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New Tecumseth: Medical Officer of Health supports fluoridation
On Monday, Sept. 23, Committee of the Whole Council of the Town of New Tecumseth voted to submit application to discontinue community water fluoridation (CWF) in the town of Tottenham. As the Medical Officer of Health for Simcoe and Muskoka, I encourage council to reconsider this decision when it meets again on Sept. 30 to […]
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The Wound That Won’t Heal: Idaho’s Far-Reaching Phosphate Pollution
While the pollution at the FMC site rivals the story in the movie Erin Brockovich, the story of phosphate in Idaho actually has a much wider reach, spanning the entire Phosphoria Formation that lies underground across western Idaho, southwestern Montana, western Wyoming and northern Utah. Deposited by an ancient shallow sea, the deposits have yielded […]
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$460K Vandal “OK” by Health Board
Criminal vandalism gets “unanimous support” from the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board as long as you are “passionate about health”. Or do you have to be on a $460K a year salary first? That is how much Chief Executive Kevin Snee was being paid by the taxpayer while he vandalised fluoride-free signs on public property […]
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics May Cause Permanent Nerve Damage
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning that fluoroquinolone antibiotics, taken by mouth or injection, carry a risk for permanent peripheral neuropathy. The safety announcement states:1 “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required the drug labels and Medication Guides for all fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs be updated to better describe […]
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Clarksburg. Water Board: Fluoridation will continue for now
The Clarksburg Water Board will not be taking fluoride out of the water supply any time soon. The Water Board took no action Tuesday after hearing from health professionals arguing that fluoride reduces tooth decay and is safe in low concentrations and from opponents who question both assertions. Board President Al Cox, who leans towards […]
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Informed, Courageous Dentists do say “No” to Fluoridation
The NZ Dental Association is about to implement rules to stifle dissent amongst dentists over water fluoridation – only a few months after Chief Executive David Crum denied they put pressure on dissenters. From November, dentists who state a view against fluoridation will have to qualify that by saying they are stating a minority view. […]
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Hastings: Fluoridation gets last public hearing
Flaxmere residents turned out for the final fluoridation public meetings last night to hear the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board and Fluoride Free Hastings last word ahead of next month’s referendum. The double header was held at Age Concern in Flaxmere and was attended by 34 people. DHB director of population health Dr Caroline McElnay […]
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Fluoride debate comes to a head in New Tecumseth
Tottenham is one of the only municipalities in our area to add fluoride to its drinking water, but that could soon change after a recent decision by local councillors to end the 40 year practice. “This stuff has lead, arsenic, cadmium, radium,” says Coun. Jim Stone, “like you could glow in the dark if you […]
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The Wound That Won’t Heal: Idaho’s Phosphate Problem
This is the first story in a three-part series about phosphate mining in southeast Idaho and its effects on the Shoshone-Bannock tribes. In this installment, Indian Country Today Media Network takes a historic look at the defunct FMC plant on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in southeast Idaho. In coming stories, we’ll look at the […]
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Evidence for fluoridation questionable
In his letter of Sept. 10, Dr. Uswak cites five websites to support the erroneous contention that fluoridation of public water supplies has improved health. Websites don’t weigh much beside primary research published in peer-reviewed, credible scientific journals. The latter have shown no substantial lowering of cavities. All of the reports Dr. Uswak cites have […]
Canada, Alberta