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  • Leading fluoride opponent Paul Connett says fluoridation makes no sense — at any level

    Last week the federal government announced a plan to reduce the safe upper limit for fluoride in drinking water, to help protect children from the disfiguring marks or mottling of teeth that occurs with overexposure to the mineral. Fluoride has been added to public drinking supplies in the U.S. for decades, at the behest of […]

  • Jeremy Wiseman MD speaks out against fluoridation at the Austin City Council

    Dr. Wiseman’s presentation on August 8, 2014, to the Austin City Council was videotaped and made available on YouTube. The following is a transcription made by the Fluoride Action Network. Thank you Mayor and council members. My name is Jeremy Wiseman, a family practitioner at Wiseman Family Practice. The topic I want to discuss today […]

  • The campaign to keep Austin fluoridated

    This was an email sent out by the Texas Oral Health Coalition on August 11 – see original [See FluorideFreeAustin for the other side] Call for Action The Texas Oral Health Coalition requests letters of support regarding community water fluoridation to be sent to the Austin Public Utilities Committee as soon as possible. A resolution […]

  • Austin panel set to consider water fluoridation proposal

    Austin officials are set to consider a water fluoridation proposal from a city councilman, who wants the practice to end by December. The city has fluoridated its water for several decades, and public health officials say that it’s one of the primary ways to combat tooth decay, the Austin American-Statesman said. But anti-fluoride activists contend […]

  • Student government bill to install two fluoride-free drinking water fountains on Austin campus

    To protect the health needs of more students, Student Government is working on a plan to implement safer drinking water. Student Government passed a bill last week to install fluoride filters on at least two drinking fountains on campus, making UT the first college in the nation to offer such a plan, said Student Government […]

  • Committee votes to continue adding fluoride to city water

    Austin committee members voted to continue fluoridating city water after taking no action on a proposal to remove the added fluoride. The Public Utilities Committee and Health and Human Services Committee considered a resolution from Council Member Don Zimmerman that claimed it is unethical to force residents to consume fluoride and called for the city […]

  • Fate of fluoride in Buda’s water to be decided in Nov. 7 election

    Highlights • Town had fluoridated water until San Marcos residents voted in November 2015 to stop fluoridating their water. • Most of the costs of fluoridation in Buda would be covered by the Texas Fluoridation Program. The debate over whether to add fluoride to the water in Buda, reignited early this year by community activists, […]

  • Diagnosis and treatment of deforming osteoarthrosis in subjects in contact with fluoride compounds

    Deforming osteoarthrosis (DOA) has the highest prevalence rate among joint diseases [1, 3-9]. There is little information about the development of DOA in subjects in contact with fluoride compounds [2]. We have studied the characteristics of the diagnosis and treatment of DOA with patients who had previous contact with fluoride compounds in comparison to primary […]

  • Corpus Christi: Sierra Club requests criminal investigation of CITGO Refining’s May 12th accident

    Excerpt: SIERRA CLUB P. O. Box 1931 Austin, TX 78767 June 26, 1997 The Honorable Jane Saginaw Regional Administrator, Region VI United States Environmental Protection Agency 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 Fax 214-665-6648 Re: Criminal investigation requested of CITGO Refining’s May 12th accident at Corpus Christi, Texas due to toxic hydrofluoric acid […]

  • Elgin debating refluoridating its water supply

    Right now, Elgin’s water has minimal amounts of natural flouride, but it’s not enough to prevent tooth decay. “Most of us have been told if you want your teeth to be okay, you should have fluoride in the water,” Elgin resident Jeanette Shelby said. The American Dental Association agrees, saying fluoridation of community water is […]