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Why You Should Think Twice Before Drinking Nairobi’s Borehole Water
What you need to know: Fluoride is a soluble salt that occurs naturally in groundwater, foods, soil and some minerals. Locally, it is mostly consumed in water. Fluoride has no colour, taste or smell and can only be detected in a laboratory. Do you live in the Nairobi metropolitan area? Were you drawn to your […]
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EU Commission sues Italy over unsafe drinking water
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission took Italy to the EU’s top court on Wednesday over the country’s failure to provide clean drinking water to its citizens. The Commission said it was suing Italy because in some areas the levels of arsenic and fluoride in drinking water have long exceeded the maximum values allowed by […]
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Hardy water gets costlier: 3.7 mg/L fluoride in water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This is a link to the 2020 fluoride levels in Virginia’s drinking water according to the CCC: http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/va-FluoridationStatusReport-2020.pdf Isle of Wight County’s plan to buy water from Smithfield to supply the planned replacement Hardy Elementary School just got costlier. Last fall, county officials had budgeted roughly $27 million for the […]
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Loveland: Letter to the Editor by Traudl Renner
Make fluoride ingestion the individual choice of an informed public I am in agreement with Mr. Deming on reassessment of water fluoridation in our community. Where we differ is the approach to end the practice. While it appears democratic to put the issue to a vote, I disagree that the majority has any right to […]
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Cryolite and Propazine; Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a March 10, 2021 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from […]
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Mayor not sure about fluoridation
The Southern District Health Board’s enthusiasm for extending water fluoridation is being resisted by Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult, who says he is yet to be convinced the region needs it. The SDHB last week resolved to support Government efforts to increase use of fluoridation — Parliament will today have the second-reading debate on the […]
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Chief Science Advisor Releases Pure Propaganda
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor (PMCSA) has just published a new page on fluoridation which is pure propaganda, ignoring or misrepresenting the current scientific knowledge. We have no doubt that the sole purpose is to provide a basis for the back door mandatory fluoridation Bill currently before Parliament, and the profluoridation decision expected from […]
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Growing positivity for water fluoridation in ‘Twittersphere’
Positivity on the topic of water fluoridation is growing on Twitter where the number of supporters has grown from nil to 19% in five years. By contrast, Facebook is a platform where opposition to water fluoridation has remained constant. These are among the conclusions drawn from a paper which compares identical studies analysing social media […]
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Loveland: Letters to the Editor from Donald Menzel and John Deming
Loveland Planning Commission chair must go, by Donald Menzel American democracy is under vicious attack by radical right Republicans nationwide. Then, to read that Mr. Ron Weinberg, chair of the Loveland Planning Commission, intends to screen commission candidates for “hard left” beliefs is just too much to stomach. He should look in a mirror — […]
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Spokane: Letter. A boon for oral health by Lisa Bilich
As a department chair in charge of a nonprofit public health dental hygiene clinic, I see the consequences of the lack of water fluoridation on a daily basis. The majority of patients utilizing the clinic are the most vulnerable to poor oral health. Water fluoridation will address inequities for families living in poverty. These patients […]
United States, Washington State