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Other cities want say on Texarkana fluoridation proposal
NEW BOSTON, Texas–Representatives from cities in Bowie and Red River counties that purchase water from Texarkana Water Utilities have decided that they too would like a say on whether their water gets fluoridated. “I haven’t necessarily heard anything negative from people about fluoride itself, but they have communicated to me that they want a say […]
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Kennebunk dentist leads fight for fluoridation
Lisa Howard has seen both sides of the tooth. As a Minnesota dentist, she practiced in one town where residents drank fluoridated water, and another where they drank untreated well water. In the well-water town, her patients had many more cavities, she said. “It proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that (fluoride) […]
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Fluoride in Hillsboro water will require a flood of money
Adding fluoride to Hillsboro’s water system could be an expensive endeavor, especially if Hillsboro goes it alone. Preliminary estimates put the cost around or above $1 million, said Joe Thompson, water department director. That number is so high because water enters Hillsboro’s system at nine separate locations, each of which would need a fluoride injection […]
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Fluoridation Forum report flunks test
Dear All, Finally the Fluoridation Forum report is out (September 10, 2002) and can be found at http://www.doh.ie/publications/fluoridation.html. As expected they flunked my test. I had presented to the Forum (in person) my “50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation” and argued that the way they could demonstrate to me and the Irish people that they were […]
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Minister for Health defends fluoridation; Greens want to ban it
The Minister for Health, Mr Martin, has defended th fluoridation of public water supplies in the State as a ‘safe and effective’ public health policy following the publication of a report which endorses it. The Forum on Fluoridation, which Mr Martin set up two years ago, concluded in a report published yesterday that fluoridation was […]
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Upgrades needed ‘to control fluoride’
FLUORIDATION of some public water supplies may have to stop until plants and technology are upgraded to properly control the amounts of fluoride added. The Government’s Fluoridation Forum, which presented its final report yesterday, has also called for a one-third reduction in the amount of fluoride added in all existing fluoridated supplies. It says of […]
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West Jordan – First in the nation
Dear All, We have just received this exciting news from Jeff Green (Citizens for Safe Drinking Water). Congratulations to Jeff, Rosemary Minervini, Rae Howard and all the other tireless citizens in Utah who helped West Jordan,Utah, to become the first city in the nation to pass the Water Product Quality Control Resolution! Paul Connett ———————————————————————— […]
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Fluoride use in drinking water to continue
ANTI-FLUORIDATION campaigners have reacted with disappointment to suggestions that the Minister for Health’s review committee will recommend that public water supplies continue to be dosed with fluoride. The Fluoridation Forum’s report, due for publication next Tuesday, is expected to recommend that the fluoride dose be reduced rather than discontinued and that further research be carried […]
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Fluorine now used in 30-50% of pharmaceutical
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 5 (UPI) — After years of research, scientists in Delaware have discovered a new way of making key building blocks for many modern medicines, a breakthrough over century-old techniques that inadvertently generate acids and other toxic waste. “The only byproduct of our reaction is water,” researcher Mas Subramanian, a materials scientist at […]
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Fluoride in water ‘risks unknown’
The use of fluoride in toothpaste is now so widespread that people’s total exposure to the chemical is no longer known, leading scientists said yesterday. A report from the Medical Research Council, commissioned by the Government, could put into question Labour’s plans to change the law to encourage more fluoridation in the fight against tooth […]
United Kingdom, England