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$25 Prescription Toothpaste Is Not a Sham
You won’t find these toothpastes in your local grocery store, because of the high amount of fluoride ve never minded going to the dentist. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that I’ve never really had a dentist tell me anything other than “your teeth look great, see you next year.” Or, […]
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West Manchester water supplier looks to remove fluoride from water
A West Manchester Township water authority aims to remove fluoride from the drinking water, and township officials say there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Shiloh Water Authority submitted an application to the state Department of Environmental Protection in November requesting that it be allowed to stop adding fluoride to its water. The authority provides water to […]
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Grand Rapids celebrates being first city in U.S. to add fluoride to water
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss reads an official proclamation Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at City Hall. (Courtesy photo | City of Grand Rapids) GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Grand Rapids was the first city in the country to add fluoride to its drinking water in an attempt to fight tooth decay. Seventy-five years later, the […]
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OPINION: 75 years ago, fluoride was first used in water. That’s something to smile about.
A retired dentist reminds us of the value of having fluoridated the water systems. Toothaches and tooth loss used to be miseries that Floridians took for granted. In the late 1950s, most Americans aged 65 or older had lost all of their teeth, largely because of tooth decay (cavities). Since then, the portion of seniors […]
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SB 86 [end of mandatory fluoridation]: What You Need to Know & How to Take Action
Note from Fluoride Action Network, Currently, Kentucky has mandatory fluoridation for communities with a population of 1,500 or more. Statutes clearly delegate powers to the State Board of Health to adopt regulations necessary to protect the dental health of the people. Under this law, Kentucky established standards for approval of public water supplies. These administrative […]
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Fluoride exposure in pregnancy can affect offspring’s IQ
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We include this article for historical purposes only. (EC) A study in 512 mother-child pairs from 6 major cities in Canada found that exposure to higher levels of fluoride during pregnancy was associated with lowered intelligent quotient (IQ) scores in their children at the age of 3 to 4 years. […]
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OSHA Fines Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery $132K for PSM Hazards
Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) was issued several citations and fine of $132,600 this week by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a massive fire and series of explosions at its refinery in Philadelphia, PA last June. An investigation of the firm’s Grand Point Refinery complex revealed shortcomings in the […]
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Erik Baptist Weighs In on Landmark TSCA-Related Water-Fluoridation Lawsuit
Erik C. Baptist, partner in Wiley Rein’s Environment & Product Regulation Practice, was quoted in an Inside EPA story on January 13 regarding a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) denial of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) citizen petition seeking to ban drinking water fluoridation. As reported by Inside EPA, the plaintiffs overcame […]
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51 Michigan water systems awarded national fluoridation quality award
LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced today that 51 water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The award recognizes those communities that maintained a consistent level of optimally fluoridated water throughout 2018. A total of […]
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Fluoridation: A 75-year-old Blunder
Seventy-five years ago, dentists convinced government officials to experiment on every Grand Rapids, Michigan, resident without individual informed-consent to prove that (not if) dosing the municipal water supply with untested sodium-fluoride chemicals would decay-proof children’s developing teeth. Planned to last 15 years, the 1945 study ended prematurely after 6 ½ years. Teeth of most children […]
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