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Watsonville fluoride fight hits state appeals court
SAN JOSE — A fight against the fluoridation of Watsonville’s water supply landed in a state appellate court Tuesday. Watsonville is asking the Sixth District Court of Appeals to overturn a 2004 ruling by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Robert Atack that said state law requiring the addition of the tooth decay-fighting chemical trumps […]
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“Bellingham Families for Fluoride” raises record amount
A political action committee supporting a ballot measure to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water has raised $169,905 in its campaign, the most spent on a single issue in city history, according to the group’s finance reports. Bellingham Families for Fluoride received $35,000 from the Washington Dental Service Foundation, as well as $8,500 from the […]
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Heated debate over fluoridation of Bellingham’s drinking water
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Centers for Disease Control considers adding fluoride to water as “one of the ten great public-health achievements of the 20th century.” But fluoridating water to fight tooth decay is back in the spotlight in Bellingham, Wash. On November 8, Bellingham residents will be asked to decide whether or not they’d like […]
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Not in My Water Supply
Somebody put a dead rat in Curtis Smith’s mailbox. Someone else has made anonymous phone calls accusing him of trying to poison his neighbors. And all around the usually placid university town of Bellingham, Wash., activists from a group called Citizens Against Forced Fluoride have planted lawn signs adorned with skull and crossbones. “I had […]
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Cavistat Toothpaste – “More Effective Than Fluoride”
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y.– Ortek Therapeutics Inc. announced today that CaviStat®, an experimental fluoride-free cavity fighting complex based on saliva chemistry, was significantly more effective than fluoride in a two year, 726 patient toothpaste study. These results were published in the most recent issue, Volume 16, Number 3, of The Journal of Clinical Dentistry, a peer […]
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Amoxicillin in Infancy May Be Associated With Fluorosis of Permanent Teeth
Oct. 4, 2005 — Amoxicillin in infancy is associated with fluorosis of permanent teeth, according to the results of a study reported in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. “It has been speculated that amoxicillin use could be associated with dental enamel defects,” write Liang Hong, DDS, MS, PhD, from […]
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Fluoride Shortfall: Fertilizer plant closure puts nationwide crimp on fluoridation
The ongoing shutdown of a phosphate fertilizer plant in Florida has led to a sharp drop in supplies of a key water fluoridation chemical and to spot fluoride shortages in towns and cities across the U.S. The Fort Meade, Fla., facility, operated by U.S. Agri-Chemicals, makes hydrofluosilicic acid (H2SiF6, HFS) as a by-product of the […]
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Public health bodies slam new fluoride tolerance levels
Environmental organizations claim that new food tolerances for the fluoride-based pesticide sulfuryl fluoride could be potentially damaging to public health. The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tolerances were requested by Dow AgroSciences following the firm’s expansion of its pesticide sulfuryl fluoride – trade name ProFume – which is used to fumigate food processing facilities and […]
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Professor’s Research Reignites Fluoride-Cancer Correlation Debate
A Harvard professor’s testimony to the government on the effects of adding fluoride to tap water has inflamed a 60-year-long debate over the chemical’s safety and its place in the water supply—prompting a University investigation into his work that has garnered nationwide attention. Chester Douglass, chair of the Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Department at […]
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Whatcom County Democrats have said “NO!” to Fluoridation
Whatcom Democrats, on the evening of September 14, voted to support a “NO” vote on Proposition #1, against fluoridation. Citizens Against Forced Fluoride welcome the growing number of organizations, professionals, and individuals coming out against the fluoridation scheme. This is a significant development regarding the future of Bellingham and those who drink, bathe in, or […]
United States, Washington State