Connecticut Senate Democrats want to protect state residents from the Trump Administration’s plan to remove fluoride from drinking water, legislative leaders announced on Tuesday. The U.S. has added fluoride to drinking water since the 1940s, and it has been recognized as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. Senator Saud […]
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Chris Powell (opinion): Is RFK right about fluoridation?
% of U.S. residents are served by fluoridated water. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to become secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, considers fluoridation unsafe and aims to stop it. Kennedy has his eccentricities but that doesn’t make him wrong on fluoridation. Indeed, increasingly he seems to be right. […]
Connecticut requires large water systems to add fluoride to the water. Could RFK Jr. change that?
For the vast majority of Connecticut residents, a glass of water drawn from the tap comes with a miniscule amount of fluoride — and has so for decades — as part of public policy aimed at preventing tooth decay. Starting next year, however, those policies could see a major shift with the new presidential administration in […]
Winsted commission won’t hold hearing on fluoride in water until spring
WINSTED — The Water and Sewer Commission will not hold a hearing on the use of fluoride in drinking water until the spring. Commission members discussed last week the results… *Original full-text article online at: https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/09/22/winsted-commission-wont-hold-hearing-on-fluoride-in-water-until-spring/
Winsted commission to hold public hearing on use of fluoride in drinking water
WINSTED — The Water and Sewer Commission plans to hold a hearing on the use of fluoride in drinking water. The commission has not yet set a date, but members… *Original full-text article online at: https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/09/15/winsted-commission-to-hold-public-hearing-on-use-of-flouride-in-drinking-water/
This CT town’s residents are being asked if they still want water treated with fluoride
WINSTED — The town’s water department has issued a survey to its 2,500 users, asking whether they still want their drinking water treated with fluoride. Users started receiving the postcards in the mail early this week, with a return deadline of Sept. 1. One of the recipients was Selectman Jack Bourque (JJB06098@yahoo.com). He said at […]
UConn TCS Supports Development of Technology to Clean Greenhouse Gas Fumigant
Sulfuryl fluoride, a widely used fumigant, is a greenhouse gas. UConn TCS is helping the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station commercialize a technology that can clean these fumes before they are released into the atmosphere. UConn Technology Commercialization Services (TCS) is working with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven (CAES) to commercialize a technology that […]
Joe Markley: Who is really conservative, and can he survive the press?
Most candidates in the primaries for the Republican nominations for governor and lieutenant governor advertise themselves as “conservative,” since the party is generally conservative and its primary voters are heavily so. But the advertising leaves “conservative” undefined, and the candidates seem to think that conservative Republicans need only to hear the word before responding reflexively […]
Tea Partier Or Constitutional Conservative? Republican Lt. Gov. Candidate Owns Party’s Right Flank
He once championed a bill to stop the state from requiring the addition of fluoride to the public drinking water supply — unconvinced of the efficacy of the decades-long practice. He would eliminate the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, open up juvenile court proceedings to the public and establish a state holiday for […]
Study finds fluoride in water linked to IQ levels
A new study has found that high levels of fluoride in the water can affect IQ levels of children before they are even born. Researchers looked at nearly 500 sets of mothers and children in Mexico where fluoride is not added to public water supplies but naturally occurs. The study found a drop in scores […]