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Debate over fluoride offer pushed back
Despite a $1.5 million offer in February from the California Dental Association Foundation to fluoridate Watsonville water, what promises to be a fiery debate over accepting the money will not hit the City Council for months. According to City Manager Carlos Palacios, concerns linger about the offer that will stall discussion until at least May. […]
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Minnesota: Lawyers hope to turn suit against 3M into class action
Attorneys will square off today in a high-stakes lawsuit about whether 3M chemicals in groundwater threaten the health of thousands of residents in the east metro area. The case was filed on behalf of six named residents, but approximately 1,000 others have joined, mostly from Lake Elmo and Oakdale, according to court documents. They claim […]
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Health department warns about flouride
The Carroll County Health Department has sent a letter to Carroll County health professionals, asking them to warn parents against giving fluoridated water to infants. The letter, sent to all county pediatricians, family practitioners, obstetricians, dentists and the Carroll Hospital Center Birthing Center, states that the American Dental Association has released new guidelines on fluoride […]
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Fluoride backers defend its use
AUGUSTA – Public health advocates turned out en masse in Augusta on Monday to defend the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies. The press conference came in response to a flurry of recent challenges to fluoridation in Maine. Speakers at the event took aim at a Bangor pediatrician who has asked the […]
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Referendum a possibility on Holmen fluoridation
A referendum on fluoridation could be in Holmen’s future. Holmen Village Board members got a chance to brush up on their fluoride facts at a recent public hearing. But the hearing left at least two members unsure about how Holmen residents feel on the matter. Quite a few of the people who spoke at the […]
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State dental, health groups reject fluoride claims as false
AUGUSTA, Maine –Maine dental and public health organizations Monday condemned anti-fluoride claims made by a Bangor pediatrician, saying they don’t want more Maine towns to change their water-treatment policies on the basis of “misinformation.” Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dora Anne Mills led representatives of state dental, medical, public health and pediatric associations who […]
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Fluoridation questioned
Is municipal water fluoridation one of the 10 greatest achievements in public health during the 20th century, or is fluoridation “the greatest case of scientific fraud of this century?” Parents are bombarded with often contradictory information about what is best for our children’s health. Water fluoridation is a perfect example. More than 70 per cent […]
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Fluoride can harm teeth, bones
The residents of Mount Desert and Lincoln were wise to vote against water fluoridation. They just did a favor for their children and fellow residents. Fluoride in our water system does not make sense considering the latest human and animal studies. If all clinicians and policymakers read the latest report by the National Research Council, […]
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Water fluoridation debate heats up
The heated issue of water fluoridation is back on the public radar, but this time with a new consumer twist. Debate over whether adding fluoride to drinking water helps to prevent tooth decay has raged for years, even though the Canadian Dental Association says years of research have proven it does. Now, the public health […]
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FG backs drive to limit child fluoride levels
Major public information campaigns should be run to ensure that children do not absorb too much fluoride, Fine Gael has proposed, as it offered some support to the Green Party which wants an immediate end to fluoridation if it gets into power. Though he said he was not calling for fluoride’s removal from water supplies, […]
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