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Pittsburg
Tribune |
By a 7-0 vote, Shaler Pennsylvania
city commissioners concluded that fluoride is a medicine and
should not be added to public drinking water. |
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Nov
2002 election results |
Results from the Nov 2002 elections
involving the question of fluoridation |
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Texarkana
Gazette |
The council's latest act of "irresponsibility
is the canceling of a public hearing scheduled for last Saturday.
Never mind that they set the date for the hearing a few weeks
back; all but one of them discovered last week they had scheduling
conflicts. How convenient for them when the issue is so controversial."
- Texarkana Gazette |
Alzheimer's
in
America |
In 1998 Julie Varner and two
colleagues published research on the effects of aluminum-fluoride
and sodium-fluoride on the nervous system of rats. In layman's
terms, it looked like fluoride and aluminum could cause Alzheimer's.
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British
Medical Journal |
Further research on the health
effects of adding fluoride to drinking water is neededespecially
studies of peoples total exposure to fluoride, a working
group set up by the Medical Research Council recommended in a
report published last week. |
Oneida
Dispatch |
The Onida (NY) city council voted
5-1 against fluoridation of the city's water supply ending a
city-wide debate that was started last year. (August) |
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Erie
Times News |
Council threatens Water Authority- Erie City Council took a stance against
fluoridation Wednesday night - and threatened to disband the
Erie City Water Authority if it doesn't drop its plans to add
fluoride to the area's drinking water. |
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Sunday
Independent |
Investigative report - The Pelindaba nuclear/chemical complex
- set up by the apartheid government in the 1960s to produce
atomic bombs and enriched uranium fuel - is set to become the
major supplier of hundreds of tons of fluoride which will be
added to drinking water throughout the country from next year. |
Fuzzy
Math by
RedFlagsWeekly |
Read how the scientific community
uses numbers created not from science but rather based on politics
and the selling of the fluoridation campaign |
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Better
Nutrition |
Yet many experts caution against
consuming too much tap water. Why? Because there's a growing
body of evidence that some of the very chemicals added to water
to guard your health -especially chlorine and fluoride-may be
doing more harm than good. |
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Redding |
As Redding California debates
fluoridation, proof of the safety of fluoridation chemicals is
slated to be on the Nov. ballot. |
Salt
Lake
Tribune |
A discussion of the proposed fluoridation
of the city and deceptive promotion - "The Environmental
Protection Agency wouldn't allow a bucket of this stuff to be
poured directly into the Great Salt Lake.." |
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Franklin
Press |
During Monday night's meeting,
Franklin aldermen showed that the anti-fluoride message had not
fallen on deaf ears when a motion to fluoridate Franklin's water
failed for lack of a second. |
Contra
Costa
Times |
23 people belome ill due to fluoride
overdose. Complaints included acute symptoms, including stomach
pains and vomiting. Three people were taken to a hospital. |
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UPI |
United Press International discusses
the controversy over bottled water - to fluoridate or not to
fluoridate |
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Pierce
County Dispatch |
Washington State - Pierce county
citizens irate at city council for even considering fluoridation |
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Veterans
Press |
Discusses research published
in the Journal of Brain Research links low levels of fluoride
and aluminum to Alzheimer's and kidney damage and other forms
of dementia. |
Journal
Canadian
Dental Assoc |
The Science & Ethics of water
fluoridation - Journal of the Canadian Dental Association. -
"The arguments [for fluoridation] did not constitute what
we would consider a complete account of the scientific and moral
issues involved. |
San
Antonio
News |
Fluoridation of San Antonio's
water has been put off for another eight months after the lowest
bid for constructing the new system came in at more than twice
the original estimates |
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California
Bill |
Dennis Mountjoy,
a California Assemblymember, sponsored AB1565, a bill which required
fluoride compounds to tested and approved for safety and effectiveness. |