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National Water Week Marked by Congressional Probe on Fluoridation
In the week set aside by President Bush in 1990 for observance May 7 – 13, 2000 as National Drinking Water Week, the House of Representatives Committee on Science expanded their field of inquiry on fluoridation of public water systems to include other agencies that play a part in the decisions and actions surrounding the […]
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Ohio Leads in Pollution by Utilities
Ohio’s electric utilities emit more toxic pollution than any others in the nation, according to figures released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The news immediately sparked debate over how harmful the emissions are. But the EPA sidestepped the issue, saying it was merely providing information so local communities and the state could decide what […]
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Wound Up About Fluoride
A little bit of poison can be good for you. It’s a pretty fundamental tenet of medicine and of life. Just the right amount of aspirin, even wine or beer, can extend your life; too much and you’re on your way to detox. The old axiom of excess and moderation is also the basis of […]
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Recycling company added to EPA “significant violators list”
LYON TOWNSHIP, Mich – An Oakland County recycling company under scrutiny for allegedly releasing toxic smoke has been placed on a federal pollution list. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Continental Aluminum Inc. to its “significant violators list,” which can lead to daily fines of up to $27,500 and criminal charges for deliberate pollution, The […]
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West Maryland Cities Revisit Fluoride Issue
CUMBERLAND – Crime, taxes and schools are the usual campaign fodder in municipal elections, but in two Western Maryland cities the burning topic this spring is one long ago settled in most communities without debate: fluoride. Barring a last-minute court ruling, Cumberland voters are to decide May 16 whether to repeal a decade-old ban on […]
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Gerber Introduces Non-Fluoride Toothpaste for Babies
Opponents of water fluoridation have brandished a new weapon: a fluoride-free baby tooth cleaner that the Gerber Products Co. markets as safe and gentle. Nashua resident Paul Harrington, president of New Hampshire Citizens for Health and Freedom, said Gerber was obviously concerned about a baby’s overexposure to fluoride. But a Manchester city health official said […]
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Japan: Acid alteration in the fumarolic environment of Usu volcano, Hokkaido
Excerpts from article: We have particularly focused our attention on the mineralogy of fluorides and on the distribution of fluorine in the alteration products. Although fluorides have been reported in other studies of volcanic incrustations (Naboko, 1957; Stoiber and Rose, 1974; Naughton et al., 1976; Rosenberg Philip, 1988; Keith, 1991a,b; Papike, 1992; Serafimova, 1997), the […]
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Mexico: Chemical characteristics of the crater lakes of Popocatetetl, El Chichon, and Nevado de Toluca volcanoes
Excerpts: Fluoride concentrations were determined also with an ion selective electrode, adding a TISAB solution for decomplexing and adjusting the ionic strength… The Nevado de Toluca crater lake… Lithium, boron and fluoride were below the detection limits… At El Chichon… Fluoride increased between 1983 and 1985 (0.16 mg/l in 1983 to 4.5 mg/l in 1985), […]
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Fluoride: A debate you can sink your teeth into
First, the dread. Then, you’re on your back in a big, padded chair, which would almost be cozy if not for the fact that there’s a hot light burning your face, your cheeks are stuffed with cotton, and a latex-gloved hand is poking around inside of your mouth. Most likely, anyone who has been to […]
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TD calls for an end of water fluoridation
Independent TD Tom Gildea, is to press the Government to abandon the fluoridation of the country’s water supply. Gildea told The Sunday Tribune last week that he would be putting pressure on the government at behind-the-scenes meetings to scrap the fluoridation programme, which has been in place since the early 1960s. The compulsory inclusion of […]
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