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Cuomo to Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks
Note from FAN: Hydrofluoric acid is used in many fracking operations. It is injected deep into the ground to break up shale to release the gas. The news from New York today is an historic decision made in favor of the health and environment of all New Yorkers. ALBANY — The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday […]
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Andover: An end to fluoride supplements in school
From the School Nurse… Also of note we will not be giving fluoride anymore as the State is not supplying this. Andover water is not fluoridated so you need to obtain a prescription for this to give to your child at home. Note: Andover is in Allegany County See Newsletter Print PDF
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Oral Health: How a foundation in New York State is working to prevent cavities in young Children
Early Childhood Caries—tooth decay among children under age six—is a disease process that can cause pain that affects a child’s ability to eat, speak, and learn at a time when he or she should be developing and thriving. Almost half of all children develop this decay before they reach kindergarten, with the greatest burden occurring […]
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Town of Tonawanda’s Huntley power plant is biggest polluter in Erie County
Renewable energy advocates said the 440,000 pounds of pollutants that the Huntley electric plant generated in the Town of Tonawanda in 2013 proves it doesn’t take much coal to damage the Earth. The plant’s operator said the 98-year-old facility has never run cleaner. Both arguments might be true, but it didn’t stop Huntley from recapturing […]
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Oneida Common Council receives recommendation to fluoridate
Excerpts from the article on the Oneida Common Council meeting on Tuesday: Council also filed a recommendation from the city Water Board, a letter from the Madison County Board of Health and an informational packet regarding a request from local dentists and physicians asking that fluoride be added to city water. Fluoridating the city’s water […]
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Legal Scholar: Is fluoridation an illegitimate human experiment?
“The cessation of all compulsory water fluoridation schemes should be the goal of all public health agencies, ethical lawmakers and informed citizens,” argues Rita Barnett-Rose, Chapman University Associate Law Professor, (online August 2014), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Evidence of fluoride‘s harm is ignored, downplayed or not studied; benefits exaggerated […]
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Tonawanda: Clean Air targets DuPont
TOWN OF TONAWANDA — Two local organizations called on the DuPont Yerkes plant in the town to improve its environmental controls and reduce its air emissions at a press conference Tuesday. “Simply put, this is about protecting the health and well-being of Western New Yorkers,” said Liz Smith, of the Western New York Council on […]
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Oneonta: Common Council to discuss water, chicken-coop ordinance
MONDAY, AUGUST 11: The Community Improvement Committee will meet in Common Council Chambers, 258 Main St., at 7 p.m… Mayor Dick Miller said the topic of fluoride in city water also is on the agenda for the CIC meeting. According to Nathan Batalion of Oneonta, concerns have been raised with updated findings about fluoride’s toxic […]
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Newburgh: Community water fluoridation training for dental hygienists
Join Matt Jacob from the Children’s Dental Health Project in Washington, DC and Meg Atwood, RDH, MPS, of the Department of Dental Hygiene at Orange County Community College for an interactive, morning long fluoridation training. The training will be held Friday, August 8, 2014 from 8:30 to 1:00 in Kaplan Hall 201 at Orange County […]
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Ask the Pharmacist: Is your medication making you sick?
Dear Pharmacist, You said that some drugs are related to fluoride and may cause hypothyroidism or other diseases of the reproductive tract. Which medications and why? — D.L., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Shocking, I know! Some of the most popular medications in the world are “fluorinated,” meaning they were created using a backbone of fluoride — […]
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