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Chemists criticize fluoridation plan
CLEARWATER – They demanded a debate. They settled for a rally. Nearly 150 people turned out at the Harborview Center in downtown Clearwater on Thursday to hear chemistry experts who oppose fluoridation assail Pinellas County’s recent decision to add fluoride to the bulk of the area’s water supply. The tenor at the “Great Fluoride Debate” […]
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What’s in Pinellas’ water
Those who oppose Pinellas County’s recent fluoridation of public drinking water are asking a reasonable question: Is it safe? Some of those asking the question are convinced already that virtually any chemical added to drinking water is a bad idea. Others are not so dug in, but may be alarmed by the recent revelation that […]
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County: Fluoridation forum would really be a protest
CLEARWATER – It’s being billed as “The Great Fluoride Debate.” But only one side is likely to make an argument. Citizens for Safe Water, a political action committee formed last year by fluoride opponents, has challenged Pinellas County officials to defend a 2003 decision to add fluoride to the county water supply. The group has […]
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Fluoridation schemes proposed for Polk County (‘Phosphate Country’)
DAVENPORT – Davenport council members are about a year away from considering whether to fluoride at their expanded water plant. But the issue will be on Four Corners officials faster than they expect. Polk County this spring received Southwest Florida Water Management District approval to bump up Northeast water production to 6.05 million gallons a […]
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Pinellas County starts fluoridating water
CLEARWATER – Most Pinellas County residents can expect something new in the water today. That’s when the county begins adding fluoride to its water supply, ending decades of resistance against one of the most recognized trends in preventing tooth decay. Commissioners voted 6-1 in August in favor of fluoridating water that serves more than 600,000 […]
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Fluoride About To Flow in Pinellas
CLEARWATER – After years of on-again, off-again discussion and debate, Pinellas County will begin fluoridating its water supply on Monday, ending its status as the largest water system in the eastern United States devoid of the cavity- fighting additive. The move is lauded by county health officials and other medical professionals as a long-awaited and […]
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Medical Mystery
PLANT CITY – The old gray buildings on the edge of town are a grim specter, heavy and forbidding like the fear that has enveloped this rural community. Something seems wrong here. People say they can feel it in their aching joints, their cracking bones and teeth. To some, the fear is as tangible as […]
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Coronet Plant sued by nearly 700 residents, employees
PLANT CITY, Fla. – Nearly 700 residents and employees who have lived near or worked for Coronet Industries have sued the troubled phosphate plant. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by three law firms. It is the second in six months against Coronet, which is closing the 98-year-old plant this month. The suit charges the phosphate […]
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Pasco County considers fluoridation
When he used to practice dentistry in New Jersey, Dr. Jay Nelson considered it unusual to spot a cavity, even in the mouths of candy-gobbling kids. “We were almost wondering what we’d do in a few years there were so few cavities,” the Land O’Lakes dentist said. He need not have worried. By the time […]
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Palm Beach Co. forges ahead on fluoridation
Rejecting pleas for delay, the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday declared again its intention to fluoridate the county water system. But the issue will receive another airing before the fluoride switch is flipped on. The 5-2 vote means the Water Utilities Department will seek bids within a month on a range of improvements to […]
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