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Palmerston North: Submitters have their say on fluoride in water
There’s something in the water that’s getting people complaining to their local councils: fluoride. It’s the hottest topic in public submissions made over the Palmerston North District Council’s annual plan. Most submitters on the issue want the chemical compound taken out of their water. Their council’s one of the 23 that’s followed Government recommendations to […]
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Portland Voters Reject Water Fluoridation for the Fourth Time
Mayor Charlie Hales expressed his disappointment in a statement. “The measure lost despite my own ‘yes’ vote.That’s sure disappointing, but I accept the will of the voters.” Portland voters first turned down fluoridation when the process began in the 1950?s, and again during the 1960?s. It was briefly approved in 1978, however that plan was […]
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Fluoride increasingly removed from water supply despite lack of evidence it is harmful
CALGARY — Depending on who you ask, and when, fluoride is either one of the top public health initiatives of the 20th century, or a poison artificially injected into the water supply. Fluoridated water is endorsed by virtually every credible health organization in North America, including Health Canada, the Centre for Disease Control and numerous […]
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Rebel Portland: Clean Water Warriors Claim Victory
If you worked on the ‘Healthy Kids Healthy Portland‘ campaign promoting fluoridation of Portland’s legendary Bull Run fresh water, you’re probably not having the best week. You’re probably thinking, “I don’t understand, HOW could we have lost by 21 percent with the campaign manager/consultant duo of Evyn Mitchell and Mark Wiener that crafted platinum chart-toppers […]
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Beck: Returning to fluoridation would put health at risk
Re: “Ending fluoridation was a rotten idea,” Rob Breakenridge, Opinion, May 22. The column by Rob Breakenridge on fluoridation is misleading on several points. Presumably the column is a reaction to the current flurry over the suggestion by two dentists that city council consider reintroducing fluoridation. The decision to stop fluoridation was made after long […]
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Whakatane and Ohope: Concern over fluoride levels
A change in water fluoridation policy in the United States has a Tauranga resident worried the fluoride levels in some Bay of Plenty areas are too high. In an attempt to reduce the risk of mild fluorosis, the fluoride level in US water was recently reduced [sic, should be proposed] from an optimum range between […]
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Palmerston North: Mayor wants ministry to review fluoridation stance
Amid calls for Palmerston North to dump fluoridation of the city’s water, Mayor Jono Naylor wants the Ministry of Health to review its stance on the matter. Anti-fluoride campaigners have made the issue the major theme of submissions on the city council’s draft Annual Plan, which will be debated on Wednesday. About one-third of the […]
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Portland: Inspired water fight sends message
Outspent Portland fluoride opponents rallied a movement Now we know why fluoride backers pressed so hard to avoid a public vote. Anti-fluoridation forces — who raised far less money, had fewer seasoned campaign professionals and lost a one-sided battle for newspaper and other endorsements — easily overturned the Portland City Council’s decision to fluoridate the […]
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Carleton Place to tackle fluoridation debate
EMC News – Carleton Place councillors will get the chance to learn more about both sides of the debate regarding fluoridation in drinking water. The occasion will come June 4 at an information session – held upstairs at the town hall at the start of the regular Carleton Place council meeting at 7 p.m. Council […]
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ADA’s American Dental Political Action Committee presents awards
Awards presented during the May 13-15 Washington Leadership Conference in the nation’s capital recognize grassroots activity by American Dental Political Action Committee dentists. Read the ADA’s full article
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