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WV gets a “C” in new dental study
A newly released report on children’s dental care says West Virginia is one of many states not doing enough. The report, Falling Short: Most States Lag on Dental Sealants by the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign gives the state a grade of “C” for its efforts to deliver sealants to children in schools. This year’s report […]
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Prince Albert: Fluoride, attendance and more taken on by council
City council ran the gambit of discussion during Monday’s executive committee meeting. In addition to tentatively agreeing that voluntary snow removal is the way to go and that a handful of committees they deem as redundant will be dissolved, as reported in Tuesday’s Daily Herald, council discussed the following items. Since Monday’s meeting was an […]
Canada, Saskatchewan -
Faith groups unite to fight controversial fluoridation plans for Southampton
FAITH groups across Southampton are joining forces to battle against controversial plans to put fluoride in the water. Religious organisations from across the city are coming together at a public meeting this weekend to discuss ways of combating the plans. It comes after the Daily Echo yesterday revealed South Central Strategic Health Authority is continuing […]
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Dental journal article admits that dentists know little about the science of fluoridation but urges them to promote the practice anyway
In an article in the January issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) authors Armfield and Melbye indicate that “Studies of dentists’ attitudes about water fluoridation suggest that a lack of knowledge and preparedness are barriers to discussing the topic … more than one-half of the respondents believed they needed more information and […]
United States, Fluoride Action Network Press Release -
Fluorspar: An Investment Opportunity?
Fluorspar is an industrial mineral that is composed of calcium fluoride (CaF2), which is made up of 51.1 percent calcium and 48.9 percent fluorine. Fluorspar takes its name from the Latin word “fluo” — which means “flow” — as it lowers the melting point of metal ore and and helps it flow more easily. Fluorspar […]
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Aztec approves continued water plant upgrade
Excerpts: The city of Aztec approved spending nearly $400,000 to update and automate its outdated water plant Tuesday evening. City commissioners approved funding for long overdue upgrades to one of the water plant’s four distinct water treatment “trains.” A train is a water treatment system, and all four are contained in a single building… Before […]
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Fluoridation plants: Fluoride bulk bag unloading system contains toxic dust
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — For many years various Australian authorities have been slowly installing water-fluoridation plants in a general endeavor to promote dental health. In the last few years, though, the pace of fluoridation has quickened as various states have introduced fluoridation programs, backed by state government subsidies. Queensland, for example, decreed in 2006 that 90% […]
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Mount Isa: Labor Party calls halt to fluoridation
THE Mount Isa branch of the Australian Labour Party weighed in on the fluoride debate last week when they requested council to defer introduction until the public had been educated. ALP spokesperson Ron McCullough said the branch had taken no position on the issue but recognised some people may feel very strongly and need to […]
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Southampton: South Central Strategic Health Authority continuing plans to fluoridate Southampton water months before being axed in NHS reforms
THE race has begun to put fluoride into Hampshire water – even though most people may not want it. With less than three months to go before they are abolished, health bosses have told the Daily Echo they are still determined to pump the chemical into water supplies – much to the disgust of an […]
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Lethbridge: Brushing up on fluoride
If a local group has its way, the fluoridation of Lethbridge water could be discontinued. But it won’t happen overnight says Mark Benson with Fluoride Free Lethbridge, a group of concerned citizens calling for an end to forced fluoridation of local water supplies. “Our main goal right now is not so much to get it […]
Canada, Alberta