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Blair to Break Promise on Fluoride & Health
The long-awaited York Review on Water Fluoridation (1) is due to report on 6 October – and the Green Party says its findings are scientifically flawed and seriously misleading. The Review will say that fluoridation is “marginally beneficial” – which will strengthen Tony Blair’s zeal to see Britain’s drinking water fluoridated, despite widespread public opposition […]
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Cancer mystery deepens
J.C. Conner looked over a picture taken several years ago at Old Country Buffet. There’s a group of about 40 elderly men enjoying the day. And there are Xs put over 25 of the people in the picture. “I’ve put an X on them as they die,” said Conner, who like those in the picture […]
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Fluoride Proponents Ad Blitz Working
Billboards plastered with the faces of grinning kids and the message “Reason #1 to vote for fluoride” have been popping up along the Wasatch Front in the past two weeks. Utahns for Better Dental Health will soon have about 50 of the billboards in place throughout Salt Lake County. The advertising blitz is one signal […]
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Fluoride brochures going out, but have magnifying glass ready
If you don’t know anything about the water-fluoridation proposal going on the ballot in November, never fear: You will soon be receiving an information pamphlet detailing its pros and cons. But be warned: At least in Salt Lake County, your eyesight will have to be exceptional or your bifocals well-adjusted to make any sense of […]
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One-Sided Debate
Fluoride proponents did themselves and their cause no service when they shunned two forums on the topic of fluoridating public water supplies last Saturday. Indeed, their willful decision to stay away was a studied insult to the voters and to the Jeffersonian idea of an informed citizenry making informed public decisions. Proponents refused to attend […]
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State Ecology Department hits Kaiser with $388,000 fine
SPOKANE, Wash – Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will appeal a $388,000 fine by the state Department of Ecology for alleged sloppy operation of air pollution-control equipment at its Mead smelter, officials say. Operation and maintenance problems were responsible for more than 800 pounds a day of pollutants escaping from the aluminum smelting plant northeast of Spokane, […]
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Supporters, foes of fluoridation gear up for public forum
Supporters and foes of a plan to fluoridate the town’s water supply to improve dental health are gearing up for a public forum next week. That discussion will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Brattleboro Union High School gym, according to Town Manager Jerry Remillard. “Probably there will be presentations […]
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Lebanese Chemical Company Dumping Wastewater into Mediterranean
Beirut, September 21st 2000 – Greenpeace today demanded an answer from the Ministry of Environment regarding its failure to fulfil the commitment made to pressure the Lebanese Chemical Company (LCC) to state, by WHEN, its plan to implement measures to curb the toxic pollution it is pumping into the Mediterranean Sea daily. During a Greenpeace […]
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Building 55: Was a killer in our midst?
Vince Driscoll and longtime buddy Ken Kurtz sometimes would reminisce about their dads while working at their state transportation jobs. Both of their dads, and some other relatives, worked at the old Blockson Chemical Co. on Patterson Road just south of Joliet. Driscoll, of Channahon, and Kurtz also mused about how many former, and current, […]
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Fluoridation Proponents Adhere to Their No Debate Policy
Public health officials who refuse to share a stage with opponents of water fluoridation have no business deciding matters of public health, a New York chemistry professor told 115 Utahns at anti-fluoride forums Saturday. The forums, in Salt Lake City and Woods Cross, had been billed as debates. But proponents refused to appear with Paul […]
United States, Utah