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Erie council to vote on whether to add fluoride to water
Fluoride could be added to Erie’s public water supply by early 2002 under a controversial plan that had majority support from Erie City Council as of Thursday. Councilman Rick Filippi has proposed a resolution for Wednesday night’s council meeting that asks the Erie City Water Authority to modify the water treatment system to allow for […]
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Study Shows Bigger Risk From Arsenic in Water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Academies of Science said Thursday new studies show a higher risk of lung or bladder cancer from arsenic than previously thought, bolstering the arguments of green groups who have demanded the Bush administration adopt stricter limits. The report by the prestigious panel of scientists was requested by the Bush administration, […]
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Arsenic Standard for Water Is Too Lax, Study Concludes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – The National Academy of Sciences has concluded that arsenic is so dangerous in drinking water that stringent levels set by the Clinton administration and later suspended by the Bush White House were justified but perhaps not strict enough. Details of a report by the academy that were made available tonight by […]
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Worcester Citizens Get Enough Signatures to Put Fluoridation to a Vote
WORCESTER — Worcester Citizens for Total Health is pleased and proud to announce its success in placing the fluoridation issue on the November election ballot. Craig Manseau of the Elections Commission has confirmed that we have exceeded the 9,193 certified signatures needed by 1,242 (a total of 10,435) on Monday, September 10, 2001. Over 15,000 […]
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Couple Asks Bartow to Reverse Decision on Fluoride
A Bartow couple urged the city commission to reconsider its decision last May to add fluoride to the city’s water supply when the new water treatment plant goes into operation next year. Walter and Debra Childs said that fluoridation affects the central nervous system, and can pose a danger to fetuses and to women who […]
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Health officials take sides in fluoride debate
WORCESTER — While an often bitter controversy over fluoridation has once again been joined here, Worcester is not alone in struggling with what has become an increasingly charged public health issue. Across the country and around the world, fluoride is generating public debate that is dividing communities and health officials in intense and often unpleasant […]
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N.J. dentists making push for fluoridated water
Once a week, elementary school children throughout Paterson swish fluoride rinse in their mouths for one full minute before spitting it into a cup. Pupils at seven schools around Bergen County also rinse with fluoride, and beginning this fall, so will youngsters in Passaic. It’s the only way health officials know for certain the children […]
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2 dairy farmers sue chemical plant over fluoride in Montco
Two Montgomery County farmers who have complained for years that pollution from a nearby chemical plant caused death and disease in their dairy herds have filed suit against the company. Merrill Mest of Schwenksville and Wayne Hallowell of Gilbertsville say excessively high levels of fluoride released by Cabot Performance Materials in Boyertown were absorbed by […]
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Initiative drive begins to stop fluoridation in Mountain View
Mountain View resident, Billie Barewald, a nurse, today commenced a signature drive to qualify for the city ballot an initiative ordinance that would prevent the city from adding fluoride or any fluoride compound to the drinking water. Fluoridation began in Mountain View in March 2001. Ten percent of the city’s 33,000 voters must sign the […]
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Gilbertsville farmers suing chemical company for damage to Livestock
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year blamed poor farming practices for the illnesses that afflicted livestock on his Gilbertsville farm, Wayne Hallowell still thinks otherwise. In a lawsuit filed recently in Montgomery County Court, Hallowell and another area dairy farmer claim toxic emissions from a nearby chemical plant have slowly poisoned their animals […]
United States, Pennsylvania