mining industry attempts to promote favorable regulations and a positive image in the ways one might expect of a billion-dollar global industry. The industry lobbies lawmakers, contributes to community coffers and publishes literature that suggests phosphate mining pumps billions of dollars into the economy and leaves behind reclaimed lands in a near-pristine condition. […]
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Water companies may be forced to add fluoride to fight decay
Water companies will be forced to add fluoride to Britain’s drinking supplies under moves by MPs to prevent tooth decay in children. By the age of five, nearly two-thirds of children in some parts of the UK have at least one rotten tooth. There is overwhelming evidence that fluoridation, supported by dentists, can dramatically reduce […]
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Whose Hands are Dirty?
Thimerosal is a preservative that contains mercury and was used for many years as an additive in some routinely administered children’s vaccines. Fears developed a few years ago that the additive might have been causing dangerously elevated levels of mercury in infants, resulting in neurological impairment and, in some cases, autism. Studies thus far have […]
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Biting Back Against Fluoride
“IT’S THE CRIME of the century,” 82-year-old Len Greenall says, his voice rising in passionate indignation. “It’s an immoral invasion of bodily privacy.” He’s sitting at the dining room table of his Surrey, B.C., home, a heap of files beside him, discussing the evils of municipal water fluoridation, a fight he’s waged for 45 years. […]
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Beaverton fluoride debate flows into night
BEAVERTON — The discussion about whether to continue fluoridating much of Tualatin Valley Water District’s water, expand the practice or end it was planned to last an hour. But the talking went on for three hours. Twenty-one speakers divided almost evenly on the subject in a hearing before the five-commissioner board Wednesday night. The commissioners […]
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Watsonville voters say no to fluoride
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — More than two weeks after election day, the results of a key local race are finally known. Measure “S,” the initiative banning fluoride or other additives from Watsonville’s water, has passed with a simple majority of 51 percent “yes” to 49 percent “no.” While Watsonville voters have decided they don’t want fluoride […]
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Officials look at adding fluoride to Marion’s water
Marion’s water system is one of the few in the region without added fluoride to fight dental decay, and city officials want to change that. However, the process will take months of work and an estimated $44,000. City officials said fluoridation of the water is long overdue and badly needed in Marion. “We are in […]
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Court paves way for fluoridated water
On the High Court’s recommendation, the Union of Local Authorities yesterday withdrew a petition protesting the addition of fluoride to drinking water. A three-judge panel informed the ULA that it lacks the wherewithal to resolve the technical dispute between the ULA and the Health Ministry regarding fluoride’s impact on human health. In its original petition, […]
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