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Death by Corporation, Part IV: Dissolving the Planet for Oil
Excerpt: … along comes “matrix acidizing,” the oil industry’s latest stroke of genius to extract oil from shale formations by literally disintegrating underground rock formations using – you guessed it, hydrofluoric acid. During the summer of 1986, Amoco, Allied-Signal, Du Pont and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory voluntarily conducted a series of six experiments involving atmospheric releases […]
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Cornwall: Small gathering of fluoride-free supporters
A small group of citizens opposed to the addition of fluoride into our drinking water were holding placards at city hall Monday night. Fluoride Free Cornwall is collecting names on a petition calling on the city to reverse the practice of water fluoridation. Group member Kristine Picken said some 300 names have already been collected […]
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Fluoride debate is on tap before the Anchorage Assembly Tuesday
A years-long push by activists to stop adding fluoride to Anchorage’s water supply is finally getting a response from the Anchorage Assembly. But it’s not the answer fluoride critics wanted. The measure proposed by Assembly member Patrick Flynn says the Assembly “supports continued fluoride use” and if opponents want to press the issue, they can […]
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Waikato ratepayers to have say on fluoride
Waikato District ratepayers who rely on Hamilton water will get their chance to have a say on fluoridation in a survey being sent out this week. The views on fluoride in the water supply of ratepayers who receive their water from Hamilton City Council are being sought in a survey by Waikato District Council. Close […]
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PENNCREST to mull cutting individual fluoride treatments
SAEGERTOWN — In a move that caught fellow school board members off-guard, PENNCREST School Board President Luigi DeFrancesco announced plans to introduce a proposal that would eliminate individual fluoride treatments for students from the school district’s health program. During the board’s study session Monday night, DeFrancesco said he will lead a discussion on the elimination […]
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Informed, Courageous Dentists do indeed 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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Hamilton: Anti-fluoride billboard divides dentists
Anti-fluoride billboards erected in central Hamilton are misleading and possibly defamatory, the New Zealand Dental Association says. But one of the dentists pictured in the Fluoride Action Network New Zealand billboards in Ulster and Mill streets has hit back, saying the criticisms are reflective of a “police state”. The signs declare “informed dentists say no […]
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NSW Chief Health Officer to make fluoride pitch to Lismore
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerrie Chant will address Lismore Council tomorrow to try to convince them that fluoride is a safe and important public health initiative. Dr Chant said it was important NSW Health made their position clear to councillors that fluoridating the drinking water supply was the most “socially equitable way to expose people […]
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More Communities Succeed in Eliminating Water Fluoridation, While Chemical Industry Raises the Stakes
After generations of misleading propaganda about the benefits of water fluoridation, the truth is finally getting some traction. According to the former EPA risk assessment scientist, Dr. William Hirzy, water fluoridation still remains a government policy because of “institutional inertia [and] embarrassment among government agencies that have been promoting this stuff as safe.” Indeed, contrary […]
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UK delivered Syria chemicals needed for sarin production ‘for 6 years’
British companies sold sodium fluoride, a key ingredient in the manufacture of the deadly nerve gas sarin, to a Syrian firm from 2004-2010, British media reveal, a sale that has been called ‘disturbing’ following the chemical weapons attack in Damascus. Between July 2004 and May 2010, the British government issued five export licenses to two […]
United Kingdom Chemical Weapons