News  29-3-2003 North County Times, USA: Fluoridation lawsuit passes legal test

 News  28-3-2003 Oak Ridger, USA: Depleted uranium hexafluoride: waste route OR Turnpike? "According to an online Depleted UF6 information network (see sidebar) managed by Argonne National Laboratory for DOE, "The most immediate hazard after a release would be from inhalation of hydrogen fluoride, a highly corrosive gas formed when UF6 reacts with moisture in air."

 News  27-3-2003 Santa Cruz Sentinel, USA: Watsonville fluoride case goes to court / Register-Pajaronian, USA: 'State Mandate" fluoridation councillor resigns

 News  25-3-2003 Register-Pajaronian, USA: Mayor says city won't fight state on fluoride "..., Mayor Pro Tempore Judy Doering-Nielsen recently lambasted the pro-fluoride camp for suggesting that sometimes the majority doesn't do the right thing and it's up to the government to bring relief to those who need it. "This attitude of superiority and elitism is a disgusting display of prejudice against a community. Low income does not equate to stupidity, "To ignore the voice of the people in the community and treat them as children that need to be taken care of by a Big Brother government is indeed a sad and sorry state of affairs."

 News  27-2-2003 Journal of Business - Spokane, USA: Kaiser's cleanups tallied "Environmental cleanup costs at Kaiser Aluminum Corp.'s Trentwood rolling mill and shuttered Mead smelter will cost roughly $68 million" and "... fluoride, and other chemicals, were disposed in piles at the facility." and "... fluoride-contaminated soils have been found under those piles at Mead, and underground water contaminated with cyanide and fluoride forms a plume that stretches from beneath the piles of potliner material to the Little Spokane River."

 News  17-3-2003 Daily Mail, UK: Pupils may get dose of fluoride in school milk

 News  20-3-2003 The Herald, Scotland: Thousands say no to fluoride in water

 News  19-3-2003 California Online, USA: Supervisors won't push fluoride

 News  18-3-2003 Examiner, USA: Tie vote kills fluoride issue / Recall petition rumoured

 News  14-3-2003 Arizona Rep., USA: Verbal bricks tossed at plant

 News  13-3-2003 Business Wire, Russia: Russians to be sold fluoride-contaminated bottled water

 News  17-3-2003 ENN/ NYSCOF, USA: Kids Eat Too Much Fluoride From Foods, Studies Show

 News  14-3-2003 Business Wire: Iceland's Environmental Agency Issues Operating Permit for Alcoa's Fjardaal Plant

 News  14-3-2003 Irvine Herald, Scotland: Fluoride: councils may be able to hold a vote on it soon

 News  14-3-2003 The Tribune, India: 100 defluoridation plants for Malwa

 News  13-3-2003 Health News Digest, USA: Soft Drinks, Teens and Cavities "In 1977, 12- to 19-year-olds drank 16 ounces of soda a day. In 1996, this same group consumed an average of 28 ounces a day. Soda consumption has increased from 22.2 gallons of cola per person per year in 1970 to 56 gallons in 1999."

News  15-2-2003 The Grocer, UK: The Saturday essay "Many children are eating unhealthily, and are developing serious health problems.The National Nutrition and Diet Survey of 2,000 children between the ages of four and 18 found that 80% of children were exceeding the recommended amounts of sugar and 53% had dental decay, despite fluoridation."

 News  9-3-2003 ENN/NYSCOF, USA: Water Fluoride Chemicals Cause Cavities

 News  7-3-2003 Guardian, UK: Dismay at chemical plant link to Britain

 News  3-3-2003 ENN/ NYSCOF: Fluoridation 'Benefits' Based on Belief Not Science

 News  3-3-2003 Register-Pajaronian, USA: Fluoride issue not over yet ... More monkey-business in Watsonville as fluoride fascists decide to ignore Nov 2002 ballot defeat

 News  2-3-2003 KSTP TV, USA: Tiny amount of hydrofluoric acid sends 13 to hospital ""Hydrofluoric acid is extremely toxic, both for inhalation and topically, it can burn through your skin." Even though the electricians were wearing protective gear, it didn't stop the fumes from reaching their faces. ... "Paramedics gave the 13 men medicine to help them breathe. Dr. Knopp said, "Several of them came in coughing, having some degree of distress." ... "[fire chief] Mueller said, "I would say they're very lucky.""

 News  1-3-2003 Calgary Herald, Canada: Sierra Club fights fluoridation

 News  1-3-2003 Times of India: MLA insists Naidu drink fluoride water

 News  28-2-2003 Reuters: DuPont agrees to $1.1 million settlement over Hydrogen Fluoride leak

 News  27-2-2003 Journal of Business - Spokane, USA: Kaiser's cleanups tallied "Environmental cleanup costs at Kaiser Aluminum Corp.'s Trentwood rolling mill and shuttered Mead smelter will cost roughly $68 million" and "... fluoride, and other chemicals, were disposed in piles at the facility." and "... fluoride-contaminated soils have been found under those piles at Mead, and underground water contaminated with cyanide and fluoride forms a plume that stretches from beneath the piles of potliner material to the Little Spokane River."

 News  27-2-2003 Honolulu Star-Bulletin, USA: Fast-track fluoridation ban nearing Lingle’s desk

 News  24-2-2003 ENN [NYSCOF] USA: Fluoride Extinguishes Smiles

 News  22-2-2003 Santa Cruz Sentinel, USA: Brazen burglars brave poison to steal from homes - "Twice this month burglars have broken into chemical-laden homes tented for fumigation," ... "The chemical used to kill termites, and sometimes beetles, is sulfuryl fluoride," ...  "It kills termites, beetles, animals, people and anything else around, ..."

 News  19-2-2003 ENN [NYSCOF] USA: Fluoridation Fails Poor Children, New Studies Show

 News  13-2-2003 Evening Mail, England: Woman sues over fluoride in water

 News  12-2-2003 The Star, South Africa: Govt is obstinately ignoring crucial evidence on fluoride

 News  11-2-2003 New Statesman, India: Bone crusher "Around 100,000 people in Assam, at least half of them women, are in the grip of hydrofluorosis. Hundreds of villages in Karbi Anglong and a few areas in neighbouring Nagaon district are said to be prone to excess fluoride. Severe anaemia, stiff joints, painful and restricted movement, mottled teeth, loose muscles, kidney failure, premature death and physical disability are manifestations of the disease. ... 62 million people in India suffer from fluorosis."

 News  10-2-2003 India Business Insight: Rs20 CR PLAN FOR FLUORIDE-FREE DRINKING WATER

 News  10-2-2003 PR Newswire, USA: Colgate-Palmolive VP admits that too much fluoride can stain teeth "Smile not as bright as it once was? Some stains can be caused by antibiotics, or too much fluoride. ..." AND "Periodontal (gum) disease is the most common cause of tooth loss in adults, and an estimated three out of four Americans have some form of it. ..."

 News  7-2-2003 PFPC: 'Fluoride' drug death toll climbs to 167

 News  7-2-2003 Paisley Daily Express, Scotland: Council says NO to fluoride

 News  1-2-2003 Press Release, Washington University School of Medicine: Common pediatric anesthesia drugs cause brain damage and learning and memory problems in infant rats

 News  1-2-2003 The Times of India: Fluoride water cripples villagers in Krishna dist and Why does Hyderabad have so many dentists?

News  28-1-2003 Environmental News Network: Dentists Are Not Fluoride Experts, Scientists Report

 News  27-1-2003 Amarillo Globe News, USA: Making them sparkle "In the past five years, the tooth-whitening industry has erupted with Americans spending billions of dollars to obtain titanium-white chompers. According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the consumer demand for tooth-whitening procedures in doctor's offices has increased 308 percent between 1996 and 2000. "Tooth whitening is the No. 1 requested and performed cosmetic dental procedure," said Eric Nelson, spokesman for the AACD." / "... teeth that have turned yellow or brown tend to bleach well. "That's the majority of discoloration that we see," he said. "In the Panhandle, part of that is due to excess fluoride in our drinking water." - Dr. Charles Pybus of Amarillo.

 News  22-1-2003 Terrace Standard, Canada: Fluoride debate looming "... several councillors called fluoride an unnecessary poison in the drinking water."

 News  25-1-2003 Salt Lake Tribune, USA: Fluoridation totalitarians slaughtered on House Bill 64 vote by 86% to 14%. Moves to Senate.

 News  22-1-2003 Standard.net, USA: Fluoride debate back on the hill [Home page - registration required] Salt Lake: "I have had quite a number of people who voted for fluoride tell me that they misunderstood or were misinformed,"

 News  21-1-2003 This is Blackburn, UK: Fluoride increase rejected by health chiefs

News  18-1-2003 Pottstown Mercury, USA: Judge rules farmers’ suit against chemical company can proceed "Farmers Wayne and Suzanne Hallowell ... contending the plant emitted toxic amounts of fluoride into the air, poisoning cattle and causing many problems on their Douglass (Mont.) farms."

 News  15-1-2003 Mayo News, Ireland: Scandal of water testing in Mayo County "The notable feature of the public water supplies in Mayo was the occurrence of breaches of the national fluoride standard ..." and "No aluminium monitoring was carried out in 2001 in spite of the fact that alum is used as a coagulant in Achill, Ballina, Belmullet, Kiltimagh, Shrule, Swinford and Westport."

 News  13-1-2003 McDowell News, USA: Councilman: Fluoride opponents flooding us

 Opinion  10-1-2003 United Press: Outside view: Sex, drugs and soccer moms

 News  9-1-2003 Associated Press, USA: Watsonville ban on fluoride may set up court battle

 News  9-1-2003 China Daily [N American Edition]: Ozone-safe city in the making "Sources with the city's environmental protection bureau said at a working meeting that the government aims to make Dalian, in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, a fluorine-free city."

 News  8-1-2003 The Scotsman, Scotland: Fluoride consultation extended

 News  8-1-2003 The Mercury, SA: Fluoridation scheme halted by health concerns

 News  7-1-2003 Xinhua News Agency: Potable water supply problem addressed in northern China "... 100,000 farmers in the area afflicted with serious fluorine and arsenic disease."

 News  6-1-2003 Buffalo News, USA: Legacy of pain

 Letters  3-1-2003 Timaru Herald, NZ: Fluoride and WHO

 Feature  1-1-2003 Better Nutrition: Anti-fluoride flood

 News  1-1-2003 The Humanist, USA: Your mind is a target: Weaponizing psychoactive drugs "Calmatives are neurochemical weapons funded by the U.S. military as defined in a 2000 research report entitled The Advantages and Limitations of Calmatives for Use As a Non-Lethal Technique prepared for the Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNI.WD) by the Institute for Emerging Defense Technologies (a subunit of the Applied Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University): ..." and "... what would we say if our government decided to administer, in small doses via the water we drink, behavioral control drugs that work by affecting the mind? This idea, as preposterous as it might sound, is suggested in this government-funded calmatives report. "Different environments," its authors explain, would require tailored means of drug distribution:" and "... in 1953 the CIA moved its mind control program into the streets of America and began, according to the 1963 Inspector General's Report on MKULTRA, the "covert testing of materials on unwitting U.S. citizens."