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Woodland surveys residents on fluoridation, tax hikes
The majority of Woodland residents oppose fluoridated water and higher taxes to pay for park and road maintenance, according to a survey of city residents. … Meanwhile, 56 percent of survey respondents said they were against fluoridated drinking water. The city has fluoridated its water, off and on, for two decades. Portland voters recently defeated […]
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Palmerston North: Fluoride review survives new debate
An attempt to shut down the fluoridation debate in Palmerston North has been thwarted at the council’s final meeting to amend its budget. Councillor Annette Nixon told councillors yesterday they should remove $10,000 that was added to its annual plan for next year to pay for an independent assessment of the evidence for and against […]
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Jensen Camp fluoride case drags on a decade after water contamination was discovered
Something in the Water: Jensen Camp resident Brad Baker and his family drank fluoride-contaminated water for at least eight years before the county alerted tenants. Judge Lydia Villarreal’s courtroom teems with 13 lawyers on the morning of June 3. They’re here for the next chapter in a water contamination lawsuit stretching back almost a decade. […]
United States, California -
Leitrim: Council cannot stop water fluoridation
A spokesperson for Leitrim County Council has said staff have “no option” but to continue the fluoridation of water supplies in the county. Cllr Sean McDermott put forward a motion at the last Council meeting asking the Council to refrain from adding fluorosilicic acid to drinking water, citing growing public health concerns. “There are a […]
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EU asked for help in battle of fluoridation
‘Everytime we fill a kettle or mix up a baby’s bottle we are dosed with fluoride’- Pocock Irish journalist Iva Pocock appeared before the EU Petitions Committee today as part of ongoing moves to end fluoridation of Irish water supplies. Ms Pocock was representing her father the late Robert Pocock, a long-standing campaigner on the […]
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Portland: One State Employee is Guilty of a “Minor” Fluoridated Transgression
Fluoride‘s resounding defeat in Portland is nearly a month behind us, but controversy around the most-contentious vote in recent memory lingers—sort of. The Oregon Health Authority has found in an internal investigation [PDF] one of its employees committed a “minor violation” of the state’s acceptable use policy in the run-up to the vote, when she […]
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Markley To Convene Informational Hearing on Fluoride in Drinking Water
Do we need fluoride in our drinking water? For most public health officials, the answer is yes. But state Sen. Joe Markely wants to make sure. Markley was recently compiling a list of unfunded state mandates on municipalities when he learned about the state’s water fluoridation policy, which requires fluoride levels of between 0.8 mg per […]
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California: Sulfur hexafluoride regulations and associated requirements
Sulfur hexafluoride, SF6, is the most potent greenhouse gas among the fluorinated gases. In implementing the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), the Air Resources Board (ARB) has adopted three measures regulating the use of sulfur hexafluoride in California. These three separate measures regulate use of SF6 in three separate areas: • […]
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Masterton council slammed over fluoride use
Anti-fluoride spokeswoman Mary Byrne has said Masterton District Council are “burying their heads in the sand” on the issue of water fluoridation. Lobby groups are calling for a halt to the fluoridation of Masterton’s drinking water, which they say causes adverse health effects. Masterton District Council received seven anti-fluoride submissions, towards their annual plan, which […]
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Fluoride problem will be the backdrop of film ‘Dakshina Madhya Bharatha Jattu’
National award winning director Narasimha Nandi is directing a movie titled ‘Dakshina Madhya Bharatha Jattu’. K.Suresh Babu, who has produced films like ‘Naku O Lover Undhi’ in Sri SivaParvathi combines banner, is the producer of this movie. He says, ” The shooting of the movie has completed and the post-production work of the film is […]
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