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Greenpeace wants fluorinated textile ban
HAMBURG – Global pressure group Greenpeace claims that leading outdoor apparel brands such as Jack Wolfskin, The North Face, Patagonia, Kaikkialla and Marmot are selling women’s and children’s clothing that have traces of potentially hazardous fluorine-based chemicals used in the membranes, coatings and repellant finishes of these fabrics.
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Six candidates running for Santa Clara Valley Water District board
Silicon Valley’s largest drinking-water provider faces a wide variety of challenges — from retrofitting aging dams to funding flood control projects from Palo Alto to San Jose to Morgan Hill. But for the six candidates running to fill two seats on the board of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the issue most commonly mentioned […]
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The cost to our water for some protection from the rain
Outdoor clothing brands often like to present a very flattering image of themselves as environmentally friendly, with many of their advertisements littered with references to nature and the great outdoors. Yet this industry is still a long way away from reducing its use of hazardous chemicals down to zero, so what is the real cost […]
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Ottawa: Some questions about the safety of ingesting fluoride
Re: City dismisses fears over fluoride in water, Oct. 20. As a practising dental hygienist, I have taken a keen interest in fluoride throughout my career, more so recently as I’ve become concerned about what affect chemicals in personal products, including toothpaste might have on my body. So when the City of Ottawa says it’s […]
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Stopping fluoridation in Santa Fe?
Santa Fe, New Mexico is a town that offers a unique way of living and prides itself on being different. The town has added fluoride to its water since the 1950s, but now, the city council has voted to stop adding it. The council decided and already voted, but there were concerns about how open […]
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Wichita Eagle editorial board advocates a “yes” vote on water fluoridation
The Eagle editorial board advocates a “yes” vote on Nov. 6 to fluoridate Wichita’s water system. The opponents are sincere in their safety concerns about the proposal to increase the naturally occurring fluoride level to .7 parts per million. But more than half a century of peer-reviewed scientific research is on fluoridation’s side – along […]
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“Spit, don’t rinse!” – Teeth tools for Notts schools
Just under a half of all five year olds in Nottingham have at least one decayed, missing or filled baby tooth, compared to just over a third in England. Last year over 4000 children (aged 3 – 11) had teeth extracted. To help tackle this problem the County Health Partnerships Oral Health Promotion Team (part […]
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Retired chemistry professor to speak against fluoridation in Wichita
A retired chemistry professor who is a national opponent of water fluoridation will make several appearances in Wichita next week to speak against fluoridation. Paul Connett taught environmental chemistry and toxicology for 23 years at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., and is executive director of the Fluoride Action Network and a co-author of the […]
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Waterloo: Dentists admit to violation during 2010 fluoride debate
KITCHENER — A bitter court battle stemming from the 2010 fluoride referendum in Waterloo ended quietly Friday with a minor admission of wrongdoing by the Ontario Dental Association. The association pleaded guilty in a Kitchener courtroom to failing to register as a referendum participant before incurring “minor expenses” related to a public forum on the […]
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Surrounding municipal water customers await Wichita’s fluoride vote
If Wichita voters decide Nov. 6 to fluoridate the city’s water, surrounding communities will be affected, too. About half of Bel Aire’s water comes from Wichita, with the rest from its partnership with Park City in the Chisholm Creek Utility Authority, Bel Aire city manager Ty Lasher said. Bel Aire will have diluted fluoridated water […]
United States, Kansas