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South Africa: Paediatricians recommend parents give children tablets with 0.25 mg of fluoride from birth to 3 years
Article title: Consistency, regular brushing key to children’s dental care Parents usually just have to try, and then try again, to figure out the best way to get their children to brush their teeth. The most important thing, though, is consistency and brushing them at least once a day. That alone dramatically reduces the risk […]
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$4.5 billion spent in 2012 for safer drinking water
The central government has spent 28 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) this year on improving the drinking water of more than 70 million rural residents, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. Water safety problems in areas that suffered incidence of schistosome – sometimes known as blood-flukes, or flatworms – and high levels of arsenic and […]
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Niagara Falls Water Board lowers fluoride level 20 percent in tap water
Most Americans take it for granted that their public water contains added fluoride. We drink, cook, and bathe in water with added fluoride, a group of compounds that are composed of naturally occurring fluorine and one or more other elements. There is ample evidence that shows fluoride works to reduce tooth decay from the outside […]
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Fluoridated pesticides found in Chinese teas
Excerpts: In December 2011 and January 2012 Greenpeace took samples from nine well-known tea companies.. The samples were sent to an accredited third-party laboratory for pesticide testing… The results showed that every one of the 18 samples from the nine tea manufacturers contained at least three different kinds of pesticides; 12 of the samples showed […]
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Dentists can tell whose drinking water is fluoridated
Dr. Anthony DiNapoli says he has little trouble identifying whether his new patients grew up outside Lancaster when he peers into their mouths. “You weren’t born here, were you?” he sometimes asks those whose mouths are free of dental work. Too often, DiNapoli said, fillings riddle the teeth of Lancaster natives, a telltale sign of […]
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Many in Appalachia suffer dental woes that start early and last a lifetime
MARIETTA, Ohio — Some of the adult patients at the Southeastern Ohio Dental Clinic didn’t see a dentist once during childhood. Children as young as 5 have had to have all their baby teeth pulled. Patients in their 20s sometimes need dentures. Often, the only thing that brings them there is pain that won’t relent […]
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Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A National Consensus Statement
Excerpts: Practice Good Oral Hygiene Brush your teeth with fluoridated toothpaste twice a day… Rinse every night with an over-the-counter fluoridated, alcohol-free mouthrinse. After eating, chew xylitol-containing gum or use other xylitol-containing products, such as mints, which can help reduce bacteria that can cause tooth decay. If you vomit, rinse your mouth with a teaspoon […]
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Five Facts To Know About Sarin Gas
The apparent winding-down of the Syrian civil war, which has been raging for nearly two years, brings with it the risk that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will fire chemical weapons at his own people. The chemical weapon that the Syrian military is believed to possess is sarin gas. Here is what you need to know […]
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Watertown: Treat water
An old debate over whether to protect the teeth of youngsters in the community from decay has unfortunately resurfaced in Watertown. The city began adding fluoride to the water in 1961 after a contentious debate that had lasted a decade. While the council debated the merits of using fluoride in the water to harden teeth […]
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Y-12: Oak Ridge treasure — national resource/A look back at Union Carbide’s first 20 years in nuclear energy
Union Carbide Nuclear Division, which started out as Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co., operated the Atomic Energy Commission/Energy Research and Development Administration/Department of Energy sites in Oak Ridge, Paducah, Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio, until 1984, some 40 years. The report this series of articles are documenting covered only the first 20 years. I am working […]
United States, Tennessee Nuclear Industry