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Dangerous fluoride?
A Natick chemist whose research has linked fluoridated water to elevated levels of lead in children’s blood is trying to convince state lawmakers to defeat a proposal that would mandate fluoridation of most public water supplies. About 30 lawmakers are trying to require adding fluoride to water supplies that serve at least 5,000 people. Dental […]
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Fluoridation issue will return to Mt Pleasant’s fall ballot
A chemical recommended by dentists and found in toothpaste to treat teeth is once again a hot topic on the Mount Pleasant city ballot for next month’s election. The city will have a proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot asking residents whether or not to put sodium fluoride back in the water supply. There is […]
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To fluoridate or not to fluoridate
When Golden goes to the polls on November 19, citizens will have the opportunity to vote in a referendum to decide whether or not the town should re-institute a fluoridation program for the municipal water system. And, while it comes down to a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote, the issue of fluoridating municipal water systems […]
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Wood residents oppose DuPont permits
PARKERSBURG — Wood County residents turned out Monday night to object to the latest permits for the landfill where DuPont Co. dumped wastes containing the toxic chemical C8. Under the permits, the state Department of Environmental Protection does not limit the amount of C8 that DuPont can discharge from the landfill into tributaries of the […]
United States, West Virginia Perfluorinated chemicals -
Add fluoride to city water? No.
Claims that water fluoridation is safe and effective cannot withstand independent scrutiny. Nobel Laureate Dr. Arvid Carlsson, who led the successful campaign to defeat fluoridation in Sweden in the 1970s, describes it as “an obsolete practice.” While most Americans drink fluoridated water, the vast majority of people worldwide do not. Yet, according to WHO figures, […]
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Fluoridation debate in Springfield: Voters to decide in November
Few people will dispute that fluoride strengthens tooth enamel, but how that fluoride gets to those teeth is a hot-button issue. Citizens for fluoride gathered enough signatures this fall to put Issue 8 on the Nov. 8 ballot. The issue will ask voters if they want Springfield to fluoridate the city’s water. Springfield is the […]
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“Bellingham Families for Fluoride” raises record amount
A political action committee supporting a ballot measure to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water has raised $169,905 in its campaign, the most spent on a single issue in city history, according to the group’s finance reports. Bellingham Families for Fluoride received $35,000 from the Washington Dental Service Foundation, as well as $8,500 from the […]
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Watsonville fluoride fight hits state appeals court
SAN JOSE — A fight against the fluoridation of Watsonville’s water supply landed in a state appellate court Tuesday. Watsonville is asking the Sixth District Court of Appeals to overturn a 2004 ruling by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Robert Atack that said state law requiring the addition of the tooth decay-fighting chemical trumps […]
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Heated debate over fluoridation of Bellingham’s drinking water
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Centers for Disease Control considers adding fluoride to water as “one of the ten great public-health achievements of the 20th century.” But fluoridating water to fight tooth decay is back in the spotlight in Bellingham, Wash. On November 8, Bellingham residents will be asked to decide whether or not they’d like […]
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There’s something in the water
The biting debate over whether to add fluoride to Montreal’s water supply has once again surfaced. With less than three weeks to go before Montrealers head to the polls Nov. 6, pro and anti-fluoride groups are stirring up controversy in city hall. They are hot on the heels of an announcement made earlier this month […]
Canada, Quebec