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Fluorosis menace fails to move government
PATNA: The slow but sure death faced by the residents of Khairi, a village located in Haveli Kharagpur of Munger district, reflects complete government apathy to the public health in the state. A report reaching the state headquarters here suggests that 80 per cent of the villagers suffer from fluorosis. Health minister Shakuni Choudhary expressed […]
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Fluoride Release Leads to Evacuation of Texas Neighborhood
Yesterday, July 9, an explosion occured at a Texas oil refinery which resulted in the release of an unspecified, but potentially large amount of hydrogen fluoride. According to the article which appeared in today’s Corpus Christi Caller Times, a seven block area adjacent to the plant was soon evacuated after winds blew the HF gas […]
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Contaminated and Crippled for Life
When Kusum Kalita joined the teaching staff at Tekelangjun High School 12 years ago, she encountered a rather peculiar experience in the classroom. Many of her students would cover their mouths with their fingers while talking to her. As Kalita was soon to learn, the students were embarrassed to smile because their teeth looked ‘dirty.’ […]
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EPA: Children should avoid Canyon water due to fluoride
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends Canyon children under the age of 9 not drink city water, but the Canyon Independent School District still allows daily water fountain visits and continues using tap water. Canyon residents received the 2000 drinking water quality report in their last water bill. Analysis of the city’s water led to finding […]
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Most submissions to Fluoridation Forum are anti-fluoridation
The majority of people who made submissions to the Forum on Water Fluoridation have objected to fluoride in the public water supply. Health fears and the lack of choice in receiving fluoride were the main objections made in the 1,050 submissions. The forum was set up by Minister for Health, Mr Martin, last September to […]
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Fluoride Causes Cavities?
New York – July 2, 2001 – Opposite to what’s expected, children who drink high fluoride water in areas of the African country, Uganda, have more tooth decay than their equals in low fluoride districts, and, expectedly, more severe dental fluorosis (yellow or brown teeth), according to Clinical Oral Investigations (a,b). “No teeth were lost […]
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BBC: Russian community relocated to escape fluoride pollution from aluminum plant
[Presenter] Now back to domestic news. Irkutsk ecologists have carried out more research work in the area of the Bratsk Aluminium Plant. They have proven that poisonous substances discharged by the plant’s smokestacks for many years are extremely dangerous for local residents. Local authorities have been impressed by the collected data. Officials say that they […]
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Tapping into fury over fluoride
As new fears over fluoride surface, GEMMA O’DOHERTY revisits the story that earned her last year’s Campaigning Journalist award The chairman of Kildare County Council has never given a second thought to the amount of water he drinks. He takes the same amount a day as the average Irish person: a glass or two from […]
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Modesto City Council reverses course: Will place fluoridation on November ballot
At the June 26 City Council meeting in Modesto California, both supporters of fluoridation and advocates of safe drinking water appeared to be surprised as a previous 4 to 3 vote to fluoridate by the City Council was waylaid by a shift in support by a 4 to 3 vote in favor of voters making […]
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Health fears rise over fluoride in our water
CONCERN about the amount of fluoride in Irish water supplies deepened yesterday following the discovery of excessive levels in urine samples supplied by Kildare county councillors. Samples provided by eight members of the council showed six of them had amounts of fluoride high enough to give rise for medical concern, claimed an anti-fluoride group. As […]
Ireland