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Brooksville Council Frowns On Fluoride
BROOKSVILLE – An apparent consensus of the city council to stop putting fluoride in the city’s water supply is something to smile about or not, depending on whom you ask. During a budget workshop Tuesday, Councilmember Lara Bradburn recommended the city stop adding the mineral to the water supply to save money. New research shows […]
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Seminole to stop putting fluoride in water
If you live in Seminole County and have been rushing through your toothbrushing routine, you might want to take an extra minute or two to scrub. County officials said they will stop putting fluoride in the drinking-water supply in about three or four months, after the cavity-fighting chemical runs out at the county’s water-treatment facilities. […]
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Fluoride Debate in Monticello
Health officials say one of the best tools in the war on cavities is adding fluoride to the water, but Monticello city officials stopped adding the cavity-fighting substance a few years ago. Judith Corbin is a dental hygienist who takes great pride in helping kids get a beautiful smile, but Corbin says in the past […]
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Discrepancy in Stuart fluoride vote cleared up
Stuart voters who declined to answer the fluoride question Martin County Supervisor of Elections Vicki Davis and staff. A leading local opponent to fluoride spoke to Martin County Supervisor of Elections Vicki Davis on Wednesday about what seemed to be a discrepancy between 3,910 votes cast in Stuart’s Tuesday referendum and 4,588 ballots that were […]
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Stuart voters approve fluoridation
STUART — City voters came out in favor of adding fluoride to their municipal water Tuesday, with 52 percent of them telling the City Commission to adopt an ordinance requiring it. “Stuart has given itself and its children a gift for a lifetime,” said dentist David Bowden of Stuart, with the pro-fluoride Healthy Smiles Project […]
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Fluoride vote stirs up fiery debate in Stuart
STUART — Is a tiny bit of poison good for your teeth? The benefits or risks of fluoride are more than an academic argument in Stuart, where voters will decide in a Jan. 29 referendum whether to add amounts recommended by the Florida Department of Health to the city’s drinking water. The vote will take […]
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Mosaic Mine Expansion A Rocky Proposal
The Tampa Tribune recently ran a story about a small band of Hillsborough County residents who are teaming up and gathering petitions against Mosaic Co.’s proposal to expand its Fort Lonesome and Four Corners phosphate mining operations by 1,599 acres. Residents worry about contamination to their wells and toxic dust blowing in the wind, sometimes […]
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Editorial (election recommendation) Cast ‘yes’ vote with confidence for fluoride
Stuart residents who want to improve the oral health of their community will vote “yes” Jan. 29 to fluoridate the city’s public water supply. Early voting begins Monday on this important public health issue. Those who will benefit the most if the referendum passes are children from economically disenfranchised families who may not have regular […]
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Milton to add fluoride to H2O
The City of Milton will once again be adding Fluoride to their municipal water sources due to a $20,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health. Milton had been adding fluoridation to the water since 1989, but stopped in late 2006 when the City Council voted to discontinue it due to an older, unreliable injection […]
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Alafia River has high fluoride levels due to phosphate plants
Tampa Bay Water officials say they want to protect water quality in the Alafia River by changing the river’s classification so it must meet drinking water standards. That argument, however, rang hollow Thursday for some Hillsborough County commissioners. They see the reclassification as a way for Tampa Bay Water to transfer future river cleanup costs […]
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