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City loses appeal over fluoridation
Sixth appellate district justices decided Wednesday to uphold a Santa Cruz Superior Court ruling that may force water fluoridation in Watsonville. Presiding Justice Conrad Rushing and associate justices Eugene Premo and Franklin Elia determined that voter-approved Measure S, a 2002 ban against adding substances not approved by the Food and Drug Administration to Watsonville water, […]
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Community at odds over fluoridation
Both sides of Bellingham’s fluoridation debate agree Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot will have a dramatic impact on the community’s health. But they disagree vastly on what that impact could be. Bellingham Families for Fluoride – with the financial backing of the Washington State Dental Association, the Washington Dental Service Foundation and dozens […]
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WMass activists fight fluoride
BOSTON – Activists from Western Massachusetts yesterday converged on Beacon Hill to fight an effort to strip voters of the right to decide if fluoride should be added to municipal drinking water. The Legislature’s Committee on Public Health yesterday aired bills that would empower the state Department of Public Health to regulate fluoride in most […]
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City Council seeks delay in fluoride
NEW BEDFORD — The City Council is asking the Committee on Ordinances to prevent the fluoridation of the city’s water until the issue can be brought before voters. The action followed a veto by Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz Jr. of a motion by Councilor-at-large Brian K. Gomes to put a non-binding question on Nov. 8 […]
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Sweet News You Can Bite Into: Cavistat more effective than fluoride
October 28, 2005 — Candy may soon be good for your teeth. Long Island scientists have developed an enzyme that can be added to snacks and turn into a more powerful cavity fighter than fluoride. “[It attacks] all stages of the tooth-decay process at the same time,” said Dr. Israel Kleinberg of the Stony Brook […]
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Dangerous fluoride?
A Natick chemist whose research has linked fluoridated water to elevated levels of lead in children’s blood is trying to convince state lawmakers to defeat a proposal that would mandate fluoridation of most public water supplies. About 30 lawmakers are trying to require adding fluoride to water supplies that serve at least 5,000 people. Dental […]
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Fluoridation issue will return to Mt Pleasant’s fall ballot
A chemical recommended by dentists and found in toothpaste to treat teeth is once again a hot topic on the Mount Pleasant city ballot for next month’s election. The city will have a proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot asking residents whether or not to put sodium fluoride back in the water supply. There is […]
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Wood residents oppose DuPont permits
PARKERSBURG — Wood County residents turned out Monday night to object to the latest permits for the landfill where DuPont Co. dumped wastes containing the toxic chemical C8. Under the permits, the state Department of Environmental Protection does not limit the amount of C8 that DuPont can discharge from the landfill into tributaries of the […]
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Add fluoride to city water? No.
Claims that water fluoridation is safe and effective cannot withstand independent scrutiny. Nobel Laureate Dr. Arvid Carlsson, who led the successful campaign to defeat fluoridation in Sweden in the 1970s, describes it as “an obsolete practice.” While most Americans drink fluoridated water, the vast majority of people worldwide do not. Yet, according to WHO figures, […]
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Fluoridation debate in Springfield: Voters to decide in November
Few people will dispute that fluoride strengthens tooth enamel, but how that fluoride gets to those teeth is a hot-button issue. Citizens for fluoride gathered enough signatures this fall to put Issue 8 on the Nov. 8 ballot. The issue will ask voters if they want Springfield to fluoridate the city’s water. Springfield is the […]
United States, Ohio