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Council backs ‘home rule’ right
SPRINGFIELD – The City Council last night unanimously approved a nonbinding resolution supporters said aimed at retaining the city’s right to decide whether to fluoridate its water. The bid to maintain “home rule” targeted a state House bill on oral health that would require all cities and towns of at least 5,000 people to add […]
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Fluoridated Pittsburgh: Highest rate of Tooth Decay in State
Myles Lenger, 7, knew he was due for a dentist’s visit. A free dental screening Saturday at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side proved him right. Hygienist Lisa Fabrizio found a cavity when she checked the second-grader from Monongahela, Washington County. Myles was among more than 400 children who got a free checkup […]
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Fluoride debate makes a return
SPRINGFIELD – Debate about fluoridating water has been part of the public discourse nationwide for decades and the issue will resurface at City Hall Monday. The City Council will consider a nonbinding resolution about fluoride at its 7:30 p.m. meeting in City Council Chambers that praises Springfield’s fluoride-free water supply. Supporters say fluoride prevents tooth […]
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Acid spill downtown sends 16 to hospitals
A truck traveling through Phoenix leaked more than 110 gallons of hydrofluorosilic acid on Friday, closing a significant part of downtown and keeping residents inside. Sixteen people – the truck’s driver, 11 police officers and four civilians – were taken to hospitals for evaluation because they may have stepped into the liquid. Three firefighters also […]
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After 60 years, fluoridation controversy’s still hot
Back in 1964, when the fictional General Ripper launched World War Three because he was convinced the Commies were polluting his precious bodily fluids, opposition to water fluoridation was generally considered the exclusive province of right-wing wackos. More than 40 years later, the anti-fluoride forces are still on the march–but they’re a lot different. They’re […]
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Toxic gas leak
EAST DEER — About 200 township residents evacuated Monday when a derailed tanker leaked a toxic gas into the Allegheny River might not be allowed to return to their homes until sometime Wednesday. Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride gas leaking from the derailed, overturned and submerged tanker can, if released into the air, cause eye, nose and […]
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Train Derailment Causes Hundreds Of Evacuations In Pa.
EAST DEER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A train derailed in East Deer Township at about 6 a.m. Monday and emergency crews evacuated some homes in the area. At least 13 of the 83 cars on the Norfolk Southern train derailed and eight of those cars were carrying hazardous materials, according to officials. Reports from the scene […]
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Hold off on that last quart of tea
Take it easy, tea drinkers. A researcher at Washington University has found that some instant teas contain startlingly high concentrations of fluoride. When the tea is mixed with fluoridated tap water, the fluoride reaches levels that would set off alarms at the Environmental Protection Agency. Brewed tea contains comparable amounts of fluoride, studies show. “For […]
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Fluoride Controversy in Pagosa Springs
On Tuesday evening, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District Board of Directors allowed a group of concerned citizens, headed by Cathy and Wayne Justus, to voice their concerns regarding fluoridation of the district’s water. There were about 40 community members present, apparently all opposed to fluoridation. Cathy began her talk by posing two questions […]
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Fluoridation: Weigh the risks along with the benefit
H ouse Bill 2025 would mandate the fluoridation of drinking water in Oregon municipal systems serving more than 10,000 people. At first glance that may sound like a healthy idea. After all, conventional wisdom is that fluorides help prevent caries of the teeth. As a physician, I was a proponent of drinking water fluoridation for […]
United States, Oregon