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  • Burlington: City panel recommends halting fluoride

    The issue of whether Burlington’s drinking-water supply should be fluoridated has risen again, almost five years after city residents voted overwhelmingly to continue the practice. A subcommittee of the Public Works Commission this week unanimously recommended that the fluoridation of the city water supply be “deferred” until further scientific studies consider health aspects raised in […]

  • Prof in bid for fluoride study funds

    More government-funded research is needed to investigate health concerns arising from fluoridation, says a United States anti-fluoride campaigner, who visited Dunedin recently. Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, an environmental chemist, of St Lawrence University, New York, outlined the “case against fluoride” at a public meeting attended by about 60 people. He is director of the International […]

  • Taranaki District Health Board set to back fluoride in water

    Taranaki health officials look set to join the affirmative side of the fluoridation debate. At a Taranaki District Health Board health advisory committee meeting yesterday, members were presented with a position statement on the issue. Most backed the health benefits. Committee member Dr Peter Catt said there was a chronic oral health issue in the […]

  • Taranaki: Fluoride debate flares up again

    The debate about fluoride in water is on the boil again. A hearing will be held at the New Plymouth District Council tomorrow (Thursday) in preparation for the Draft Annual Budget. Representatives from the newly formed Fluoride Free Taranaki group will make a case to the council for eliminating the chemical from water. “Our view […]

  • Upper Hutt: Fluoride network pleased

    A majority decision by the Upper Hutt City Council “to lobby” Greater Wellington to remove fluoride from the region’s water supply has been hailed a major milestone by the Fluoride Action Network. The decision, taken with an unofficially recorded seven to four vote, emerged out of Thursday’s hearing of public submissions to the council’s own […]

  • Pinellas County Targeted with Fluoride Proposal

    Two-thirds of Pinellas County residents don’t have fluoridated water, but that could soon change. Pinellas County commissioners appear likely to vote in favor of adding fluoride, possibly in the next month. “I don’t know why we don’t do it already,” said Commissioner Calvin Harris. “I think it’s one of those old holdovers that’s never been […]

  • Public health bodies slam new fluoride tolerance levels

    Environmental organizations claim that new food tolerances for the fluoride-based pesticide sulfuryl fluoride could be potentially damaging to public health. The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tolerances were requested by Dow AgroSciences following the firm’s expansion of its pesticide sulfuryl fluoride – trade name ProFume – which is used to fumigate food processing facilities and […]

  • Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide tolerances on food

    Two national environmental organizations, Environmental Working Group and Beyond Pesticides, joined today with the Fluoride Action Network in challenging the safety of new food tolerances issued by the EPA for the fluoride based pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride. This action marks growing concern among mainstream scientists and environmental organizations that total exposure to fluoride, from water, food, […]

  • EPA unions call for moratorium on fluoride in drinking water

    WASHINGTON –Eleven unions representing more than 7,000 workers at the Environmental Protection Agency are calling for a national moratorium on programs to add fluoride to drinking water, citing what they call a possible cancer risk. In a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, the unions say the agency should act even before a committee of […]

  • Whanganui: Fresh push for fluoride

    The Whanganui District Health Board’s on-again, off-again debate about fluoridation has been finalised and it will be asking the three local authorities within its borders to consider putting fluoride into their water supplies. Fluoridation had been discussed by both the community and public health advisory committee (CPHAC) and the hospital advisory committee (HAC) in August […]