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DRUC: No plans to stop adding fluoride to water
Although several Tennessee cities have voted to discontinue the adding of fluoride to their municipal water systems, the Duck River Utility Commission (DRUC) has no plans to stop using the chemical known to benefit oral health. Randal Braker, manager of DRUC, which supplies water to Tullahoma, Manchester and surrounding areas, said he has yet to […]
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Des Moines Water Works asks public about fluoride in drinking water
The Des Moines Water Works has added fluoride to the drinking water for more than 50 years. It stops tooth decay, but critics say it’s toxic. Water Works General Manager Bill Stowe is well aware of the controversy, and so is longtime Des Moines resident Jeri Kemple. View video. Bill Stowe said, “We just think […]
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Referenda ‘will not end the battle over fluoridation’
If the bizarre and extreme events in Hamilton, Hastings, and Whakatane show us one thing it is that referenda are an inappropriate way to address the fluoridation issue, compared with the Tribunal process used in Hamilton and New Plymouth. This confirms the 1956 Commission of Inquiry’s very clear statement. We have seen press releases by […]
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Clarksburg: Anti-fluoride forces turn out at Water Board meeting
Opponents of adding fluoride to the water supply continued to argue their case Tuesday before the Clarksburg Water Board. Shannon Jackson, with Clean Water Clarksburg, presented the Water Board with rival petitions for and against the fluoridation of the city’s potable water. Some 56 people signed the petition against fluoridation, while 16 others signed the […]
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Were The People Of Askeaton Poisoned By Fluoride?
A lengthy report was published in 2001 by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into possible links between environmental pollution and severe animal and human health problems in Askeaton, Co Limerick. Having examined the report, and compared it to information available elsewhere in the public domain, Hot Press believes that the EPA document contains errors […]
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Fluoride interferes with Essential Iodine
“Fluoridation is likely to be depressing the iodine levels of Whakatane and Ohope people and causing illness” says Dr Mogan Poppe in the Whakatane Beacon last week. Dr Poppe goes on to explain that halogens like chloride, bromide and fluoride have a higher affinity to the iodine receptor and that thus like other halogens fluoride […]
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Fluoride in the pipeline for Bega Valley Shire
Bega Valley Shire Council will take the first steps to fluoridate the water supply throughout the shire and expects to start “broad-based community consultations” in the coming months. But the issue is likely to provoke strong reactions with local dentists disagreeing on the benefits of fluoridation. Of the four supply systems that provide water services […]
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London: Fluoride Debate Returns To City Hall
It’s a double push by one city councilor to rid London of fluoridated tap water. Councilor Stephen Orser will go to two city committees on the issue this week. Monday, he’ll ask the Civic Works Committee to remove the mineral, noting their are no arguments against “chemical-free drinking water.” If that doesn’t fly, Orser will […]
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The next phase: Kaiser’s Mead smelting plant undergoes demolition
Thousands of people drew paychecks from the sprawling Kaiser Aluminum smelter in north Spokane during its more than 50 years of operation. The California company that bought the Mead site last year is about a third of the way through a project to put people to work on the property again, this time as a new […]
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Owen Sound: Public meeting likely on city’s fluoride use
A committee of Owen Sound council is recommending holding a public meeting on the city’s practice of adding fluoride to its drinking water. Coun. Bill Twaddle, chairman of the operations advisory committee, said the city has heard from people on both sides of the debate and is interested in learning the “current thinking” on the […]
Canada, Ontario