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Fluoride in Hillsboro water will require a flood of money
Adding fluoride to Hillsboro’s water system could be an expensive endeavor, especially if Hillsboro goes it alone. Preliminary estimates put the cost around or above $1 million, said Joe Thompson, water department director. That number is so high because water enters Hillsboro’s system at nine separate locations, each of which would need a fluoride injection […]
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West Jordan – First in the nation
Dear All, We have just received this exciting news from Jeff Green (Citizens for Safe Drinking Water). Congratulations to Jeff, Rosemary Minervini, Rae Howard and all the other tireless citizens in Utah who helped West Jordan,Utah, to become the first city in the nation to pass the Water Product Quality Control Resolution! Paul Connett ———————————————————————— […]
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Fluorine now used in 30-50% of pharmaceutical
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 5 (UPI) — After years of research, scientists in Delaware have discovered a new way of making key building blocks for many modern medicines, a breakthrough over century-old techniques that inadvertently generate acids and other toxic waste. “The only byproduct of our reaction is water,” researcher Mas Subramanian, a materials scientist at […]
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Fluoride issue is unlikely to reach Fond du Lac ballot, despite sufficient signatures
It’s unlikely that a referendum to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water will be placed on the Nov. 5 ballot. The Fond du Lac City Council Committee of the Whole met Tuesday night to reconsider placing a fluoride referendum on the November ballot. Marty Ryan, City Council president, said unless two of the five […]
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Oak Grove voices opposition to fluoridation
Opposition to fluoride has found a stronghold in Oak Grove, one of the 11 area wholesale buyers that depend on Independence for drinking water. Just west of Oak Grove, Grain Valley leaders passed a resolution in support of fluoride. Blue Springs Mayor Greg Grounds said he personally preferred adding the chemical, though his city and […]
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Fort Collins fluoride panel regroups
Fort Collins’ fluoride technical study group agreed Monday to hammer out its differences and write a new, consensus report on the risks and benefits of fluoridating the city’s water supply. “I think we were doing a disservice to the health board and the water board,” said Frank Vertucci, technical study group member. “We were inflaming […]
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Texarkana plans joint fluoride hearing
Proponents and opponents of fluoridation will have one more chance to publicly express their views on adding fluoride to the city water supply. Texas-side city officials unanimously agreed at a meeting Monday night to conduct a citywide public hearing they will hold in conjunction with the Texarkana, Ark., Board of Directors from noon to 4 […]
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City won’t have fluoride shoved down its throat
CENTERVILLE — Steve Thacker, Centerville city manager, told the city council at Tuesday’s meeting he was assured there will be little punitive measures taken against the city for not complying with the county’s fluoridation mandate. Thacker’s news was greeted with sighs of relief from the council members and the mayor. The August 13 decision of […]
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Sodium Fluoride used in Fluoridation is NOT Pharmaceutical Grade
Dear All, One of the downsides of stressing the dangers posed by untested silicofluorides used for fluoridating over 90% of the water systems fluoridated in the US, is the unintended implication, that perhaps the other agent used for fluoridating the other 10% of the systems is OK. This is not the case. This is stressed […]
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Alzheimer’s in America: The Aluminum-Phosphate Fertilizer Connection
Americans are losing their minds to Alzheimer’s disease. It’s an epidemic. And it’s not typical of what’s going on in the rest of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 18 million people with Alzheimer’s. Over 4 1/2 million Americans have the disease. We account for 25% of all Alzheimer’s cases, […]
United States, National USA