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Hampton adding fluoride
HAMPTON — City residents will soon have more fluoride added to their water — again. Earlier this year, the community’s City Services Committee recommended that a 1975 ordinance requiring additional flouridation be repealed since the water system met state standards without it. So plans were made for an election in 2007 in which voters would […]
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Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Lies, damned lies, and statistics: That Mark Twain line seems to describe maneuverings while the California Supreme Court considered Watsonville’s appeal against the state forcibly fluoridating its water. A conveniently timed survey by the Dental Health Foundation indicating increased cavities splashed through local front pages, but a few details should be added. First, the DHF […]
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California Cavity-Epidemic Study Reveals Fluoridation is Ineffective
New York – February 14 — Fluoridated California communities have huge cavity rates and large dentist-neglected populations, according to a recent California study, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Although dentistry promises steep cavity reductions with fluoride-laced water supplies, that’s not happening in California which is in the midst of a […]
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Harvard Professor Hiding a Link?
TRANSCRIPT FOX ANCHOR 1: Fluoride in water is supposed to fight tooth decay but could it also cause cancer? It’s a controversial question. FOX ANCHOR 2: Now Harvard University is actually caught up in the debate with serious allegations that an ivy league professor may be covering up the truth. Fox Undercover’s Mike Beaudet is […]
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Court rejects Watsonville fluoride case
The California Supreme Court declined to hear the city of Watsonville’s fluoridation case Wednesday, ending a four-year legal battle over adding the substance to city water. The decision, which paves the way for fluoridation in Watsonville, came two days after Santa Cruz County officials touted fluoridation as the best way to fight dental disease among […]
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More Fluoridated Water Needed, Officials Say
Los Angeles County health officials Monday called for additional fluoride in water throughout the county and state, in response to a new study that identified oral disease as the No. 1 health problem among California’s elementary-school children. Though adding more fluoride is just one step that officials said is needed, “fluoridation is a cornerstone of […]
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Dentists Are Fluoride Misinformed
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Bottled water does NOT contribute to tooth decay despite dentists scientifically unverifiable cautions disseminated through the media. Studies actually show the opposite. America’s children are fluoride-overdosed; it’s ruining their teeth and researchers advise cutting back, reveals the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). The Centers for Disease […]
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AAPD & Dannon (Coke) to Campaign for Fluoridated Bottled Water
ATLANTA, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month in February, more than 6,400 members of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) will kick off a national campaign in partnership with Spring!(TM) by Dannon(R) Fluoride to Go(TM) to help focus attention on the importance of drinking water with fluoride for […]
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Battlefield to put fluoridation question to area residents
Battlefield-area residents soon will have a chance to decide whether they want fluoride returned to the public water. The Greene County Public Water Supply District 1 will include a question on the Feb. 20 bill where customers can check whether they want fluoride in the water, a district employee said. The informal votes will be […]
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Erie residents will consider using fluoride in water supply
ERIE — In a perfect world, Diane Brunson would have the fluoride flowing freely through every Colorado tap. To Brunson, who heads the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Oral Health Unit, it’s an easy call. Statistics show sharp reductions in tooth decay in communities that fluoridate their water. Studies show the costs — […]
United States, Colorado