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Is fluoridation safe?
Is fluoridated water proven safe, beneficial or efficient for Independence? The compound used in most U.S. cities for fluoridation is fluorosilicic acid. It never has been tested for long-term effects on the human body. As the compound breaks up throughout the water-distribution system, it has proven to leach lead from plumbing joints and increase the […]
United States, Missouri -
Shadow Health Minister Rejects Fluoridation Plans
SHOPKEEPERS caught selling cigarettes to underage kids would be banned from tobacco sales under an SNP government. In a keynote speech outlining SNP initiatives to improve health, Shadow Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon said more had to be done to stop young people smoking. She called for a tough approach to shopkeepers who sold tobacco to […]
United Kingdom, Scotland -
Bonney Lake files lawsuit to reverse fluoridation rule
The City of Bonney Lake has joined six water utilities and a grass-roots group in the escalating legal fight against local fluoridation. Bonney Lake has filed the latest lawsuit against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in an attempt to stop forced fluoridation of drinking water. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 8 in Pierce County Superior […]
United States, Washington State -
Redding rejects fluoride grant
Thanks, but no thanks. The city of Redding on Friday declined a $1.6 million California Dental Association Foundation grant for water fluoridation equipment. That move sets up a possible showdown with the state over a 1995 law requiring fluoridation once such grant money is offered. In his letter to the foundation, City Manager Mike Warren […]
United States, California -
Voters reject Watsonville fluoridation
WATSONVILLE – The final tally on Measure S is in – and it appears those opposed to adding fluoride to the city’s water supply have floated to the top. Still, officials say state law may be the final word in the matter. After all absentee ballots were tallied, the measure apparently passed with 50.9 percent […]
United States, California -
Tropical fruit trees as bioindicators of industrial air pollution in southeast Brazil.
Abstract Psidium guajava L., Psidium cattleyanum Sabine and Mangifera indica L. were tested under field conditions as possible tropical bioindicators of industrial air pollution. The study was performed around the industrial complex of Cubatão, SE Brazil, which comprises 23 industries, including fertilizer, cement, chemical, petrochemical, and steel plants, with 110 production units and 260 emission […]
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New Studies Find Fluoridation Ineffective
A number of new studies have cast yet further doubt on the benefits of water fluoridation. 1) A study from the journal Caries Research (Seppa et al, 2002) reports no differences in dental decay when comparing the dental records of a fluoridated and unfluoridated town in Finland. As the study notes “even a longitudinal approach […]
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Local, international activists unite against Shell
Pietermaritzburg-based award-winning environmental activist Bobby Peek on Monday joined forces with American activists to take on the Royal Dutch Shell petroleum company. He was joined by the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance chairman Desmond D’Sa. Both handed over a copy of a new book that focuses on environmental abuses titled Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch […]
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Poor kids’ dental care nothing to smile about
Nov. 10–Three-year-old Raul Rodriguez clutches the wall, smiling warily as older kids bounce surgical-glove balloons off each other’s heads in the dentist office. Bashful, but no easy scare, Raul made his first solo ride in a dentist chair at the Osceola County Health Department Dental Office that same day last month — after just two […]
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Watch out New Jersey, especially the poor
Dear All, We are a few days late circulating this newspaper story from New Jersey. Unbelievably, on the very day that we woke up to find that fluoridation had been rejected all across the United States (except for Beaverton, Oregon and several small communities in Maine, see below), the forces of ignorance were busily promoting […]
United States, New Jersey