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Court rules Manchester fluoridation is illegal
CONCORD, N.H. – The state Supreme Court says it’s illegal for Manchester to put fluoride in the water it pipes to customers in surrounding towns. The court gave the city until June 30, 2005, to stop fluoridating the municipal water supply, unless the Legislature amends the law before then or residents in the towns approve. […]
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Supreme Court: City water fluoridation illegal
Manchester is violating state law by putting fluoride in the water it pipes to customers in surrounding towns, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The court gave the city until June 30, 2005, to stop fluoridating the municipal water supply — unless the Legislature amends current law before then. Manchester voters passed a fluoride referendum […]
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Fluoride to begin its flow in SLC this week
Salt Lake Valley residents will take their first sips of fluoridated water Wednesday, nearly three years after voters overwhelmingly approved fluoridation. Only three small water systems will not meet the Oct. 1 deadline, which means about 95 percent of the Valley’s homes and businesses will have fluoridated water flowing from the taps, said Royal DeLegge, […]
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Film firm challenges fluoride use in city water
VALPARAISO — In May the city’s water department was honored by the U.S. dental directors for helping prevent tooth decay by fluoridating the water for the past 50 years. In September the water board was asked to stop fluoridation because it is a danger to humans. Gary Foreman of Native Sun Productions, a Valparaiso company […]
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Examining the water we drink: Concerns about C8 linger
Concerns about polluted drinking water began to emerge for more than 12,000 Washington County residents when a manufacturing chemical called C8 was revealed in some area public water systems in January 2002. But local water systems had been secretly tested by officials at DuPont’s Washington, W.Va., Works plant, the source of the chemical, decades earlier. […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
Examining the water we drink: Family’s lost herd led to revelations about C8
When the Tennant family lost an entire herd of cattle to a mysterious wasting disease on their Washington, W.Va., farm they hired an attorney and went looking for answers. In the process of testing their land for clues as to the source of the problem that ruined their herd, studies revealed the presence of C8 […]
United States, West Virginia Perfluorinated chemicals -
Examining the water we drink: Concerns about C8 linger
Concerns about polluted drinking water began to emerge for more than 12,000 Washington County residents when a manufacturing chemical called C8 was revealed in some area public water systems in January 2002. But local water systems had been secretly tested by officials at DuPont’s Washington, W.Va., Works plant, the source of the chemical, decades earlier. […]
United States, Ohio United States, West Virginia Perfluorinated chemicals -
Court weighs fluoridation suit
From police power to tooth decay, Washington State Supreme Court justices pressed lawyers with questions Thursday as they waded into a debate over fluoridated water in Pierce County. At the center of the dispute is an order by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board, which demands that 14 local water purveyors put fluoride in water to […]
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Study finds huge rise in wrist, forearm fractures in youth
A study that looked at wrist and forearm fractures in young people has found a dramatic increase in breaks during the past 30 years, especially among girls aged 8-11. While the study did not determine a reason for the rise in fractures, the lead researcher raised concern about insufficient calcium in the diets of preteens […]
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Farmers sue Cabot Corp. for alleged metal fluoride poisoning
Two Gilbertsville, PA farmers have filed a lawsuit against Cabot Corp., alleging that its specialty metals facility at Boyertown, PA is responsible for metal fluoride poisoning that has caused dozens of cows to become ill and drastically reduce milk production. The lawsuit, which is scheduled to go to trial in February 2004, cites former employee […]
United States, Pennsylvania Specialty Metal Industries