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Fluoridation scheme halted by health concerns
The government’s controversial plan to dose public drinking water supplies with fluoride has been delayed considerably, pending further research on several issues from cost to the effects on human health and the environment. Although half a dozen municipalities will soon be chosen as pilot projects for rapid fluoridation, some sources believe that the nationwide implementation […]
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Local, international activists unite against Shell
Pietermaritzburg-based award-winning environmental activist Bobby Peek on Monday joined forces with American activists to take on the Royal Dutch Shell petroleum company. He was joined by the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance chairman Desmond D’Sa. Both handed over a copy of a new book that focuses on environmental abuses titled Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch […]
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Support for South Africa’s fluoride proposal
Cape Town, Aug 19, 2002 (Cape Argus/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — THE South African medical and dental establishment has come out in support of the government’s compulsory water fluoridation plan, despite widespread concern that the chemical poses serious health risks. Responding to a spate of recent media reports on the fluoride controversy, the […]
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Unprofessional activity in South Africa
Dear All, One of the emails waiting for me on my return from my trip to Australia and Japan was a press release issued jointly by the Dental Association of South Africa and the the South African Medical Association, calling on the public to support water fluoridation. It would appear that “professionals” in South Africa […]
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Nuclear plant to supply fluoride for water
The nuclear energy establishment wants to cash in on South Africa’s controversial chemical “tooth medicine” plan, writes TONY CARNIE THE Pelindaba nuclear/chemical complex – set up by the apartheid government in the 1960s to produce atomic bombs and enriched uranium fuel – is set to become the major supplier of hundreds of tons of fluoride […]
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Opponents gnash teeth at fluoride law
Flouride will be added to water throughout the country by the end of next year in terms of instructions issued by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. But the plans to put the controversial chemical into drinking water have sparked a flurry of complaints from concerned groups who believe the substance could in fact be harmful to […]
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Fluoride in water – yes or no?
Cape Town – The state’s legal obligation to add fluoride to drinking water was debated in a parliamentary portfolio committee meeting on Friday because of concerns about the possible side effects the substance might have on the human skeletal structure. Pressure groups opposed to the addition of fluoride to drinking water told the portfolio committee […]
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Anti-Fluoride Lobby Rallies Top Support
Politicians and water supply specialists have joined anti-fluoride activists in the call for a rethink on advanced plans to fluoridate our water. This emerged yesterday at a meeting of the parliamentary portfolio committee on water affairs and forestry, which held the investigative session after recent reports of fluoride poisoning in Ireland, following a system failure […]
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Durban delays decision on fluoridated water
Durban will ask the national government to delay the implementation of a controversial law forcing all South Africans to drink artificially fluoridated water. The decision was reached at a meeting of the metro council’s executive committee on Tuesday. Fluoride is added to drinking water supplies in several countries in an effort to reduce tooth decay, […]
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Fluoridation Process Fraught With Controversy
Two years from now South Africa’s regulated drinking water supplies will be fluoridated to an optimum level of 0,7mg per litre of water in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Health on September 8 this year. “The cost of this programme is estimated at R30-million a year,” says the chairperson of The South […]
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