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Dunedin: Public health approach to fluoride debate challenged
The approach some public health officials take to the fluoride debate is too ideological, and they may lose the argument through a lack of engagement, Southern District Health Board member Richard Thomson warns. Mr Thomson, who is also a Dunedin city councillor, was speaking at the community and public health committee meeting in Invercargill this […]
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Molten Salt Reactor review with benefits like very little waste and 2000 energy return on invested energy
The non-profit Weinberg Foundation has a 23 page report on the status and background on Thorium Fuelled Molten Salt Reactors Thorium-fuelled Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) offer a potentially safer, more efficient and sustainable form of nuclear power. Pioneered in the US at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1960s and 1970s, MSRs benefit from novel […]
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Bingham water main fixes will require short-term chlorination
BINGHAM — Pam Miller, a manager at Thompson’s Restaurant, said her customers not only enjoy the taste of the food but also the taste of the water. As a Bingham resident, Miller, 48, said she’d have to agree. “It’s better than any other town I’ve been in,” she said. Bingham is one of nine municipal […]
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Teacher gets water for meals
The headmistress of a government primary school in the hamlet of Doni Thanda in Gadag district has been carrying 18 litres of purified water over 22 kms to cook the mid-day meal and provide students with drinking water, bearing the entire cost from her own pocket as the high fluoride content in the village water […]
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City of Cranbrook faces fluoride lawsuit
The issue of fluoride in the drinking water is still a controversial one decades after it began in North America. In Cranbrook, fluoridation began in 1967. The issue last came forward in September of 2012, when two residents — Brian Kostiuk and Brad Brehm — went before Cranbrook City Council asking for the city to […]
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Sheridan: Fluoride issue contentious; listen to the people
The trouble with contentious issues is that legitimate arguments and facts exist on both sides. This is the case regarding the fluoridation of water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recognized water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. According to the CDC, the proper amount […]
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Report on Global Fluorite Industry
Fluorite is an important mineral raw material in the modern industry, widely used in metallurgy, chemical industry, aluminum smelting and other fields. In 2011, the global fluorite reserves reached about 240 million tons, mainly distributed in South Africa, Mexico, China and Mongolia; the fluorite reserves of these four countries accounted for about 50% of the […]
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Appropriations Bill Would Prohibit EPA’s Phase-Out of Sulfuryl Fluoride
The House of Representatives Appropriations Interior and Environmental subcommittee voted Tuesday 7-4 to approve an appropriations bill that would cut the budget of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by nearly a third, and includes language that would prevent the agency from enforcing its decision to phase out the use of the neurotoxic fumigant sulfuryl […]
United States, National USA Pesticides -
Fluoride facilities to proceed at Carroll-Boone Water District
Despite the best efforts of water operators, concerned citizens and local lawmakers, the new Arkansas law, Act 197 of 2011, mandating water fluoridation of all systems serving more than 5,000 people, remains in place and its implementation is looming at the Carroll-Boone Water District, which serves the cities of Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest, Harrison […]
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Sonoma County: Three views on the Fluoride issue
Fluoride: Simple Solution to a Complex Problem? By Vesta Copestakes Sonoma County’s debate on putting fluoride in our water system is heating up. It will cost more than $10 million to establish and more to maintain. Some people think it’s an effective way to help children grow up with healthy teeth – others consider it […]
United States, California