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The 'legal fiction'of water fluoridation

20th May 2010



Time to end the lie - fluoridation IS illegal, and here’s the proof.



Fluoridation’s sole claim to legitimacy is founded on the spurious claim that fluoridated water is not a medicine. If it is, then it has to be regulated as one, and that will never happen. I’ve argued that English fluoridation law is incompatible with both English and European law on foods, water supply, and medicines for years, but the stubborn pro-fluoridation lobby has repeatedly tried to dismiss my challenges. Now a heavyweight has joined the battle. He’s an academic with a formidable reputation, and works within the dental public health sector itself - and he says that fluoridated water is indeed a medicine! Now the Dept of Health has a real problem, so read all about it, and rejoice - fluoridation in the UK has just received a long overdue ‘Notice to Quit’ - now it will be fascinating to watch how the rest of the anti-fluoridation groups around the world use this crucial opinion to fight fluoridation on their own patches.

and here’s the proof.

Doug Cross



20th May 2012

Fluoridation’s sole claim to legitimacy is founded on the spurious claim that fluoridated water is not a medicine. If it is, then it has to be regulated as one, and that will never happen. I’ve argued that English fluoridation law is incompatible with both English and European law on foods, water supply, and medicines for years, but the stubborn pro-fluoridation lobby has repeatedly tried to dismissed my challenges.



Now a heavyweight has joined the battle. He’s an academic with a formidable reputation, and works within the dental public health sector itself - and he says that fluoridated water is indeed a medicine! Now the Dept of Health has a real problem, so read all about it, and rejoice - fluoridation in the UK has just received a long overdue ‘Notice to Quit’ - now it will be fascinating to watch how the rest of the anti-fluoridation groups around the world use this crucial opinion to fight fluoridation on their own patches.



In a detailed analysis of the European and English law on medicines, foods and water fluoridation, Medical Ethics expert Dr David Shaw, Lecturer in Ethics in Dentistry at Glasgow University, concludes that the practice of water fluoridation in the UK relies entirely on ‘the legal fiction’ that it is not a medicine. This new analysis provides expert confirmation that fluoridated water must now be subject to regulation under the strict provisions of the Medicines Act.



Dr Shaw concludes that fluoridated water is indeed a medicine, and that the English law on water fluoridation “appears to contradict legislation and regulations governing food and healthcare in the UK and the EU.” For the past twelve years I have been arguing this, and Dr Shaw refers extensively to my own publications, which is why the Editor asked me to peer-review the article several weeks ago.

Classifying fluoridated water as a medicinal product requires the Dept of Health to now immediately submit a full Application for the product to be registered as a medicine. The award of a medicinal product authorization (medicinal licence) by the MHRA would certainly have to be rejected, since fluoridation’s extensive and common adverse side-effects and totally inadequate safety margin are well-known and a matter of considerable concern.



Water companies that continue to operate existing fluoridation plants in the UK, as well as those such as Southern Water faced with an order to fluoridate, now need to take immediate legal advice - manufacturing and supplying a medicinal product for which no license is in force is a serious violation of the medicinal legislation.



And for those stubborn bureaucrats at the South Central Strategic Health Authority who are still trying to fluoridate Southampton before their impending abolition, they must now be called before the Southampton city council (and other interested councils) to explain to the Councils and public just what authority they imagine they have to continue to attempt to impose their unethical and illegal mass medication on the people of that City.



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Dr. David Shaw. Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth: The legal fiction of water fluoridation. Medical Law International 2012 12: 11 Published online 14 March 2012 The online abstract for this article can be found at: http://mli.sagepub.com/content/12/1/11





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Wikio A lethal addiction:

fluoride increases risk of Alzheimer's Disease



20th May 2010

The new paradigm - aluminium is responsible for two of our greatest threats to public health - and fluoride promotes one of them.

Aluminium’s unexpected toxicity may be responsible for two of our most calamitous public health disasters - the explosion in autism in children and dementia amongst the elderly.



And the enforced administration of fluoride in drinking water could contribute to the absorption of aluminium from drinking water that causes dementia. In two devastating new publications the role of aluminium salts in

these two diseases is indicated and the need for immediate action to remove the causes of the epidemics explained.



You will be profoundly shocked by what this new research reveals, but if your child has autism, or your parent is affected by dementia, you will understand just how important these new studies are are, and why it is so urgent that we find alternatives to these aluminium-based products immediately.

See my comments HERE

Australian Court gets it wrong - again!

THANKS TO DOUG CROSS AND LIZ VAUGHAN AT UKCAF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK

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Alzheimer’s & dementia should not be written off by medics & the authorities as just being the result of ageing.

Dr Chris Exley, a world-renowned aluminium expert of Keele University has done work on the dangers of aluminium on the brain. I'm concerned about aluminium being added to tap water to clarify it & make it look sparkling - whereas in the past water was filtered through harmless sand to make it clear.

No-one ever asks why there is so much dementia now - they just put it down to an ageing population. But until the 1970s ordinary people had never heard of Alzheimer's. There was a TV documentary in about 1979 by Dr Jonathan Miller telling us that his mother had a terrible disease called Alzheimer’s. This programme was billed as "a revelation" as few knew such a disease even existed! That shows that something new has happened, which I believe may be the effects of large amounts of aluminium in food additives & in tap water, which the body absorbs easily from this liquid form. In 1988, one of the UK’s most notorious pollution disasters occurred. At a water treatment works on the edge of Bodmin Moor, 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate got into the water supply serving the nearby town of Camelford in Cornwall. Years of bitter disputes followed, with people who drank the water complaining of health problems. There were accusations of a cover-up – and, in 2004, the death of 58-year old Carole Cross, a Camelford resident, who died from a rare and aggressive form of Alzheimer’s. Her brain contained unusually high levels of aluminium - 23 mcgs of aluminium per gram of brain, compared to normal levels of 0‑2mcg. Prof Exley said aluminium is now added to or used in much of what we eat, drink, inject or absorb. At high levels, it is an established neurotoxin. He says “Hundreds of publications demonstrate that aluminium is not safe, but the accumulation of aluminium in the body has yet to become the subject of serious investigation.” Exley, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Keele University, has been researching aluminium for over 25 years. He has contributed to scores of peer-reviewed papers & publications. In the form of salts, aluminium has been used as a food additive. “Aluminium sulphate is added to our water to improve clarity,” says Prof Exley. “All foods that need raising agents or additives, such as cakes and biscuits, contain aluminium. Children’s sweets can contain aluminium-enhanced food colouring. It is in most processed foods….It is in cosmetics, sunscreens & antiperspirants, as well as being used as a buffering agent in medications like aspirin and antacids. It is even used in vaccines. We know aluminium can be toxic, yet there is no legislation to govern how much of it is present in anything, apart from drinking water. When the amount of aluminium consumed exceeds the body’s capacity to excrete it, the excess is then deposited in various tissues, including nerves, brain, bone, liver, heart, spleen and muscle” he explains. Prof Exley’s research has covered everything from the potential dangers of aluminium in antiperspirants & sunscreen to the high levels in vaccines & infant milk formula. In one study, his team tested 16 of the UK’s leading formula baby milk brands. The results, published in 2010, showed that traces of the metal exceeded the levels legally allowed in water, & in some cases were more than 40 times that found in breast milk. “Everyone has some aluminium in their bodies, but infants below the age of 6 months are especially prone to absorbing it & not so good at getting rid of it,” he says. His research has led him to believe that accumulation of aluminium in the body is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease & may be linked to other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s & multiple sclerosis. “Carole Cross died of a type of Alzheimer’s - congophilic amyloid angiopathy (CAA), an aggressive form that is extremely rare & practically unheard of for someone her age,” he says. “Her case demonstrates aluminium’s potential to aggravate & possibly accelerate on-going disease. There is little doubt in my mind that the huge amounts of aluminium in her brain contributed significantly to the early onset of the condition.” Aluminium is used in 80% of vaccines as an adjuvant (to increase the vaccine’s effectiveness), which concerns Prof Exley. “Our research is looking at whether aluminium can cause an adverse reaction to a vaccine,” he says. “Most children get about 14 vaccinations before the age of 13, so in susceptible individuals this could constitute an unacceptably high aluminium load.”

Diane Benford of the Chemical Risk Assessment Unit at the Food Standards Agency, does concede that “some small groups of the UK population may now be consuming more than the safety guideline amount of aluminium. She adds that measures to reduce aluminium in foods are being implemented by the EU. A recommended tolerable intake was recently set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at 2 mgs per kg of body weight per week. But Prof Exley says: “If my colleagues around the world are unable to come up with safe tolerable levels of aluminium, then how can the WHO? … I am simply concerned about its ubiquity – in water, food packaging, vaccines, the drugs we take & food & drink. We are living in the Aluminium Age and we need to be aware of how much we are ingesting.”

What happened at Camelford? In July 1988, a relief lorry driver mistakenly added 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate to drinking water at the Lowermoor treatment works near Camelford. There were hundreds of complaints about foul-tasting water on the night of the incident & South West Water Authority was criticised for not issuing a warning to the public for 3 weeks. The authority was eventually fined £10,000 & paid out over £500,000 in damages or compensation. Short-term health problems reported by residents included urinary complaints, skin problems, stomach cramps, joint pains and diarrhoea. Other complaints included fatigue, memory loss & premature ageing. A 1999 report in the ‘British Medical Journal’ concluded that some people suffered “considerable damage” to their brain function. The inquest into Mrs Cross’s death was adjourned twice. In 2008, coroner Michael Rose said the government had refused to assist research into the hypothesis of a link between the aluminium in her brain and her illness & asked police to look into “allegations of a cover-up”.

The ubiquitous (ever present) metal. Aluminium can migrate to food from aluminium cookware & packaging materials such as foil & cartons. A study found that around 20% of aluminium in the diet came from the use of aluminium cookware & foil. Tomatoes, rhubarb, cabbage & many soft fruits should not be cooked in aluminium pans. Bread & bakery products contain relatively high levels of added aluminium salts. Other products with added aluminium include fizzy drinks, sweets, antiperspirants, some processed cheeses, toothpaste, sunscreen, talcs, cosmetics, some over‑the-counter medications & vaccines. It is found as a contaminant in baby milk formulas. Ann Wills.

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Alzheimer’s & dementia should not be written off by medics & the authorities as just being the result of ageing.

Dr Chris Exley, a world-renowned aluminium expert of Keele University has done work on the dangers of aluminium on the brain. I'm concerned about aluminium being added to tap water to clarify it & make it look sparkling - whereas in the past water was filtered through harmless sand to make it clear.

No-one ever asks why there is so much dementia now - they just put it down to an ageing population. But until the 1970s ordinary people had never heard of Alzheimer's. There was a TV documentary in about 1979 by Dr Jonathan Miller telling us that his mother had a terrible disease called Alzheimer’s. This programme was billed as "a revelation" as few knew such a disease even existed! That shows that something new has happened, which I believe may be the effects of large amounts of aluminium in food additives & in tap water, which the body absorbs easily from this liquid form. In 1988, one of the UK’s most notorious pollution disasters occurred. At a water treatment works on the edge of Bodmin Moor, 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate got into the water supply serving the nearby town of Camelford in Cornwall. Years of bitter disputes followed, with people who drank the water complaining of health problems. There were accusations of a cover-up – and, in 2004, the death of 58-year old Carole Cross, a Camelford resident, who died from a rare and aggressive form of Alzheimer’s. Her brain contained unusually high levels of aluminium - 23 mcgs of aluminium per gram of brain, compared to normal levels of 0‑2mcg. Prof Exley said aluminium is now added to or used in much of what we eat, drink, inject or absorb. At high levels, it is an established neurotoxin. He says “Hundreds of publications demonstrate that aluminium is not safe, but the accumulation of aluminium in the body has yet to become the subject of serious investigation.” Exley, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Keele University, has been researching aluminium for over 25 years. He has contributed to scores of peer-reviewed papers & publications. In the form of salts, aluminium has been used as a food additive. “Aluminium sulphate is added to our water to improve clarity,” says Prof Exley. “All foods that need raising agents or additives, such as cakes and biscuits, contain aluminium. Children’s sweets can contain aluminium-enhanced food colouring. It is in most processed foods….It is in cosmetics, sunscreens & antiperspirants, as well as being used as a buffering agent in medications like aspirin and antacids. It is even used in vaccines. We know aluminium can be toxic, yet there is no legislation to govern how much of it is present in anything, apart from drinking water. When the amount of aluminium consumed exceeds the body’s capacity to excrete it, the excess is then deposited in various tissues, including nerves, brain, bone, liver, heart, spleen and muscle” he explains. Prof Exley’s research has covered everything from the potential dangers of aluminium in antiperspirants & sunscreen to the high levels in vaccines & infant milk formula. In one study, his team tested 16 of the UK’s leading formula baby milk brands. The results, published in 2010, showed that traces of the metal exceeded the levels legally allowed in water, & in some cases were more than 40 times that found in breast milk. “Everyone has some aluminium in their bodies, but infants below the age of 6 months are especially prone to absorbing it & not so good at getting rid of it,” he says. His research has led him to believe that accumulation of aluminium in the body is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease & may be linked to other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s & multiple sclerosis. “Carole Cross died of a type of Alzheimer’s - congophilic amyloid angiopathy (CAA), an aggressive form that is extremely rare & practically unheard of for someone her age,” he says. “Her case demonstrates aluminium’s potential to aggravate & possibly accelerate on-going disease. There is little doubt in my mind that the huge amounts of aluminium in her brain contributed significantly to the early onset of the condition.” Aluminium is used in 80% of vaccines as an adjuvant (to increase the vaccine’s effectiveness), which concerns Prof Exley. “Our research is looking at whether aluminium can cause an adverse reaction to a vaccine,” he says. “Most children get about 14 vaccinations before the age of 13, so in susceptible individuals this could constitute an unacceptably high aluminium load.”

Diane Benford of the Chemical Risk Assessment Unit at the Food Standards Agency, does concede that “some small groups of the UK population may now be consuming more than the safety guideline amount of aluminium. She adds that measures to reduce aluminium in foods are being implemented by the EU. A recommended tolerable intake was recently set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at 2 mgs per kg of body weight per week. But Prof Exley says: “If my colleagues around the world are unable to come up with safe tolerable levels of aluminium, then how can the WHO? … I am simply concerned about its ubiquity – in water, food packaging, vaccines, the drugs we take & food & drink. We are living in the Aluminium Age and we need to be aware of how much we are ingesting.”

What happened at Camelford? In July 1988, a relief lorry driver mistakenly added 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate to drinking water at the Lowermoor treatment works near Camelford. There were hundreds of complaints about foul-tasting water on the night of the incident & South West Water Authority was criticised for not issuing a warning to the public for 3 weeks. The authority was eventually fined £10,000 & paid out over £500,000 in damages or compensation. Short-term health problems reported by residents included urinary complaints, skin problems, stomach cramps, joint pains and diarrhoea. Other complaints included fatigue, memory loss & premature ageing. A 1999 report in the ‘British Medical Journal’ concluded that some people suffered “considerable damage” to their brain function. The inquest into Mrs Cross’s death was adjourned twice. In 2008, coroner Michael Rose said the government had refused to assist research into the hypothesis of a link between the aluminium in her brain and her illness & asked police to look into “allegations of a cover-up”.

The ubiquitous (ever present) metal. Aluminium can migrate to food from aluminium cookware & packaging materials such as foil & cartons. A study found that around 20% of aluminium in the diet came from the use of aluminium cookware & foil. Tomatoes, rhubarb, cabbage & many soft fruits should not be cooked in aluminium pans. Bread & bakery products contain relatively high levels of added aluminium salts. Other products with added aluminium include fizzy drinks, sweets, antiperspirants, some processed cheeses, toothpaste, sunscreen, talcs, cosmetics, some over‑the-counter medications & vaccines. It is found as a contaminant in baby milk formulas. Ann Wills.

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Poots' potty plan to impose water fluoridation in Northern Ireland has no legal legs!



20th May 2010



Exceeding his authority by a spectacular margin, Edwin Poots, Minister for Health in Northern Ireland, last week claimed (predictably) that the children there have ‘the worst teeth in Europe’ and that he therefore planned to introduce fluoridation to combat this scourge. He has no idea what he has taken on - UKCAF for a start!



Now he needs to wake up from his dream world and do a little essential homework! The Water (Fluoridation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, was repealed back in 2009, and the new legislation enabling fluoridation in England contains no specific provision for the fluoridation clauses in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to extend the new arrangement to Northern Ireland. It's time for him to read Dr Shaw's analysis of the 'legal fiction' on which his potty project depends (see our story above)

Poots' potty plan to impose water fluoridation in Northern Ireland has no legal legs!



Doug Cross

20th May 2010

Exceeding his authority by a spectacular margin, Edwin Poots, Minister for Health in Northern Ireland, last week claimed (predictably) that the children there have ‘the worst teeth in Europe’ and that he therefore planned to introduce fluoridation to combat this scourge. He has no idea what he has taken on - UKCAF for a start!



Now he needs to wake up from his dream world and do a little essential homework! The Water (Fluoridation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, was repealed back in 2009, and the new legislation enabling fluoridation in England contains no specific provision for the fluoridation clauses in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to extend the new arrangement to Northern Ireland.



A ‘Legislative Consent Motion’ of the NI Assembly on 8th March 2011, resolved to ‘cooperate with bodies exercising functions in relation to public health’ with respect to the application of certain functions of the new English Health and Social Care Act. As seems to be government policy nowadays, the wording of the new Act conveniently fails to specify precisely what these ‘certain functions’ might include.



Mr Poots’ ambition appears to be rather larger than his actual Ministerial Brief. He seems to be blissfully unaware that virtually every Council in Northern Ireland has a policy against fluoridation - we know, they joined UKCAF almost 20 years ago!



Councillors in the Six Counties are only too well aware of the disastrous effects that this practice has had on children across the border. Their children may have marginally less healthy teeth than those in the Republic - and where is your impartial and reliable evidence of that, then, Mr Poots? - but they certainly don’t fancy the kids getting an entirely avoidable and unwanted new epidemic of the disfiguring dental fluorosis that the dental public health officials and so-called ‘researchers’ in the Republic are so anxious to avoid talking about in public.



And of course, Mr Poots appears to be blissfully unaware of Dr Shaw’s conclusion that fluoridation is founded on a ‘legal fiction’, and so is illegal! So will he now back off and wait until the lawyers have ruled on whether his plan is actually lawful, or will he try to follow South Central Strategic Health Authority’s ill-advised lead and attempt to impose his idiot plan before he too is eventually abolished? We will watch to see how this little farce develops with considerable amusement!



Meanwhile, here is our letter to him, gently pointing out that he needs to take his advisers’ submissions on medical matters with a larger pinch of salt that he seems accustomed to applying at present!

Report prompts councils to call for public review of water fluoridation

Irish Times

In a 360-page report, Bandon-based environmental auditor Declan Waugh found that babies fed with formula mixed with fluoridated water were at particular risk. “No child under the age of three should be exposed to fluoride,” he said.

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Forced fluoridation

Pine Island Eagle

The Board of Directors voted at their meeting on Tuesday, May 21, 2012, to begin fluoridation of Pine Island drinking water. This meeting was held without proper notice as the only attempt to notify members was a brief article published in the Pine ...

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USA AND CANADA

New ad campaign rolls out to fluoridate Wichita's water

Kansas.com

Wichitans for Healthy Teeth, a coalition of doctors and dentists, and the Kansas Health Foundation say more fluoride in Wichita’s water would be less costly than treating tooth decay down the road. The foundation is rolling out an ad campaign ...

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New campaigns to focus on Wichita water fluoridation

KWCH

By Robert Marin KWCH 12 Eyewitness News It is a controversial issues that has come up in Wichita for years; now, expect to see new efforst pushing for fluoridated water. Educational campaigns on fluoridiation start this week from the Kansas Health ...

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24 Medica

Then there is this stuff called sodium fluoride, you know, to prevent cavities. It is highly toxic in large quantities and continual low dose consumption slowly makes us dumb and sick, and it is added into 70 percent of the USA's municipal water ...

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The Health Benefits Of Fluoride Toothpaste
LIVESTRONG.COM

The Health Benefits Of Fluoride Toothpaste. Brushing your teeth is essential to dental health. Most dentists recommend brushing at least twice a day, while ...

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Fluoride is not needed to make our water safer

Pine Island Eagle

Adding fluoride to our water supply was on the agenda and about 10 concerned citizens showed up to voice their concerns. All were definitely against and got up and spoke about their concerns and what they had learned through research about the subject ...

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GPIWA to add fluoride to water system

Pine Island Eagle

"The board feels that fluoride is a beneficial nutrient to the community," Thatcher said, because it can eliminate tooth decay and improve dental health. "It is good for children and aging adults." Vice President Dennis Ward of St. James City brought ...

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7 Healthcast: Sensitive teeth

WHDH-TV

"If you want to whiten with some toothpaste, you just have to use ones with sodium fluoride in there," said Dr. Tau. The most popular one is Sensodyne. And make sure sodium fluoride is in your mouthwash, as well. Another easy fix is to switch to a soft ...

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Now for the decisions

Thursday, May 31, 2012 • John Jones

TOPICS ranging from cycleways to the fluoridation of the city’s water supply occupied Gisborne District Council as it wound up three days of submissions on its draft ten-year plan yesterday.



Support for major projects such as the Olympic Pool replacement, library extensions, War Memorial Theatre and Tairawhiti Navigation Project were included in the submissions made by more than 20 people.



The council began deciding on the submissions today.
Murray Owen said the council should start planning now to encourage bicycles as a major form of transport as oil became more expensive and environmentally difficult to extract.
During the school rush hours in the morning and afternoon, some footpaths could become cycle-only to relieve congestion. It would take 20 years to provide all the walkways and cycleways needed so planning should start this financial year.
Bob Hughes said many would-be cyclists told him fear of traffic kept them from cycling, and two cyclists had reported incidents of aggression to him. He hoped the council would be willing to launch the concept of safer streets in the city.
A further submission against the proposed river channel maintenance rate was made by Sandra Ellmers.
Another submission against the proposed stormwater rate was made by Andrew Donaldson, who said using capital value to set the rate was a blunt instrument. He suggested the council base the rate on the value of improvements but was told the council’s software could not cope with that at present. The threshold of $800,000 for the remission was still too high he said.
Supporting the pool upgrade, Brian Milligan said all Gisborne people should learn to swim because if the Waipaoa River ran amok they would need to. He urged the council to think again about not going ahead with the flood control scheme, saying the river was a sleeping giant waiting to strike.
Geoff Milner, of Horouta Sports Club, asked the council to signal it was prepared to provide support of $750,000 for the Kaiti sports hub and youth hub. They would also welcome the opportunity to review a targeted rate for the Kaiti community and infrastructure was needed at Waikirikiri reserve.
In a detailed submission that she said was a peer review of the council’s draft plan, Dr Amber Dunn said the vision in the plan was weak. It did not sufficiently describe the uniqueness of the district. Gisborne provided a fabulous lifestyle and was culturally rich. A lot of that information was not captured in the plan. The vision First to See the Light did not do it.
She also expressed concern about the effect oil exploration might have on the district’s land-based industries.
Grant Vincent said the plan seemed to be urban-based. The 11 percent the council spent on environment policy and services seemed low to him. He would like to see more work but realised funds were limited.
Tairawhiti Positive Ageing speakers said the council should be aware the number of people over 65 was increasing and it should keep their ongoing welfare in mind.
Surf Lifesaving New Zealand sought an increase of $12,000 in its grant from the council, pointing out that patrols had saved 26 lives.
Bridget Scully called for a more sustainable approach to the environment of the region, with more water tanks in urban areas. She supported a user pays charge for water, particularly commercial ones, and food supply security. She was prepared to work on a food map.
Kanakanaia resident Andrew Kirk showed a short video, The Way Forward, outlining the benefits of a hemp industry.
Cynthia Dobson said driftwood on Waikanae Beach was an accident waiting to happen and wondered whether PE workers could be used to remove it or the Fire Brigade could supervise burning.
Resident Ray Moleta said Roberts Road was a disgrace.
Motel owner Peter Martin said guests, including those from overseas, told him the beach should be left as it was.
The youngest submitter, seven-year-old Olivia Gaddum, wanted the council to build a confidence course at the Olympic Park similar to the one at Spa Park in Taupo. She followed mother Kirsty, who was one of the speakers calling for strong controls on oil exploration.
The council was asked by Treivaan and Kath Taiapa to stop fluoridation of the city water supply. Treivaan said very few countries now fluoridated the water supply. Kath said it was mass medication and people had no choice.
Pavillion-area water users to hear options
The Ranger
State officials are inviting discussion in the Pavillion area concerning proposals to deliver clean drinking water to residents several miles east of town affected by possible contamination from energy industry activity. Representatives of Gov.
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Illinois sues Wood River, alleging water pollution

Reuters


HOUSTON (Reuters) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued current and past owners of Phillips 66's Wood River, Illinois, refinery on Tuesday, alleging the ground water in the nearby town of Roxana, Illinois, was contaminated by the plant.

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Drinking water and cancer? Local group examining link

Press Pubs

As soon as the TCE was discovered, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) began working to identify the contaminated wells. Today a maximum of 5 parts per billion (ppb) of TCE is allowed in the water.

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Water Pollution Major Health Threat To Indian Children: Unicef

Bernama

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, May 30 (Bernama) -- Water contamination posed a serious threat to children worldwide and around 1.5 million under-age children died due to diarrhea and other water-borne diseases every year, Press Trust of India (PTI) ...

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North Haledon to hold meeting on contaminated wells

NorthJersey.com

BY JUSTIN ZAREMBA Environmental testing has confirmed that 23 wells in North Haledon are contaminated with a carcinogenic chemical but the source and extent of the pollution remains unknown, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental ...

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EPA Findings Point to Water Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing

PlanetSave.com

By Guest Contributor On May 29, 2012 Recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) findings have raised awareness of potentially harmful levels of water contamination that may be the result of hydraulic fracturing. Lawsuits from individuals who ...

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Expert issues warning vs 'unsafe' bottled water

Business Mirror

She said water, to be considered safe, should pass the Philippine Standard for Drinking Water. There are various types of pollutants in water, such as water-treatment chemicals, fertilizer pollution, drugs, synthetic chemicals, bacterial contamination, ...

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Can fungi clean up a Superfund site? They're giving it a try

msnbc.com

Even so, this effort reflects the growing interest in trying to employ fungi, members of nature's own cleanup crew, to get rid of pollution. How nature can clean up after us Filter feeders such as oysters can remove contaminants from water; ...

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msnbc.com

Alderman Calls for Ending Fluordiation of Milwaukee's Drinking Water, Citing ...

89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio

Several dentists and medical professionals showed up at Ald. Bohl's press conference and spoke to reporters afterward about the benefits of fluoridated water. Matt Crespin is associate director of the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin.

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Expert: Dental health just as important for infants as it is for adults

Greeley Tribune

Whitesides also recommends once kids are old enough to swish and spit using a fluoride rinse, as well. But don't eat or drink afterward or it defeats the purpose of coating your teeth with the fluoride. Fluoride helps keep your teeth strong.

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Groups push to fluoridate Wichita's water

Kansas.com

WICHITA — The push to fluoridate Wichita's water is on again with two groups launching campaigns to improve oral health. Wichitans for Healthy Teeth, a coalition of doctors and dentists, and the Kansas Health Foundation say more fluoride in Wichita's ...

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Take the fluoride out of our tap water

Chatham Daily News

Sir: Other municipalities are removing fluoride from their water. I won't say “drinking water,” because we are actually filling our birdbaths with fluoridated water, filling our pools with fluoridated water, bathing and showering in fluoridated water, ...

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Fluoride Free Toothpaste And also Precisely how To Decide on The Right Ones ...

The Bakersfield Voice

If you have actually been going shopping just recently, then you know there is a great quantity of products for textured organic hair consisting of Zambroza. Deciding on the perfect ones could be an obstacle, especially if you are simply starting.

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Surgical Arts Blog » fluoridated water

“Studies conducted throughout the past 65 years have consistently shown that fluoridation of community water supplies is a safe and effective method in helping ...

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NYC: Vallone calls for an end to fluoridation In NYC

A growing body of evidence reveals the harmful impact of ingesting fluoride in drinking water, including brittle bones and discolored teeth particularly for seniors , ...

www.fluoridealert.org/.../NYC-Vallone-calls-for-an-end-to-flu... Community Water Fluoridation, WDS Foundation

Community Water Fluoridation. Research shows that fluoridated drinking water can decrease dental decay by up to 40 percent. Nearly 40 percent of Washington ...

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Fluoridation, Budget Hearing, Sacramento 05/22/12 - YouTube

sacramento residents speak out at the city council http://fluoridefreesacramento. org/

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Milwaukee review: No reason to remove fluoride from water

FOX6Now.com Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee Health Department review of research and relevant studies on water fluoridation shows there's no reason to remove fluoride from the city's drinking water. The review was conducted in response to Alderman Jim Bohl's proposal to ...

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Alderman calls for ending fluoridation of Milwaukee's drinking ...

Milwaukee Ald. Jim Bohl at a news conference later this morning is expected to call for an end to fluoridating Milwaukee's drinking water, and to use the ...

www.jsonline.com/.../alderman-calls-for-ending-fluoridation-o...Alderman calls for ending fluoridation of Milwaukee's drinking ...

Milwaukee Ald. Jim Bohl at a news conference later this morning is expected to call for an end to fluoridating Milwaukee's drinking water, and to use the ...

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Improper brushing technique can cause long-term problems

National Post

“There are also some fluoride varnishes that are available now that the hygienist can paint on the teeth before or after the cleaning,” said Mady. “There are also really excellent fluoride rinses that are available by prescription only.

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Letter to the editor Water fluoridation elevates health The ...

Of interest in the April 5 Chronicle was the report that Gallatin County is the healthiest in Montana for the third year running.

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Dr. Jason Eberhart-Phillips: Are toxins on tap in our drinking water?

Marin Independent-Journal

Because no maximum allowable levels have been established for any of these contaminants in drinking water, they are legally permissible in any amount — even at levels that may, over time, endanger the health of some consumers, the EWG says.

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Debate flares up about Milwaukee's fluoridated water

Monica Hebl, DDS, past president of the Greater Milwaukee Dental Association and Wisconsin Dental Association, released a statement Thursday regarding ...

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Fluoridated Water News - Dr Paul Connett Interview - YouTube

Everyone needs to learn what the government is adding to our drinking water. In the name of ...

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Fluoride Lowers Your IQ -- A Debated Truth? - Science & Technology ...

Fluoride Lowers Your IQ -- A Debated Truth? - posted in Science & Technology: Controversy revolving around the addition of fluoride in drinking water.

www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic... 60-SECOND FLUORIDE MINT (SODIUM FLUORIDE) - DailyMed - NIH

Fill fluoride tray with 2-3ml of fluoride gel per arch. Dry tooth surface and insert tray(s) in mouth. Have patient bite down for 60 seconds (or up to 4 minutes).

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Caring For Your Teeth

Manila Bulletin

Besides a low-sugar diet, fluoride is seen as providing protection against tooth decay. ''Fluoride strengthens the hard surface (enamel) of the teeth and negatively affects bacterial metabolism, thereby helping to prevent tooth decay and repair ...

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Should fluoride be removed from City of Milwaukee water ...

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AFRICA

NIGER: In deep water

IRINnews.org

JOHANNESBURG, 30 May 2012 (IRIN) - Right now, people in Niger, Mali and Nigeria could be sipping 50000-year-old water from a two-aquifer system buried below their feet. But some of it may be contaminated. A combination of soaring temperatures, ...

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Fluoridation poll decision to be left to new council

30 May, 2012 10:24 AM

Port Macquarie/ Hastings Council has resolved to delay further discussion on a community poll on fluoridation of the Port Macquarie-Hastings water supply until after the Local Government Elections, with the decision to be determined by the newly elected Council.

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council General Manager Tony Hayward said while it was important to gauge community opinion on fluoridation of the town’s water supply, the poll must be held at an appropriate time.

A new Council will be elected to replace the current Administrator at the Local Government Election in September 2012.

“Having not had an elected Council for more than four years, it may be considered inappropriate to table what might be deemed a significant issue for the newly elected Council to manage,” Mr Hayward said.

“It is more appropriate for the newly elected incoming Council to consider the issue and determine whether a community poll is required.”

Mr Hayward advised that a poll can be scheduled outside of the Local Government Election.

“Even taking into consideration that the costs associated with running a poll at a later date will be greater, it is a more appropriate course of action for the newly elected Council to determine whether a community poll is necessary,” Mr Hayward said.

Construction of the $1.78 million fluoridation plant at Wauchope was completed in late 2011 following a directive by the NSW Ministry of Health to Council in 2004 to fluoridate the Hastings district water supply. Fluoridation of the water supply commenced in February 2012.

Council Administrator Neil Porter has previously advised the community that Council will not support the conduct of a poll in conjunction with the September elections.


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