August - no listed news due to web-site redevelopment

 News  30-7-2003 The Pueblo Chieftain: New Cotter hazardous waste projects draw fire

 News  30-7-2003 The Mirror, UK: 600 Join queue for dentist / It's gone dental / Western Mail, UK: Dentists are abandoning the NHS treadmill ... But in fluoridated Solihull ... 29-7-2003 Birmingham Post, England: NHS Trust praised on patient care

 Features  July 2003 The Ecologist, UK: Hard to swallow / Swiss reject fluoride / Health: Water fluoridation / Abuse your illusions

 News  23-7-2003 Belfast News Letter, Ireland: Some hard water facts for Minister

 Letter  21-7-2003 Waikato Times, NZ: Fluoride retention

 News  18-7-2003 Tampa Bay Tribune, USA: Official Urges Coronet Probe "A top environmental official wants a criminal investigation into allegations that Coronet Industries employees were ordered by the phosphate processor to dump toxic waste and deceive government inspectors. ... "The plant just south of the city limits has a history of environmental problems, and intentional violations should be dealt with harshly, said EPC Executive Director Richard Garrity. The 100-year-old plant has aging, poorly maintained equipment that spews pollution into the air and occasionally discharges acidic water into English Creek, Garrity said. Each year, 61 tons of dust, 60.5 tons of nitrogen oxide, 4.6 tons of carbon monoxide, 4 tons of hydrogen fluoride and 1.3 tons of lead flow from the plant, mainly from its smokestacks. ..."

 News  13-7-2003 Scotland on Sunday: Fluoridation not to be inflicted on the Scots? Is the New Labour / Lid Dem pact making a promise it intends to break after the next election?

 News  13-7-2003 Tampa Bay Tribune, USA: What Lies Beneath Affects Rising Homes "Carl Crowell isn't sure what caused his prostate cancer, and he can't say why many of his neighbors have been stricken with other forms of the disease. Public health agencies don't know either. But they are trying to determine whether pollution from a phosphate plant and old landfills could be linked to illness in Crowell's neighborhood and another Plant City community about two miles away. ... "Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead and gross alpha radiation were found in high concentrations from 1998 through 2002 on Coronet's land, the state report says. All are carcinogens. Fluoride - also found in groundwater at the plant - can cause bone problems in high concentrations, health officials said. The amounts reported at Coronet far exceed state and federal guidelines.

 News  9-7-2003 PA News, UK: Peers Back Fluoride in Tap Water Move

 News  9-7-2003 Evening News, Scotland: Greens will fight any fluoride in water plans

 News  6-7-2003 Bedfordshire on Sunday, England: Dentist leads anti fluoride campaign

 News  4-7-2003 This Is Leics. / Leicester Mercury, UK: WE DON'T WANT FLUORIDE!

 News  1-7-2003 ENN/NYSCOF, USA: Fluoridation Delivers Risks; No Benefits, Study Shows