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Salina: Wichita man to speak about fluoridation
Mark Gietzen, of Wichita, will speak about why he changed his views about the fluoridation of water at a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Prescott Room of the Salina Public Library. The meeting is sponsored by Salina Cares, a group working to try to get the city of Salina to stop putting fluoride […]
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Group wants fluoride banned from Salina water
It comes in a package marked with a skull and crossbones, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rank it as the ninth-greatest health achievement of the 20th century. In Salina, there are those who see the addition of fluoride to the city’s public water supply as a blessing and those who see it […]
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Topeka, Kansas, Urged To Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water To Protect Legislators’ IQs
A Republican group in Kansas wants Topeka city officials to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water in order to preserve the intelligence of legislators in the state’s capital. Citing concerns about the chemical’s impact on IQ, the Kansas Republican Assembly, a conservative group that has campaigned against fluoridation, is sending a letter to Topeka’s […]
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City commissioner unexpectedly raises issue of Lawrence drinking water fluoridation
Like a cavity that sneaks up on you at the dentist office, Lawrence city commissioners found the makings of an unexpected debate on Tuesday. Should the city’s two water treatment plants continue to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water? City commissioners at their weekly meeting directed City Auditor Michael Eglinski to prepare a report […]
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Salina group wants fluoride out of water
Water. Your mom said to drink it growing up, your coaches told you to drink it after practice, and your doctor says to drink plenty of it. But Salina Cares worries that its city’s water may actually be bad for people’s health. “Right now, our focus is on keeping flouride out of the water supply […]
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Concern About Fluoride In Salina Water
More than 50 people filled the Prescott Room at the Salina Public Library on Thursday evening January 31st to hear Dr. Albert Burgstahler of Lawrence Kansas, explain why fluoride is unsafe and ineffective. Dr. Burgstahler is a world recognized expert on fluoride, co-author of Fluoridation, The Great Dilemma, editor of Fluoride, the peer-reviewed Journal of the […]
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Salina: KU professor to speak Jan. 31 about harmful effects of fluoride
John Boesen, of Salina, and Albert Burgstahler, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Kansas, will speak about the harmful effects of fluoride on people and the environment at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Prescott Room of Salina Public Library. Burgstahler is co-author of the book “Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma.” The seminar is […]
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Fluoride in the water supply is a debate that still has teeth
Opponents say it has possible severe side effects. Supporters say that view is based on “junk science.” Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation? Fluoridation of water? … Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face? — Gen. Jack D. Ripper […]
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Wichita voters reject fluoridated water
Voters in the city of Wichita rejected fluoridated water on Tuesday, as they did in 1964 and 1978. Election returns posted early Wednesday morning showed a fluoride initiative sponsored by local dentists and doctors failed with 59 percent voting no. Jonathan Hall of Wichitans Opposed to Fluoridation said the results were confirming what he sensed […]
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Wichita: 3 issues arise as fluoride vote nears
As Wichita moves toward a vote Tuesday on whether to fluoridate its drinking water, three issues continue to arise in the public debate: whether commercial-grade fluoride is different than naturally occurring fluoride, whether the fluoride to be added to the water is pharmaceutical grade and whether the warning labels on toothpaste should be read as […]
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