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Limeback: ‘Fluoridation has not been shown to be safe and effective’
Before New Tecumseth councillors carry out a final vote on whether or not to fluoridate Tottenham’s drinking water, I would like to provide my expert opinion. I served 3.5 years on the US National Academies of Sciences Subcommittee on Fluoride in Drinking Water (also called the NRC Committee). The NAS is sometimes referred to as […]
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DHB, Ministry no-show decision frustrates Hamilton Council
Frustration from the Hamilton City Council following the Waikato DHB and Ministry of Health’s decision not to attend a public meeting on fluoride tonight. The DHB has opted out of the meeting citing issues of bullying in previous meetings, while the Ministry of Health doesn’t see any benefits in attending the meeting. Fluoride has become […]
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Who’s right and wrong in Hamilton’s fluoride debate?
Across Hamilton, battle lines are being drawn. On one side of town, in the suburb of Melville, medical transcriptionist Hazel Aughton knows she will be voting for the return of Hamilton’s water fluoridation. She wants to make sure children like her grandson have equal access to oral healthcare measures. Mrs Aughton is concerned that stopping […]
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License Amendment Request for Closure of Calcium Fluoride Ponds at Honeywell Metropolis Works, Honeywell International, Inc.
ACTION: Notice of availability of environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact. Sep 27, 2013 (Menafn – FIND, Inc. via COMTEX) –SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to Source Materials License SUA-526 issued to Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) for its Metropolis Works Facility (MWF) in […]
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Santa Rosa: Forum on fluoridation slated Sept. 30 at Glaser Center
Learn more about water fluoridation at a free educational forum on Monday, Sept. 30 from 6-8 p.m., at the Glaser Center located 547 Mendocino Ave. in Santa Rosa. The forum will have an impartial moderator, with two dentists speaking in support of fluoridation, and two dentists sharing the reasons they oppose fluoridation. One who will […]
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California’s new fracking law divides environmentalists
Over the past year, legislators in Sacramento introduced a flurry of bills in an effort to study or tighten the leash on fracking in California. Most efforts failed, but in mid-September Gov. Jerry Brown state Sen. Fran Pavley’s SB-4, which regulates two methods of extracting tightly-bound oil in California’s Monterey Shale formation — hydraulic fracturing […]
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New director takes helm of Gilbert’s troubled Public Works Department
One year after Gilbert officials discovered the town had stopped adding fluoride to its drinking water because of an unreported equipment failure, the Public Works Department is under new management with the Sept. 23 arrival of a permanent director. Ken Morgan, previously deputy water-services director in Phoenix, took the helm of Gilbert’s utility operations following […]
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Fluoride in tap water cuts fillings – but does it raise dementia risk? Councils hail health findings as campaigners call for more research into long-term effects
Many of the areas with the lowest rates of fillings have added the powerful enamel-protecting chemical to their tap water Campaigners claim the data should persuade more areas to sign up to mass fluoridisation scheme Critics insist that there is evidence it could be putting youngsters at risk of dementia in later life Adding fluoride […]
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Fluoride poisoning leaves villagers in deep water
DOBOKA (NAGAON): At the age of 30, Sadhoni Kalita looks like a 50-year-old woman – her legs are deformed to the extent that she has great difficulty walking, lines of stress and helplessness are etched deep into her face. Mention marriage and the creases of sadness in her face deepen further. Sadhoni has given up […]
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Hamilton: Public speaks out on fluoride
Hamilton voters have been asked and for a third time they have answered emphatically: put fluoride in our drinking water. Just two weeks before local body election ballots close, a new Waikato Times poll, out today, has found voters overwhelmingly support fluoridation. The survey, conducted over a three-day period this week, shows 59 per cent […]
New Zealand