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Sulphur Rock stops fluoridation program
SULPHUR ROCK — The Rock-Moore Public Water Authority discontinued the use of fluoride in its water at the beginning of this month. The authority had been injecting fluoride in its water since early 1999, Manager Joey Richardson said. At that time the board of directors felt that injecting fluoride to help prevent tooth decay was […]
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Fluoride fight renewed in Ore. legislature
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10,000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state Capitol, with a familiar cast of adversaries facing off over the benefits and risks of mandated fluoridation. Two-thirds of the U.S. population drinks from fluoridated water supplies, which dentists […]
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Minnesota: MPCA staff at odds on stopping spread of contamination from 3M plant
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s plan for cleaning up PFCs from the 3M plant in Cottage Grove is under question. As a result of MPR’s investigation, the MPCA commissioner says he will bring in an independent third party to review his agency’s proposal to stop the spread of PFC contamination. St. Paul, Minn. — Five […]
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The dirty truth about `clean’ water
The chemical composition of water is H2O, but the cultural composition is more like H2 uh-oh. It appears we are the only species stupid enough to systematically poison ourselves. We all know there is fluoride in the water, put there to ward off dental decay. It’s a mass prescription for mass consumption and essentially a […]
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Minnesota: How communities are responding
There’s only so much that individual communities can do for their residents at this point. Cottage Grove, Minn. — The city of Oakdale has been dealing with the groundwater contamination issue for at least three years. Its experience is a good example of how difficult it can be for a local community to respond to […]
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Minnesota: What’s happened since 2005
Since 2005, when attention was first given to the contamination from PFOS and PFOA, several major developments have occurred in the research and political arenas. Early 2005: Fardin Oliaei, the MPCA’s lead researcher on PFCs, warns two Health Department officials about preliminary tests that show high levels of PFBA in soil and water samples from […]
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Minnesota: Health Department delayed disclosure of further 3M chemical contamination
During the past few months we’ve heard a lot about contamination of east metro water by a chemical formerly made by 3M. The Legislature has held hearings into the problem, and the state Health Department has faced angry and confused residents in several community meetings. The chemical, called PFBA, has been found in drinking water […]
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Time to end fluoridation
Most people realize the importance of good dental hygiene and good dental habits. Choosing to brush and floss regularly, visiting your dentist, avoiding sweets and other negative nutritional habits are all excellent choices. I am thankful that we live in a world that allows us to have choices. Most people who oppose community water fluoridation […]
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Why fluoridation must end now
Shortly before the 2001 Value For Money report identified the health service’s critical weakness in policy assessment, one of Ireland’s most sacred health policies, water fluoridation, came under its first intense public questioning. The health minister did not engage with the questioners directly, but initiated instead an official departmental response that did not adequately scrutinise […]
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Bangor to Continue Fluoridation
BANGOR – Despite some emotional pleas to stop the nearly 40-year- old practice, city councilors agreed Monday night that the Bangor Water District should continue adding fluoride to the water supply. In doing so, councilors noted that the benefits to residents far outweighed potential risks, a conclusion they reached after hearing from a parade of […]
United States, Maine