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Editorial: Declaring war on children’s teeth
It’s hard to figure what some of our elected leaders have against dental health for children. First, fluoridation. This flap came up after the Legislature last year decided to require proper fluoride levels in municipal water systems of any size. The object is the same as with the fluoride in toothpaste: protect teeth, especially kids’ […]
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East Baton Rouge Parish: Water fluoridation delayed due to lack of state funding
Despite a Louisiana law passed last year mandating fluoridation of public water systems, it’s not likely to happen in East Baton Rouge Parish in the near future, officials say. As part of the law, the state is required to find money to pay for the equipment needed to switch over un-fluoridated water systems. For East […]
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Commentary: Have no doubt, Mother Nature knows best
In order to follow state and local news, I scan The (Baton Rouge) Advocate and The Daily Advertiser, but, for more local happenings, I must go elsewhere. Somehow, I still missed the 2008 mandatory fluoridation legislation that was slipped through in Baton Rouge. Not until February 2009 did I learn from Dr. James Reeves (retired […]
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Lafayette editorial: Proceed with water fluoridation
New efforts to widen the use of water fluoridation under the state’s Healthy People objectives remain controversial today, although with better justification than the conspiracy theories of half a century ago. Lafayette’s city-parish government should comply with the 2008 state law requiring water systems with more than 5,000 hookups to regulate the fluoride levels in […]
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Fluoridation fight takes on new intensity
A local group that successfully fought fluoridation of Lafayette’s drinking water in the 1980s has resurfaced to fight the latest attempt mandated by the state. The state Legislature adopted a bill in 2008 and Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law Act 761 requiring fluoridation of drinking water by 26 public water suppliers that serve 5,000 […]
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Lafayette: Fluoridation cost worries council
LAFAYETTE — The City-Parish Council voted Tuesday to urge the Acadiana legislative delegation to seek repeal of a 2008 state law that would require Lafayette and other cities with populations over 5,000 to start water fluoridation programs. The council’s discussion of the issue focused less on the pros and cons of fluoridation, which aims to […]
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Lafayette: Local group opposes fluoridation
On Tuesday night, after members of the city-parish council debated whether to oppose the state’s mandate for municipalities to fluoridate their water supplies, there was another conversation about fluoridation at UL’s campus – but without debate. The Advocate reports that Tuesday night’s city-parish council steered clear of the pros and cons of fluoridation and instead […]
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Fluoridation debate revived
Fluoridating public drinking water is a controversial and expensive undertaking. Just the equipment to ready Lafayette Utilities System for fluoridation will cost $654,200. It will cost another $530,000 a year to operate the system once fluoridation is added, Don Broussard, water operations manager, said. Lafayette City-Parish Council Chairman Purvis Morrison has drafted a resolution for […]
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Louisiana: Funds requested for statewide fluoridation
Excerpt of article titled: Funds sought to add children’s dental care Requests to allocate more money to dental care for poor residents and nurse partnerships for first-time mothers came before state legislators during a budget subcommittee meeting Wednesday. Another group advocating independent living programs for disabled residents asked that legislators maintain funding levels without cuts. […]
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There’s something in the water
A bill mandating fluoride in Louisiana water systems passed fairly easily in 2008. But that doesn’t mean no one was against the idea. “This one snuck up on us,” says Marylee Orr, executive director of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, even though LEAN has three people who watch the Legislature. “It may be time to […]
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