OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Should fluoride be in your drinking water? That’s a big question buzzing around the state right now. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again’ initiative directs the Oklahoma State Department of Health to stop recommending fluoride in public water systems. “I’ve been in practice for 30 years and I never thought […]
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Outside/In: Fluoridation Nation
Ever since fluoridation became widespread in the 1950s, cavities in kids have fallen drastically. The effort is considered one of the ten greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. But it’s also one of the most controversial. At really high doses, fluoride is toxic – it can calcify your bones and even fuse your […]
Will Pennsylvania follow other states in banning fluoride?
Fluoride is under fire nationally, driven in part by concerns from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In March, Utah became the first state to ban community water fluoridation, followed by a prohibition in Florida that took effect Tuesday. Now, legislators have taken up the cause in Pennsylvania. A pair of bills introduced last month […]
‘We are putting a poison into our water system’: Sparta considers fluoride removal from drinking water
SPARTA, Tenn. (WKRN) — “We are putting a poison in our water system and I think we need to removed,” Sparta Mayor Jerry Lowrey told News 2. That’s what Sparta’s mayor is saying about fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Fluoride has been added to much of Tennessee’s drinking water for more than five decades, […]
City Council subcommittee votes to maintain fluoridation of water
FITCHBURG — The City Council’s legislative affairs committee, chaired by At-Large Councilor Beth Walsh, voted to maintain fluoridation of the city’s water, an issue that carried some heated discussion during the Tuesday evening meeting at the Legislative Building. Proponents for abolishing fluoride, At-Large Councilor Marcus DiNatale and Ward 3 Councilor Andrew Couture, brought guest speakers, […]
What’s stopping kids from getting fluoride at well visits?
Primary care clinicians may face barriers to using a topical fluoride varnish (TFV), including time constraints and the assumption that dentists are already administering it, according to a study recently published in JDR Clinical & Translational Research. Some of the methods to meet these challenges may include having TFV supplies readily available in the exam […]
Fluoride, no fluoride in drinking water: Somerset investigating issue
Somerset will hold a special public meeting on July 7 to discuss removing fluoride from the public water supply. Dental health professionals will speak at the meeting to address potential negative impacts of the removal. A special public meeting of the borough council and local municipal authority will be held at 5 p.m. July 7 […]
Fluoridated water on its way out in Sweet Home?
During its June 24 meeting, the City Council moved to repeal a 1964 ordinance that provides fluoridation in the city’s water system. With very little discussion on the matter, the council voted 6-0 (Councilor Ken Bronson was absent) to conduct the first two readings of an ordinance that would effectively remove fluoridation of the city’s […]
Pasco considers ending fluoride addition to public water system after nearly 30 years
Pasco has started a required 90-day public notification process to potentially stop adding fluoride to city water after nearly 30 years • The city began adding fluoride in 1998 to meet state health guidelines, even though fluoride naturally exists in the water at lower levels • Two public feedback sessions are scheduled for August 5th […]
Florida ends fluoridating its water July 1. Here’s what you should know
As of Tuesday morning, Florida water providers will no longer be adjusting the level of fluoride in their water supply. While applauded by skeptics of the practice, dental experts are concerned that there could be dental health impacts to Florida’s most vulnerable populations, like children and the elderly. The state legislature passed a bill that […]