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VIDEO: Campaigner Paul Connett speaks out over fluoride in Bedford
AN anti-fluoridation campaigner, who will talk in Bedford tonight (June 4), has warned of the dangers of the mineral in water supplies. Fluoridation has been a prominent issue in Bedfordshire lately as we revealed in March that the fluoride supply has been cut off in the county since 2009 without the public being told. Dr […]
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How is fluoride affecting Springville citizens’ health?
SPRINGVILLE — Although a group of community members had asked the Springville Village Board of Trustees to form a committee to re-evaluate the necessity and safety of putting fluoride into the village water system, the board looked into the matter and determined that such a move was not necessary. That decision was formally announced, during […]
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Portland. The Fight Against Fluoridation: Epilogue
It’s been almost two weeks since Portland voters overwhelmingly rejected a plan to add fluorosisilic acid to Bull Run tap water. Outspent 3 to 1 and facing fluoride lobbyists, high-paid consultants, and king-maker campaign operators, a loose-knit posse of citizen activists banded together to help Clean Water Portland overcome ‘Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland’ by a […]
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Watertown: Council to hear fluoride flip side
Pro-fluoride forces are taking their turn to go on offense. After weeks of hearing an anti-fluoride group lobby for its side, the Jefferson-Lewis County Dental Society and other supporters are ready to make their case for keeping the colorless and tasteless chemical in the city’s water supply. Dr. Andrew E.C. Crossley, president of the Jefferson-Lewis […]
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Hamilton: Pull-outs tip balance in fluoride vote critics
Hamilton looks likely to remove fluoride from its water in a vote from which at least five city councillors say they will abstain. A Hamilton City Council tribunal examining the topic has re-ignited intense public debate on the issue, with 89 per cent of the 1,557 submissions made to it in favour of stopping fluoridation. […]
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Peel Region: Protesters rally against water fluoridation
BRAMPTON— Protesters gathered outside Region of Peel headquarters in Brampton Saturday afternoon to rally against water fluoridation. The group waved placards and banners against the Region of Peel’s continued practice of adding fluoride to the water supply. Although fluoride is designed to improve standards of oral health and tackle tooth decay, protesters claim the substance […]
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Water found to be key factor in PFC levels
Biomonitoring data from the Minnesota Department of Health also confirms that years of cleanup efforts are showing positive results. An analysis of PFC levels in residents of Cottage Grove, Lake Elmo and Oakdale confirms the cause-effect link between how much unfiltered water those people drank and the amount of the pervasive chemical compounds were found […]
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Pew must get facts right on Maine kids’ oral health
In a letter to the editor on May 16, Shelly Gehshan of the Pew Charitable Trusts acknowledged that I was correct in my op-ed column published on May 8. I noted that Pew had made one of the most embarrassing errors in recent public health memory by accidentally inflating untreated tooth decay rates in the […]
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Hamilton: Fluoridation debate reaches climax
Hamilton’s Fluoride Tribunal hearing got under way on Tuesday. The four-day hearing will help Hamilton City councillors decide whether fluoride will continue to be added to Hamilton’s water. A decision will not be made before next week. Council received 1557 submissions on the issue – 1385 of those want council to stop fluoridation. There were […]
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Portland: Fluoride Campaign Spent $889,000 to Lose by 20 Points
Money can’t buy toothiness. The final spending tallies on the battle over Ballot Measure 26-151 show the pro-fluoride campaign outspent opponents nearly 3-to-1—and still lost by 20 percent of the vote in the May 21 special election. Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, the pro-fluoride campaign, spent $889,038 during the fluoride fight. The anti-fluoridation campaign, Clean Water […]
United States, Oregon