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Fluoride in Gaya village water
A central medical team led by Dr R C Srivastava, associate professor, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIHPH), conducted anon-the-spot test of underground water at village Bhoop Nagar on Saturday and confirmed the alarming presence of fluoride content which has caused physical deformities and accelerated the ageing process of the villagers. According […]
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The Security Threat of Fluorosilicic Acid
A Sept. 26 New York Times article on the security of our water supplies is astounding in its misinformation. It states, “Poisoning the voluminous rivers and reservoirs nourishing cities would require truckloads of chemical or biological agents that would be difficult to produce and relatively easy to spot, experts say.” Well, guess what folks? There […]
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Kamloops Votes to Remove Fluoride from Water
On Saturday 10/13/01 the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (37% voter turnout) voted to stop fluoridation by 63%. Kamloops, in the interior of the province, has a population of about 90,000 and had been fluoridated since 1961. Much of the credit has to be given to Marcelle Leibel. This lady never gave up the […]
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Fluoridated Water Not Preventing Rampant Decay Among Southbridge’s Poor
SOUTHBRIDGE – A volunteer committee of people involved with health care and children is searching for an answer to the problem many schoolchildren face each day: no dentists. “I get tired of saying, ‘I can’t help you,’” Jackee Cepeda, of YOU Inc., said of her response to school nurses looking for dentists for children. “Children […]
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Doctor to sue state over water fluoridation
A Co Kildare family doctor is to issue High Court proceedings against the state over its water fluoridation policy. Dr Andrew Rynne claims that the Department of Health is acting unconstitutionally by forcing people to accept mass medication without their permission. The Irish Medical Board (IMB) will be cited as a co-defendant. Three-quarters of Irish […]
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Health care group seeks Kennewick water fluoridation
The Tri-Cities Health Care Task Force plans to ask the Kennewick City Council next month to consider fluoridating the city’s water supply. Kennewick water already has 0.2 parts per million fluoride naturally, but dentists and other health care professionals want to increase fluoride to 1.0 parts per million, the optimal level to protect teeth. “It […]
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Study Finds Link between High Fluoride & Kidney Stones
A new study published in the journal Urological Research, has found an association between high levels of fluoride in the water and painful kidney stones. According to the study, urolithiasis (kidney stones) was 4.6 times more common in an area with high fluoride (3.5 to 4.9 ppm) than in a similar area without high fluoride. […]
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Fluoride won’t be on Erie’s Ballot
The fluoridation debate is over, at least for the November election. The Erie County Board of Elections on Monday voted 3-1 not to put the issue on the Nov. 6 election ballot. Erie County Councilman Fiore Leone voted for placing the issue on the ballot while County Council Chairman James Terrill and County Councilwomen Joy […]
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Inmates praise programme
The Dental Health Education Programme at Westgate has been given the thumbs up by the inmates who participated. And three of them who spoke to The Royal Gazette shared their determination to continue practising good oral hygiene once they are released. “I never knew the exact way to brush my teeth,” said Inmate A, a […]
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Bridges stay open, but on highest alert
The El Paso-Juárez international bridges are expected to remain open today after the initial U.S. military strikes Sunday against targets in Afghanistan. “We are still on the same alert status that we went on shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks,” U.S. Customs Service spokesman Roger Maier said. “This means we are conducting continuous enhanced enforcement […]
United States, Texas Chemical Industry