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Water authority board meeting Thursday night at Valley Springs
The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority board is set to meet Thursday night in Valley Springs and chairman Andy Anderson hopes more members show up and contribute toward the appeal of the authority’s fluoridation lawsuit. Act 197 of 2011 required all water systems serving 5,000 people or more to add fluoride to drinking water. […]
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College Street students treated with no-fill cavity treatment
Students at College Street Elementary School last week received free no drill cavity treatments through a state Department of Health’s pilot program involving a silver diamine fluoride sealant to affected teeth. The program involves a relatively new to the US treatment that has been used for decades worldwide. The MCS Family Resource Center and Coordinated […]
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Reader letter: Some people are more affected by fluoride
Re: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw,’ by Anne Jarvis, March 1. As an environmentalist, organic farmer and believer of informed consent, I have several reasons for opposing fluoridation chemicals in drinking water but after reading Anne Jarvis’ opinion piece about dental anecdotes I thought it important that the public know the reality […]
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Team Takes Fluoride from Taps and Toothpaste to Batteries
An illustration of a battery. For batteries to generate electricity, charged atoms, called ions (pink and green), travel between a negative node (anode) and a positive node (cathode) with the help of a liquid electrolyte solution. Credit: Brett Savoie, Purdue University The Science Energy-dense fluoride batteries are exciting, but they only work at high temperatures. […]
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Plaistow OKs deal to buy Manchester water; other towns poised to do the same
PLAISTOW — Francine Hart has lived in town for 34 years and says she has never had good well water. “I personally have a nuclear power plant downstairs in my house because I have like 20 different tanks to refine it and clean it. It’s horrible, and we don’t even drink it,” said Hart, chairman […]
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Ocala might stop adding fluoride to city water
Council plans a workshop to explore the issue of fluoridation Editor’s note: This story has been updated to adjust the wording in the Florida Dental Association president’s statement and to add additional information from the association. City of Ocala water managers are making plans to possibly stop adding fluoride to the city’s tap water. Staff […]
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Facebook Poll Reignites Fluoride Debate in Yorktown
YORKTOWN, N.Y. [Westchester County] – An invitation by Councilman Ed Lachterman to respond to a poll he posted on Yorktown Families’ Facebook page about the proposed fluoridation of the municipality’s water elicited one he probably wasn’t expecting at the Town Board’s regular meeting held last week at the John C. Hart Memorial Library. First up […]
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‘Why isn’t lack of safe drinking water a poll issue?’
With every political party busy in poll battle issues of basic amenities such as access to safe drinking water have taken a back seat, feel many villagers of Uttar Pradesh — the most populous state of the country. Lack of access to safe piped water has left people excessively dependent on hand-pumps and bore-wells, many […]
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Things to consider before selecting dental products
Excerpt: Toothpaste: Always use toothpaste that contains fluoride, which strengthens the outer tooth enamel our teeth, unless your dentist recommends a particular one. If you’re allergic to fluoride or have another medical condition then you can switch your toothpaste by the prescriptions of your dentist. While buying toothpaste for children, always look for a toothpaste […]
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Sheridan: Fluoride Survey Initial Response Promising, Return Date Approaching
The City of Sheridan mailed out a survey in March over 12,000 water customers on whether or not they would like the fluoridation of Sheridan’s water to continue. City Utilities Director Dan Roberts said that so far, they have had an almost 30% return rate. Although a 100% return would be fantastic, Roberts said that […]
United States, Wyoming