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Winsted commission won’t hold hearing on fluoride in water until spring
WINSTED — The Water and Sewer Commission will not hold a hearing on the use of fluoride in drinking water until the spring. Commission members discussed last week the results… *Original full-text article online at: https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/09/22/winsted-commission-wont-hold-hearing-on-fluoride-in-water-until-spring/ Print PDF
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Winsted commission to hold public hearing on use of fluoride in drinking water
WINSTED — The Water and Sewer Commission plans to hold a hearing on the use of fluoride in drinking water. The commission has not yet set a date, but members… *Original full-text article online at: https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/09/15/winsted-commission-to-hold-public-hearing-on-use-of-flouride-in-drinking-water/ Print PDF
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This CT town’s residents are being asked if they still want water treated with fluoride
WINSTED — The town’s water department has issued a survey to its 2,500 users, asking whether they still want their drinking water treated with fluoride. Users started receiving the postcards in the mail early this week, with a return deadline of Sept. 1. One of the recipients was Selectman Jack Bourque (JJB06098@yahoo.com). He said at […]
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UConn TCS Supports Development of Technology to Clean Greenhouse Gas Fumigant
Sulfuryl fluoride, a widely used fumigant, is a greenhouse gas. UConn TCS is helping the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station commercialize a technology that can clean these fumes before they are released into the atmosphere. UConn Technology Commercialization Services (TCS) is working with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven (CAES) to commercialize a technology that […]
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Joe Markley: Who is really conservative, and can he survive the press?
Most candidates in the primaries for the Republican nominations for governor and lieutenant governor advertise themselves as “conservative,” since the party is generally conservative and its primary voters are heavily so. But the advertising leaves “conservative” undefined, and the candidates seem to think that conservative Republicans need only to hear the word before responding reflexively […]
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Tea Partier Or Constitutional Conservative? Republican Lt. Gov. Candidate Owns Party’s Right Flank
He once championed a bill to stop the state from requiring the addition of fluoride to the public drinking water supply — unconvinced of the efficacy of the decades-long practice. He would eliminate the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, open up juvenile court proceedings to the public and establish a state holiday for […]
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Study finds fluoride in water linked to IQ levels
A new study has found that high levels of fluoride in the water can affect IQ levels of children before they are even born. Researchers looked at nearly 500 sets of mothers and children in Mexico where fluoride is not added to public water supplies but naturally occurs. The study found a drop in scores […]
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Dentist Ordered to Pay $717K in Illegal Billing Case
A judge has ordered a retired Winsted dentist to pay $717,046 after concluding that he violated state law by improperly billing the state Medicaid program for dental cleanings and fluoride treatments. Superior Court Judge Trial Referee A. Susan Peck issued a 41-page decision this month against the dentist, Douglas Macko. The decision entered a judgment […]
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House passes new water fluoridation standard
The House on Wednesday passed a proposal to adapt state law to recently issued federal guidelines on the level of fluoride that should be added to drinking water. Water fluoridation has strong support from public health officials and dentists, but also frequently sparks intense opposition from those who believe it should not be added to […]
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Connecticut committee favors aligning public water fluoridation with federal recommendations
HARTFORD >> The Public Health Committee unanimously approved a bill that would align the state’s water fluoridation standards with a federal recommendation issued last year, and also lower the maximum amount of fluoride that could be placed in the state’s public drinking water. The bill, HB 5350, has been sent to the state House of […]
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