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FLUORIDATION AND WATER POLLUTION CAMPAIGN


NEWSLETTER


10TH JUNE, 2012





UNITED KINGDOM

This is a surprise! I thought the (pro-fluoride) PCTs were being disbanded.)


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D. Mail 5.6.12 “DENTISTS AREN’T TO BLAME FOR THIS ROTTEN SYSTEM” (Letter from retired dentist. shortened)


It may surprise the public, but there are many dental practices who are only too keen to provide an NHS dental service, but are denied the right to do this by the Primary Care Trust (PCT.) The PCT often use the argument that the practice isn’t big enough. The budgets are absorbed by the bigger, multi-surgery practices. My dentist - a person of great integrity & technical expertise, is branching out on her own from a 3-surgery practice, but she’s unable in the short term, to provide an NHS service because the local PCT won’t let her. So her existing NHS patients won’t be able to follow her to her new practice.


By Geoffrey Dexter, BDS, West Sussex.


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Ann


Contaminated water, cancer potential dangers of fracking


LubbockOnline.com


The US Environmental Protection Agency is looking into potential dangers related to the process, such as contaminated drinking water and air pollution. The EPA is conducting a study to determine the impact of fracking on drinking water and should ...


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Vancouver Sun


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Huffington Post


The coal company that mines the land around their home has never admitted to causing this problem, but they do supply the family with bottled water for drinking and cooking. Contaminated and colored water in has occurred in other coalfield communities ...


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Fraser Coast Chronicle


THE Queensland Government has outlined its expansion plan for the coal seam gas industry with a focus on reducing pollution risks and utilising greener products. Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning strategic economic projects ...


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Canton Repository


The association has focused on collecting and measuring contaminants in sediment, instead of collecting water samples. “That has a history, and that's where the pollutants build up,” Widder said, explaining why ORCA researchers collect sediment.


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EUROPE


The dangers of chlorine and fluoride


WatertownDailyTimes.com


As were are aware, that tap water has chlorine in it, and most tap water has fluoride in it. Fluoride is one of the most toxic chemicals in the world. It is a product that comes from the manufacture of superphosphic fertilizer and is so toxic it can't ...


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Engineers call for universal water metering


The water sector should aim to cut domestic consumption by 30% per person, says the Institution of Civil Engineers






Water


Institution of Civil Engineers: State of the nation report on water


The Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012


Environment Agency: Regulatory position statement on washwaters from intermediate animal by-product plants


Environment Agency: Updated regulatory position statement on dewatering street sweepings






IF WE MUST HAVE WATER METERS FOISTED UPON US ALL, WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE THE SO CALLED "SMART METERS" WHICH SEND CONSTANT RADIO PULSES. THIS IS YET ANOTHER FORM OF ELECTRONIC MICROWAVE POLLUTION WHICH IS HELPING TO CREATE AN ELECTRONIC FOG. MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH DANGERS OF THIS KIND OF POLLUTION AND WILL NOT ACCEPT IT WITHOUT A FIGHT.






USA AND CANADA


Water is essential to life, nutrition


York News-Times


Dentists recommend fluoridated water for reduction of tooth decay. If community water is not naturally fluoridated, fluoride may be added. Fluoride concentration of one part per million is considered safe while helping to increase the hardness of tooth ...


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New oral health program targets young children


Yuma Sun


The new program has received $303266 to provide free oral screenings and fluoride varnishing for children age 5 and younger. Application of fluoride varnish in combination with oral health education for parents has been shown to reduce the incidence of ...


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West Manheim Votes to Keep Fluoride


PennLive.com


West Manheim Township has asked York Water Co. to ignore a previous request to remove fluoride from the township's drinking water, but just what action York Water will take remains unclear. The township supervisors voted 4-1 Thursday night to ask York ...


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New oral health program targets young children


Yuma Sun


The new program has received $303266 to provide free oral screenings and fluoride varnishing for children age 5 and younger. Application of fluoride varnish in combination with oral health education for parents has been shown to reduce the incidence of ...


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Is Fluoride in Your Water? Get It Out! : Indybay


Fluoride chemicals flow into your body via public water supplies and food made with fluoridated water. Studies show fluoridation is harmful to health, ineffective ...


www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/07/18714923.php


What Respected Organizations Say About Water Fluoridation, Part 2 ...


“[Water fluoridation] is inexpensive and eminently safe. It benefits children and adults for a lifetime if consumption continues. Costs of dental treatment are ...


www.wichitansforhealthyteeth.org/.../what-respected-organizat...


PG&E to give 'Brockovich' town clean water sources


Sacramento Bee


Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board spokeswoman Lauri Kemper says under the order issued Thursday, more than 200 homes will be provided a water filtration system or new wells that tap a deeper, unpolluted aquifer. Kemper says homes in Hinkley ...


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Opinion Line (June 8)


Kansas.com


It is appalling that our medical professionals would push for fluoride in our water without informing themselves of the dangers of ingesting it. To ignore the other side of the issue is to be ignorant of it altogether. Why don't we settle the fluoride ...


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Middletown to fluoridate water


Times Herald-Record


The advance notice will allow people who might be taking fluoride supplements to adjust their intake. Fluoridation will start in a couple of months. The City of Newburgh was the site of some of the first fluoridation studies — its water was ...


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Opinion Line (June 8)


Kansas.com


It is appalling that our medical professionals would push for fluoride in our water without informing themselves of the dangers of ingesting it. To ignore the other side of the issue is to be ignorant of it altogether. Why don't we settle the fluoride ...


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Letter: Fluoride risk in therapeutic doses is unsubstantiated


St. Augustine Record


By Matt McLellan, DMD Editor: I am writing in response to two letters to the editor published Tuesday, June 5, regarding fluoride and tooth decay. Use of fluorides for the prevention and control of cavities is documented to be both safe and highly ...


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St. Augustine Record


The Navy dentist asked me if I knew if the city where I was going had fluoride in the water. He said if is did not, to find a good dentist and have him treat my children's teeth with a fluoride compound twice a year and have him prescribe fluoride ...


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Is fluoridated water really that bad?


Chatham Daily News


It was fluoridated. I spent four years in the armed forces drinking fluoride-free water, and tooth care was haphazard to say the least.


Fluoridation? - Minecraft Forum


Someone once said *taxation without representation* Now days some may say we have *fluoridation without representation* Is it good? Is it bad? It is supposed ...


www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1264899-fluoridation/ Santa Fe under pressure to reduce/reject fluoridation - Let's Roll ...


Santa Fe under pressure to reduce/reject fluoridation The Peoples Health Forum.


letsrollforums.com/santa-fe-under-pressure-t28141.html?t... Fluoridation
riverwestradio.com


Tag Archives: Fluoridation ... Reply. Dr. Paul Connett appears on our show today to discuss ending water fluoridation in Milwaukee and across the nation!


riverwestradio.com/tag/fluoridation/


Middletown gets ready to add fluoride to its water system


Times Herald-Record


The City of Newburgh was the site of some of the first fluoridation studies — its water was fluoridated in 1945, and studies in the ensuing years compared ...






Fluoride Debate Takes Center Stage At Milwaukee's City Hall


Fluoride Debate Takes Center Stage At Milwaukee's City Hall. TODAY'S TMJ4 May. 31 ...


www.todaystmj4.com/multimedia/videos/?bctid...


City considers halting water fluoridation


Santa Fe New Mexican.com


... change that would stop the practice of adding fluoride to Santa Fe's drinking water. The city Public Utilities Committee on Wednesday told city staff to look into "any concerns" about halting extra fluoridation to water from the city wellfield, ...


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Ethan A. Huff – How to fight water fluoridation in your city ...


Water fluoridation has become quite the hot-button political issue in America today, especially as the pro-fluoride establishment is increasingly being forced to ...


prn.fm/.../ethan-a-huff-fight-water-fluoridation-city/?... Fluoridation? - Minecraft Forum - Page 2


I know some country ... folks, who get their water from a well but take fluoride supplements. I told them that fluoride causes osteoporosis and they should use ...


www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1264899.../page__st__20


Fluoridation a public benefit pineislandeaglecom news sports ...


Is fluoridation a valuable public benefit. No It is a compulsory mass medication Fluoride is a pharmacologically active substance unrelated to water ...


www.pineisland-eagle.com/.../Fluoridation-a-public-benefit-.ht...


Get fluoride out of our water
Aspen Daily News Online


During Aspen City Council's last review of fluoride, the supporters of fluoride used propaganda, which stated that the CDC named fluoride as “one of the 10 ...


www.aspendailynews.com/section/letter-editor/153381


Contaminated water, cancer potential dangers of fracking


LubbockOnline.com


The US Environmental Protection Agency is looking into potential dangers related to the process, such as contaminated drinking water and air pollution. The EPA is conducting a study to determine the impact of fracking on drinking water and should ...


See all stories on this topic » BC taken to task for failure to inform public


Vancouver Sun


Failures to disclose include air pollution, deteriorating infrastructure, parasite infestations, contaminated water and disease risk. Relevant information has been withheld from potential victims, scientists and the media - in some cases for almost a ...


See all stories on this topic » Obscenity: I Know It When I See It


Huffington Post


The coal company that mines the land around their home has never admitted to causing this problem, but they do supply the family with bottled water for drinking and cooking. Contaminated and colored water in has occurred in other coalfield communities ...


See all stories on this topic » Contamination unlikely: DDIP boss


Fraser Coast Chronicle


THE Queensland Government has outlined its expansion plan for the coal seam gas industry with a focus on reducing pollution risks and utilising greener products. Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning strategic economic projects ...


See all stories on this topic » Area colleges help track pollution of Stark's waterways


Canton Repository


The association has focused on collecting and measuring contaminants in sediment, instead of collecting water samples. “That has a history, and that's where the pollutants build up,” Widder said, explaining why ORCA researchers collect sediment.


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Wilson Martino Dental Kicks Off Free Dental Days


WBOY-TV


Every summer, it offers teeth cleaning, exams, fluoride treatment and any necessary dental work for kids 12 and under. The shirt features the Mountaineer on the front perched above the slogan "Keep Climbing." The shirt features the Mountaineer on the ...


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INDIA AND PAKISTAN


No excuse valid for DJB supplying polluted water


India Today


The civic authority's public health department laboratory collected 116 samples of tap water from across the capital in May and found 81 of them unfit for human consumption. Contaminated with sewage content as it is, the high bacterial count in this ...


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Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper


The reservoir itself is exposed to environment, pollution, rain, cattle and humans, who contaminate water, he said. “Students don't like drinking hot water in a hot place, and instead drink tap water, which is how they fell ill,” he said.


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NEERI develops indigenous process to reduce high fluoride in water content


Business Standard


PTI / Mumbai/ Nagpur Jun 08, 2012, 00:49 IST The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) has developed an indigenous and economically viable process to reduce high fluoride content in potable water, which would have domestic ...


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NEERI develops process to reduce high water fluoride content


Business Standard


PTI / Nagpur June 07, 2012, 14:55 The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has developed an indigenous and economically viable process with domestic and community applications to reduce high fluoride content in potable water.


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Blamed for the Central Coast's worst drinking-water pollution, farmers have to ...


Santa Maria Sun


The other half hops a ride on water molecules and percolates down through the soil, eventually making its way into local drinking-water wells—where nitrate contamination can make the water unfit for human consumption. It's a serious problem that's ...


See all stories on this topic » Environmental groups sue Santee Cooper over arsenic contamination at Conway ...


Charleston Post Courier


By Tony Bartelme Santee Cooper is violating state pollution laws by allowing arsenic to taint groundwater at its idle coal-fired power plant near Conway, according to lawsuit filed Wednesday by a coalition of environmental groups.


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Coal pollution suit filed against Santee Cooper


The State


Frank Holleman, an attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center, said the legal action is important to help clean up pollution from Santee Cooper's Grainger coal-fired power plant, a now-closed facility with a history of arsenic contamination to ...


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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND


IS WATER fluoridation the best method of preventing oral health problems on the Northern Rivers?


It's a debatable point, and four Northern Rivers mayors will debate it at a live public forum on Monday, June 25.


It's all part of a television pilot - The 4th Estate - devised by Southern Cross University Bachelor of Media Honours student Alex Lewers, and conducted similarly to ABC TV's Q&A and the SBS Insight program.


It's a contentious issue, with the NSW Land and Environment Court recently overturning an appeal to stop Rous Water introducing fluoride into the drinking water.


Alex Lewers said The 4th Estate was aimed at restoring the media's function as political watchdog by bringing accountability back into political decision-making.


The debate is being held at Studio ONE29 at SCU from 5-7pm.


To be part of the live forum audience, contact Alex Lewers at fourth.estate2012@gmail.com, giving your name, position on the issue (for, against, uncommitted), age and your council area.