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Natick aiming to get fluoride back in drinking water by spring.
Natick stopped adding sodium fluoride to its public water supply last January due to a nationwide shortage, but is angling to reintroduce it as soon as spring. Fluoride plays an important role in strengthening teeth against decay, especially for kids. Natick originally thought it would run out in October of 2021, but Wellesley’s Department of […]
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After year-long hiatus, fluoride back in North Attleboro drinking water.
NORTH ATTLEBORO — Smile, North Attleboro. Fluoride is back in your drinking water. But don’t stop brushing your teeth and flossing. Nearly a year after the town’s water division announced it was no longer adding fluoride to the municipal supply because of a nationwide shortage of the cavity-preventing chemical, the town now has a supply […]
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8 Mass. communities stopped putting fluoride in tap water over the past year due to supply shortages.
Eight cities and towns in Massachusetts have had to stop adding sodium fluoride to their municipal water supplies after running out of the compound, which is used to prevent tooth decay. Health officials say some of the suspensions have been intermittent, but state data shows they have impacted roughly 250,000 residents over the last year in Fall River, Holden, Medway, […]
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Letter: Thankful for fluoride fighter
To the editor: Thank you to the Gloucester Daily Times for featuring Karen Favazza Spencer’s My View column, “Stop Poisoning Gloucester,” in the Aug. 4, opinion section. Gloucester, all of Cape Ann and beyond, owes a huge debt of thanks to her for so clearly detailing a science-based presentation on the dangers of fluoride in […]
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My View: Stop poisoning Gloucester, by Karen Favazza Spencer
Like others in several generations of my family, I have volunteered in several capacities on behalf of the city, serving in official and unofficial roles. Most recently, my service to the city has been in the role of an environmental health activist opposing fluoridation policy. I am also a member representative on behalf of the […]
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Some Massachusetts towns removing fluoride from tap water due to supply chain issues
CONCORD — Some Massachusetts towns are now removing fluoride from their tap water. Dr. Douglas Chespak of Varinos Dental Associates says fluoride is one of the biggest fighters against cavities, but a nationwide shortage of the chemical could now impact your drinking water. “Took out four teeth so far today, a lot of those was […]
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What’s up with North Attleboro’s fluoride treatment?
NORTH ATTLEBORO — Supply problems continue to keep the town from adding fluoride to its drinking water. The water department notified residents in November that a nationwide shortage of sodium fluoride — the chemical added to prevent tooth decay — was forcing the town to suspend treatment. “It’s still not available,” Mark Hollowell, public works […]
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Fluoridation stops in the Town of Shrewsbury due to lack of chemicals
Water & Sewer Department Posted on: December 7, 2021 Sodium Fluoride for Water Treatment for the Town of Shrewsbury BOARD OF HEALTH 100 MAPLE AVENUE SHREWSBURY, MA 01545 508-841-8384 Dear Shrewsbury Residents: Despite the Town’s best efforts to avoid the global supply chain issues affecting the availability of sodium fluoride, the Town of Shrewsbury inventory […]
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North Attleboro suspends fluoride treatment due to supply issues
The Whiting Street water facility was built in 2001, and is the newest of North Attleboro’s wells. It was equipped to handle fluoride at the time of construction. MARK STOCKWELL/THE SUN CHRONICLE/ NORTH ATTLEBORO — You may want to spend a little more time flossing and brushing if you use the town’s water supply. The […]
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Opinion: Oral health in Worcester: Why it’s important and how we can improve it
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This Opinion piece was authored by seven students at the UMass Chan Medical School. The students state, “Adding fluoride to tap water has been shown to be a safe and effective way to prevent dental caries” without any reference to the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies. Somehow we doubt that these students […]
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