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EPA helps city protect water from terrorists
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 homeland security coordinator said the agency is working with communities to protect drinking water supplies from terrorist attacks in the region that includes El Paso. “The EPA has been assigned the responsibility of protecting water infrastructure following September 11,” said Mary Kemp, the EPA coordinator. “Part of this […]
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Watsonville water fluoridation controversy to be put to public vote
There may be a fluoride measure on the city ballot this fall, but the word “fluoride” will be as noticeably absent from the measure as a missing front tooth. This week, the City Council begrudgingly agreed to put a measure on the November ballot that, if approved by voters, would prohibit the city from adding […]
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Davis County to Vote Again on Fluoridation
FARMINGTON — Round two in Davis County’s fight over fluoridated water is coming up. On Tuesday, Davis County elections clerk Pat Beckstead told the County Commission that 9,650 signatures have been certified on petitions circulated by fluoridation opponents, more than enough to put the issue on November’s ballot. The commissioners turned over the petition to […]
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Health Research Board “handouts”
In a very interesting letter to this paper (IMN, 24/6/02) Dr Ruth Barrington, Chief Executive of our Health Research Board (HRB) gives out to me and tells me not to be calling their research grants “handouts”. They are no such thing, she says. As a clear example of just how research grants are not handouts, […]
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A Very Irish Letter
Dear All, For those who need cheering up this monday morning, what better than a letter from Ireland. Satire at its best, shades of Jonathan Swift (born in Dublin in 1667, author of “Gulliver’s Travels”, 1726 and ” A Modest Proposal”, 1729). In fact, if you brought Swift back to life and gave him a […]
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Jersey City Council backs return to fluoridating water
Nearly a quarter-century after fluoride was removed from Jersey City’s drinking water, lawmakers want to put it back. The City Council this week unanimously passed a resolution urging the Municipal Utilities Authority to fluoridate the water. The resolution states that research has shown fluoridation to be effective in reducing tooth decay and notes endorsement of […]
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Independence facing fluoridation proposal
A local task force is ready to rally for Independence to put its money where its mouth is. The group is petitioning the city for a higher amount of fluoride in the public water system. “The main reason we’d like to have fluoride in the water is it prevents dental disease,” said task force chairman […]
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Safe drinking water initiative at odds with Redding’s fluoridation plan
A state order to fluoridate Redding’s water supply won’t wash out a November vote on the issue, fluoride opponents claim. Jeff Green, national director for San Diego-based Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, said Wednesday that the group’s initiative doesn’t contradict the 1995 state law mandating fluoridation. It asks the state to prove adding the chemical […]
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Fluoride debate headed for vote in Redding
Although Redding voters will get a whack at water fluoridation, the state of California may wind up deciding the issue. The City Council on Tuesday voted 3-0 to throw a Safe Drinking Water initiative onto the November ballot. Council members Mark Cibula and Dave McGeorge were absent. The vote came despite a warning from a […]
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Help needed on worldwide survey of fluoridation
Dear All, In view of the fact that the American Dental Association, despite its very deep pockets and large staff, is unable to do an accurate assessment of the fluoridation status of countries worldwide, we with our miniscule budget and no staff, would like to attempt to get the record straight. But we need your […]
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