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“Facts don’t deter fluoridation foes”
A national expert on fluoridation, brought in to bolster a drive to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water, loaded supporters with facts, endorsements and statistics at a dental summit in Billings on Friday. Judging from the skepticism expressed by some at the meeting, and the open hostility of others, those supporters are sure to […]
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“Fluoridation better choice in Plainville”
As we did in the year 2000 when North Attleboro voters faced the question of adding fluoride to the drinking water supply, The Sun Chronicle urges a Yes vote when Plainville voters face the same question on April 1. Adding a tiny amount of fluoride — at 1 part fluoride per 1 million parts of […]
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Poor Children in Connecticut Lack Dental Care
Seven of 10 poor children in Connecticut who are eligible for government-paid dental appointments aren’t getting them, according to a report released Thursday by the Connecticut Health Foundation and the Children’s Fund of Connecticut. That means tens of thousands of poor Connecticut children don’t receive the care needed to prevent tooth decay and other potentially […]
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Aid Groups Urge Action on Water-Borne Diseases
GENEVA (Reuters) – Water-borne diseases kill at least 3.4 million people every year, making them collectively more lethal than AIDS, according to the World Health Organization. To mark World Water Day on Friday, health, environmental and humanitarian agencies urged greater international effort to improve the water, hygiene and sanitation conditions of the world’s poor. “Water […]
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The Bangkok Statement: A pledge to promote the protection of Children’s Environmental Health
A pledge to promote the protection of Children’s Environmental Health 21 March 2002 We, the undersigned scientists, doctors and public health professionals, educators, environmental health engineers, community workers and representatives from a number of international organizations, from governmental and non-governmental organizations in South East Asian and Western Pacific countries, have come together with colleagues from […]
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FAN Versus DOW
Dear All, I am happy that we met the deadline and got our comments into the US EPA on DOW’s attempt to get sulfuryl fluoride accepted for use on 40 foodstuffs. If DOW is successful they would be adding yet another fluoride source to our diet and thereby further increasing our daily dose of fluoride […]
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Oneida’s water customers have no vote, but they have a voice
Though the villages of Vernon and Oneida Castle, the town of Verona and the city of Sherrill purchase water from the city of Oneida, they will have no vote on whether or not the city will fluoridate its water supply. As the Oneida Common Council grapples with the proposal placed before them by the Oneida-Madison […]
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Nowata’s Council backtracks on Fluoridation Vote
Questions arose concerning the status of fluoride in Bartlesville’s water supply after an initial March 4 decision by the Nowata City Council to discontinue the practice of fluoridation there. The council quickly reversed the decision, telling citizens during a Thursday meeting, “The council apologizes for the hasty decision\ concerning the fluoride issue.” The Nowata matter […]
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Dow’s Bait and Switch on Sulfuryl Fluoride
Dear All, A few months ago, on October 4, 2002, we sent out an IFIN bulletin requesting our readers support in fighting a proposal by DOW to get an experimental use permit (EUP) for use of the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride on two food items; walnuts and raisins. The prposed new uise for this fumigant was […]
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EPA reaches consent agreement with DuPont on plan to supply drinking water
PHILADELPHIA -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a consent agreement with E.I. Dupont Nemours & Co. (DuPont), which would require the company to provide an alternate drinking water supply to residents in communities surrounding its Washington Works facility near Parkersburg, W. Va. if water supplies show high levels of Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate (or C8), an […]
United States, West Virginia Perfluorinated chemicals