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Anti-fluoride group offers $1,000 prize
Despite a September ruling by 2nd District Court Judge Glen R. Dawson to shoot down a Nov. 5 revote on whether to fluoridate Davis County drinking water, fluoridation opponents continue to fight the voter-approved measure. The latest effort is a 12-page pamphlet accompanied by a 33-question quiz. Those who read the anti-fluoridation message and take […]
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CDC Web Site Now Provides Information on Community Water Fluoridation
People seeking information on whether their water system is fluoridated can now find out by visiting a new Web site at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/data_systems/index.htm. The new feature, “My Water’s Fluoride,” allows consumers in participating states to check out basic information about their water system, including the number of people […]
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Fluoride debate in Billings
Israelis and Palestinians will live together in peace before opponents and supporters of water fluoridation agree on anything. Advocates of water fluoridation say it is backed by an overwhelming majority of health and science professionals nationwide and is one of the cheapest, most effective public-health initiatives ever undertaken in the United States. They say fluoride […]
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One-third of adults in US have arthritis, according to survey
One of every three adults in the United States suffers from arthritis, tens of millions more than in previous estimates, according to a comprehensive survey released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first-ever state-by-state survey found that nearly 70 million American adults suffer from chronic joint pain or arthritis, the leading […]
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Water fluoridation plan on ballots in York County
Seven communities in York County will vote Nov. 5 on a controversial proposal to fluoridate their water. The communities are Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Arundel, Ogunquit, the coastal section of Biddeford and the Cape Neddick portion of York. A group of dentists in southern Maine is urging voters to approve fluoridation. The American Dental Association says […]
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Millions more might suffer from arthritis
ATLANTA, Oct. 24 (UPI) — A new, more accurate survey suggests 27 million more American adults could be suffering from arthritis than previous estimates indicated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The new survey results put the number of arthritis sufferers at 70 million, compared with the previous estimate of 43 million, […]
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CDC: One in three suffer arthritis, joint problems
ATLANTA (AP) — Arthritis and other chronic joint problems are far more widespread than estimated just five years ago, affecting one in three U.S. adults, or 69.9 million people in all, the government said Thursday in the first comprehensive survey of the disease. Health officials and advocates said the numbers — and related health care […]
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One-third of US adults have arthritis pain
ATLANTA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – One-third of all American adults suffer from arthritis or chronic joint problems, according to a study published on Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey, the first to measure arthritis prevalence directly on a state-by-state basis, revealed that an estimated 70 million people in 2001 […]
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Redding voters face huge maze of facts
In the debate around water fluoridation, partisans use science the way gladiators wield broadswords. Fluoridation supporters can mobilize a mountain of studies dating from the 1940s calling water fluoridation the safest, surest and least-expensive way to fight tooth decay. Fluoride foes challenge those studies. Most are outdated, they say. And they leave too many questions […]
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Fluoride: Healthy or hazardous?
Redding voters Nov. 5 will decide Measure A, a ballot initiative having something to do with the city’s water supply. That’s about the only hard fact surrounding the measure. Everything else depends on whether you believe water fluoridation is an equal-opportunity hedge against tooth decay or a conspiracy to turn humans into little industrial waste […]
United States, California