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Yarmouth says no to fluoridation
The Yarmouth Board of Health has decided against the fluoridation of town drinking water. In a Jan. 10 letter to selectmen, the board outlined its exploration of the issue and made note of a public informational meeting April 24 last year as well as public hearings June 20 and July 18. While noting that many […]
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Fluoride issue on Burlington ballot
Burlington voters will decide March 7 whether they want the city water supply to be fluoridated, as it has been for more than 50 years. Fluoride is added to public water supplies in the United States to reduce tooth decay. The issue, debated before the Board of Health and the City Council last spring and […]
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Cayuga fluoride backers get help in cause
The director of the National Center for Fluoridation gave the local dental and medical community the tools needed to begin a pro-fluoridation campaign. The Cayuga County Dental Society and the Cayuga Community Health Network invited Dr. Michael F. Easley to discuss the benefits of having fluoride in the public’s drinking water Tuesday during a dinner […]
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Bottled Water and Tooth Decay: Kids May Not Be Getting Enough Fluoride
Some dentists are concerned about a problem they haven’t worried about as much in decades — whether children are getting enough fluoride. Fluoride helps strengthen teeth and prevent tooth decay. Mass fluoridating of municipal water supplies, started in the 1940s, has been called the most effective public-health measure ever made to improve oral health. But […]
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Dispute over Methyl Bromide alternative prompts debate on fluoride
EPA’s approval of a fluoride-based alternative to the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide is triggering a broader fight over agency data justifying the use of fluoride to treat drinking water and combat pests — a dispute that could be heavily influenced by a major new scientific report expected in the coming weeks. The fight also highlights […]
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Sweet solution to fighting cavities
Here’s a sweet idea: a cavity-fighting candy. A recent discovery in dental care could soon make it possible. Researchers at Stony Brook University have found a new way to fight tooth decay by mimicking the powerful re-mineralizing benefits of saliva, long known to naturally protect teeth from harmful, cavity-causing bacteria. A two-year study in the […]
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Tucson dentists: Fluoridate water now
A broken Tucson promise is damaging the health of our children, say angry Tucson dentists, who want it fixed. That promise — made 13 years ago but never fulfilled — was to fluoridate Tucson’s water to reduce childhood tooth decay, still one of the most common and costly health problems afflicting local youngsters. Tucson’s City […]
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Fluoride use disputed
In Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie is the only one of 725 public water systems that adds fluoride to drinking water. That could change, though. Commissioner of Health Dr. Michael Caldwell has made it a priority this year to inform public water providers about the benefits of fluoride in cavity prevention, in hopes that more choose to […]
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Rockford to discontinue fluoride water treatment
ROCKFORD — The Rockford City Council on Thursday voted to discontinue putting fluoride into its drinking water. “We needed to put new equipment in for it and (the city public works director) didn’t really recommend doing it,” Mayor Harry White said today. Adding fluoride to the drinking water is not required by the Iowa Department […]
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County says water company not adding fluoride
Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon has not decided whether the county will sue a small water company for failing to add fluoride as required by public health rules. He wants to consult others before he acts on the request from the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health. “It’s an issue of fairness,” Corroon told […]
United States, Utah