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Fluoridation schemes proposed for Polk County (‘Phosphate Country’)
DAVENPORT – Davenport council members are about a year away from considering whether to fluoride at their expanded water plant. But the issue will be on Four Corners officials faster than they expect. Polk County this spring received Southwest Florida Water Management District approval to bump up Northeast water production to 6.05 million gallons a […]
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Debate over fluoridation in Hutchinson
A Hutchinson-based organization that supports preventive dental health care is offering the city of Hutchinson a $247,000 grant to help fluoridate the city’s water supply. The offer, one of several being made across the state to encourage communities to fluoridate their water to help prevent tooth decay, comes five years after the Hutchinson City Council […]
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Coldwater residents to have fluoride in water by next year
COLDWATER — Before the end of the year, Coldwater will have fluoride in its water. City Manager Bill Stewart urged the council to allow the public utility to go ahead with a permit and then purchase the equipment. “It’s the right thing to do,” he said. A controversial issue in the 1950’s, it was voted […]
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First Citizen’s Conference on Fluoride
Co-sponsored by: FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK and HAUDENOSAUNEE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora) The First Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride will be held at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, and at the Mohawk Nation Longhouse at Akwesasne, near Massena NY. The conference has been convened to enable citizens, environmentalists, and those working […]
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Lancaster Council puts fluoride on ballot
LANCASTER — Voters will be able to decide whether they want fluoride in their water. After hearing testimonials from proponents and opponents of the controversial issue, City Council voted 6-3 to place the issue on the ballot for the November General Election. Councilmen Dwight Dyke Andrews, Rudy Touvell and Karl Justus voted against the legislation. […]
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National Health Alert on Imported High-Fluoride Toothpastes
NBC 5 reporter Ken Kalthoff first broke this story in May, when he found several tubes of foreign toothpaste at eight different dollar discount stores around North Texas. Shopping undercover, our NBC 5 crew found that most of the packages look a lot like regular American brands. In fact, customers at the stores told us […]
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Pinellas County starts fluoridating water
CLEARWATER – Most Pinellas County residents can expect something new in the water today. That’s when the county begins adding fluoride to its water supply, ending decades of resistance against one of the most recognized trends in preventing tooth decay. Commissioners voted 6-1 in August in favor of fluoridating water that serves more than 600,000 […]
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Fluoride About To Flow in Pinellas
CLEARWATER – After years of on-again, off-again discussion and debate, Pinellas County will begin fluoridating its water supply on Monday, ending its status as the largest water system in the eastern United States devoid of the cavity- fighting additive. The move is lauded by county health officials and other medical professionals as a long-awaited and […]
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Activist ratchets up debate over mercury dental fillings
Four years ago, worrying about dental fillings was just a preoccupation for Leo Cashman. Now it’s a full-time job. Cashman, 59, has turned his south Minneapolis apartment into the headquarters of a grass-roots movement to rid the world of mercury fillings and other perceived health dangers. As executive director of DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome) […]
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Fluoride fallout: Council recommends fluoridated water issue for ballot initiative
ARCATA — It’s too big of an issue for just five people to decide. That was the consensus of the Arcata City Council after a nearly three-hour discussion on the city’s almost 50-year-old Fluoride Program. The council had been asked to review, discuss and possibly repeal the program, which has added fluoride to the city’s […]
United States, California