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Fluoride link to children’s bone disease
A minor dental condition caused by fluoride in drinking water is associated with bone fractures, research has found. Dental fluorosis, which makes teeth brittle and leads to unsightly mottling, is regarded as a cosmetic defect rather than a serious health problem. But research now suggests that it may be a marker for bone disease. Researchers […]
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Erie City Council votes to Ban Fluoridation
The long running debate over adding fluoride to the Erie water supply came to a head on Wednesday at city council’s regular meeting. Council voted 5 to 2 to pass an ordinance banning the Erie Water Authority from adding fluoride to the water supply. The ordinance is called the Safe Drinking Water Act of the […]
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Arkansas-side residents to vote on fluoride
Citizens of Texarkana, Ark., will decide after all whether fluoride will be added to the city’s water supply. City officials decided during a special board meeting Tuesday to let the issue remain on the ballot for the Nov. 5 General Election. “We’ve been forced into a leadership position on this issue from the very beginning,” […]
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Discolored Teeth Linked to Bone Fractures in Naturally Fluoridated Area
New York – Dental fluorosis may be a red flag for future bone fractures, according to a study(1) by Alarcon-Herrera, et al., in the Journal, “Fluoride,” (Vol. 34, No. 2) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. Fluoride, added to over 62% of U.S. water supplies, is purported to topically prevent tooth decay. […]
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Taking us for gombeens on fluoridation
What kind of idiots does Minister Micheál Martin take us all to be? Or does he honestly believe that we are all such stupid gobshites that we can be codded at will or that we can’t recognise a set-up and a sham when we see one? Clearly, the Minister is beginning to believe that this […]
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MP Says ‘No’ to Fluoride
AN MP has accused the Scottish Executive of trying to sneak in the controversial fluoridation of water through the back door. It comes from Cunninghame South MP Brian Donohoe – the vice-chairman of the all party Anti-Fluoride Group – who says the issue is being disguised as public consultation about dental and oral health. He […]
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Green Party Chairman discusses Fluoridation Forum
Sir, – Patrick Flanagan (September 14th) castigates me for describing the Fluoridation Forum Report (which he claims I had not studied properly) as a ‘whitewash’. Surely Dr Flanagan knows the publication of the report was inexplicably delayed and anyone interested in the issue already knew its main ‘findings’. Indeed, I predicted in a press release, […]
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Noranda leaves its mark on Chile
PUERTO AISEN, Chile – The region of Aisen, a rugged, remote area of Patagonia in southern Chile, is dominated by mountains, forests, fjords, glaciers and waterways. “You’ve got untarnished nature here,” says Yasna Jara, a resident of Puerto Aisen, a city of 18,000 that sits high in the mountains and is shrouded in clouds for […]
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Scottish Greens say No to Fluoridation, Yes to Alternatives
IN fluoridated Gateshead, dental health is no better than in unfluoridated Liverpool. Similar results have been found in the United States, New Zealand and Canada. Twelve European countries have banned water fluoridation, but this week Mary Mulligan MSP, the Deputy Health Minister, has put forward a consultation document on children’s oral health, which includes a […]
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Fluoride: A matter of choice
THERE can be no question that Scotland has one of the worst dental health records in Europe; such is the national predilection for sweets and fizzy drinks that children’s teeth are often ruined before they even reach primary school. Over a quarter of a million teeth are extracted from children every year in Scotland and […]
United Kingdom, Scotland