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Fluoride tab $600,000 so far in Davis County
LAYTON — The possibility of a Nov. 5 revote overturning the fluoridation referendum could leave Weber Basin Water Conservancy District officials holding a $600,000 white elephant. The district has already spent that much on fluoridation equipment — costs that are being passed onto area cities, district officials said, and those costs in turn are being […]
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Colgate introduces bubble-gum flavored toothpaste for kids
(Ybreo Newswire) – Colgate-Palmolive is making brushing fun for kids with the introduction of Colgate 2in1 Kids Bubble Gum Flavor liquid toothpaste. New Colgate 2in1 Kids combines the cleaning power of toothpaste and mouthwash in a bubble gum flavor that will make kids want to brush longer. There is a huge opportunity for a kid’s […]
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Medicine copes with changes in direction
When researchers last week dropped bombshells debunking long-held beliefs about hormones and knee surgery, it was stunning – but hardly surprising. The history of medicine is pocked with reversals, yesterday’s panacea branded as today’s poison. Witness this swatch of advice, resounding with the august authority that Americans had come to expect from the white-jacketed high […]
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60 percent say ‘No’ to fluoridation in Oneida
ONEIDA – Out of the 792 Oneida City Water customers who responded to a survey on fluoridation, 40 percent were in favor of the measure, while 60 percent were opposed to the idea of the city fluoridating its water supply. The Oneida City Water Department sent out surveys to its water customers asking their opinions […]
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Beaverton mayor pushes fluoride in city’s water
BEAVERTON — Mayor Rob Drake acknowledges he suffered from tooth decay as a child and as an adult. It’s a problem he thinks water fluoridation could help others avoid. At Drake’s behest, City Council members on Monday will begin considering whether to put the often-inflammatory question of fluoridating water before Beaverton voters on the Nov. […]
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Oneida’s Fluoride vote may not happen
ONEIDA – Now that the public has voiced its opinion on whether or not the city should fluoridate its water supply, some common councilmen are making up their minds on the measure. At a public hearing on June 25, a small crowed showed up to express their thoughts on fluoridation. Most residents of the city […]
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EPA helps city protect water from terrorists
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 homeland security coordinator said the agency is working with communities to protect drinking water supplies from terrorist attacks in the region that includes El Paso. “The EPA has been assigned the responsibility of protecting water infrastructure following September 11,” said Mary Kemp, the EPA coordinator. “Part of this […]
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Watsonville water fluoridation controversy to be put to public vote
There may be a fluoride measure on the city ballot this fall, but the word “fluoride” will be as noticeably absent from the measure as a missing front tooth. This week, the City Council begrudgingly agreed to put a measure on the November ballot that, if approved by voters, would prohibit the city from adding […]
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Davis County to Vote Again on Fluoridation
FARMINGTON — Round two in Davis County’s fight over fluoridated water is coming up. On Tuesday, Davis County elections clerk Pat Beckstead told the County Commission that 9,650 signatures have been certified on petitions circulated by fluoridation opponents, more than enough to put the issue on November’s ballot. The commissioners turned over the petition to […]
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Health Research Board “handouts”
In a very interesting letter to this paper (IMN, 24/6/02) Dr Ruth Barrington, Chief Executive of our Health Research Board (HRB) gives out to me and tells me not to be calling their research grants “handouts”. They are no such thing, she says. As a clear example of just how research grants are not handouts, […]
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