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Blackpool: ‘Teach kids to brush teeth before fluoride’
Pupils should be given lessons on how to brush their teeth rather than having fluoride added to their school milk, the leader of Blackpool’s Tories claimed today. Coun Tony Williams says conflicting views about the side effects of fluoride means alternative ways of improving dental health among the town’s youngsters should be looked at first. […]
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Assembly Appropriations Committee approved Senate Bill 4 on fracking
The Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 12-5 Friday to approve Senate Bill 4 (Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills), clearing the way for the full Assembly to approve regulations for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), acidizing and other unregulated oilfield practices. Unlike at least 14 petroleum producing states including Texas and Wyoming, California does not currently regulate fracking, which is […]
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Oregon considers new air quality permit for Intel’s factories amid neighbor concerns
As Intel readies two massive new research factories in Hillsboro, some of its Washington County are questioning how the expansion will affect their air and community. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing a new air quality permit that would cover Intel’s existing manufacturing in Aloha and at its Ronler Acres campus near Hillsboro Stadium, […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: No reprieve on fluoride
According to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in an opinion issued in July, Act 197 of 2011, mandating that fluoride be added to drinking water, will stand. And on the national front, the Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition to change the source of fluoride in drinking water. State Rep. Denny Altes of Fort […]
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Nestle, Dannon, Gerber Beat Baby Product Fluoride Suit
Law360, New York (August 27, 2013, 8:08 PM ET) — A federal judge last week tossed a lawsuit accusing Nestle USA Inc., Gerber Products Co. Inc. and The Dannon Co. Inc. of failing to warn consumers that their bottled water and baby food and formula products contain excessive amounts of fluoride, finding federal law preempts […]
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Saskatoon Editorial: Campaign avoids science
It’s understandable that those who want to end the fluoridation of Saskatoon’s drinking water are trying to distance themselves from a poster attacking the city’s utilities manager. The fluoridation of Saskatoon’s water began well before Jeff Jorgenson took on his position. Saskatoon’s leaders have long accepted the wisdom of policy experts who consider this practice […]
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Another North Salt Lake refinery fined by the EPA
NORTH SALT LAKE — Another Utah refinery has agreed to pay a penalty to the Environmental Protection Agency and to upgrade emissions controls for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Big West Oil LLC will pay a $175,000 fine and spend approximately $1.8 million on emissions controls at its North Salt Lake refinery. The […]
United States, Utah Oil Refineries -
Opponent to fluoridation of water presents his case in Brooksville
BROOKSVILLE — The ongoing question of whether to return fluoride to Brooksville’s water supply got another round of attention Tuesday night during a City Council workshop devoted to the opinions of a retired environmental chemistry professor who opposes the practice. Paul Connett, who taught at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., and is co-author of […]
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Ballina: Council again agrees to add fluoride to drinking water
BALLINA Shire Council last week agreed to fluoridate the shire’s water supply for a second time. Cr Keith Williams tabled a notice of motion to reverse the previous decision to add fluoride to the water. His beef was with the idea of “informed consent” for residents, not with the science of fluoridation. After he could […]
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Dunedin: No consent given for fluoridation
Peer-reviewed studies show fluoride does cause adverse health effects, write anti-fluoride campaigner and Dunedin psychiatrist Bruce Spittle and Dunedin dentist Russel McLean. Informed consent was not discussed by the 21 staff from the Otago School of Dentistry in their recent letter to the Dunedin city councillors (ODT, 21.8.13). They described community water fluoridation as the […]
New Zealand