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Taiwan: Health ministry to consider water fluoridation
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Sunday said it is studying the possibility of adding fluoride to water supplies to reduce dental decay. It is the first time the ministry has formally considered fluoridating the nation’s water supply since 1984. Between 1972 and 1984, fluoride was added to the water supply in Kaohsiung and […]
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Ban on fipronil spray slated to take effect in 2016
Fipronil molecular formula (SEE ADVERSE EFFECTS) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Farmers will be legally banned from spraying fipronil on tea trees as of Jan. 1 next year, according to an announcement by the Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday. Since the tea scare broke out this April, several cases of fipronil contamination have been discovered. Fipronil is […]
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Global dental expert pushes fluoridated salt
A global dental expert yesterday urged the government to allow fluoride to be added to edible salt to reduce tooth decay among Taiwanese children. Wong Ting Chun, a veteran Hong Kong dentist and the first Asian president of the Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI) World Dental Association, made the call at a press conference in Taipei […]
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Hareon Solar to build 300MW solar cell plant in Taiwan
A potential shift by Chinese PV manufacturers to avoid anti-dumping duties in the US and EU as well as in India has started with plans by Hareon Solar to build a 300MW solar cell plant in Taiwan. The China-based company has signed an memorandum of understanding with Mascotte Holdings, which acquired polysilicon start-up, Sun Mass […]
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Taiwan has no intentions of tightening fluoride standards
Taiwan – Taiwan has no intentions of tightening fluoride standards Environmental authorities in Taiwan yesterday said they have no plans to tighten the standards for fluoride in drinking water, despite the U.S. government’s recent move to do so. The US government has lowered the permitted level of fluoride in tap water to 0.7 mg per liter, […]
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Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation fined for shipping potassium fluoride to Taiwan without export license
On December 28, 2001, the Commerce Department imposed a $210,000 civil penalty on Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation of Houston, Texas, to settle charges that it illegally exported sensitive items without Department of Commerce authorization. The agreement settled allegations that, between February 1996 and March 1999, Kaiser made 12 shipments of potassium fluoride to Jamaica […]
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