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Redding Voters Reject Fluoride
Redding soundly rejected water fluoridation Tuesday when 12,177, or 56.3 percent, of the voters approved Measure A. Fluoride proponents hoping to defeat the measure earned 9,437 votes, or 43.7 percent of the vote. But it was unclear late Tuesday whether Measure A’s passage will bottle up the city’s proposed water fluoridation program. A state law […]
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Watsonville fluoride vote is too close to call
Measure S, which would ban the addition of fluoride to the city’s water supply, went down to the wire Tuesday night, with the race too close to call. Absentee and provisional ballots will decide the race. Though the initiative does not specifically mention fluoride, the group Watsonville Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, which sponsored the […]
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Scientists slam Irish fluoridation report
The report of the Forum on Fluoridation, which recommends the continued fluoridation of public water supplies in Ireland, has been severely criticised by a group of international scientists. According to the scientists, the report’s primary conclusion that there are no adverse health effects from fluoridation, is ‘blatantly false’ and the only conclusion that they can […]
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VOICE Releases Scientific Critique of Irish Fluoridation Forum
Today, VOICE launched a Scientific Critique challenging the Fluoridation Forum Report‚ that was released on September 10th 2002 by the Health Minister. The Critique has been signed by 11 eminent scientists from Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, the UK and the USA, all of whom have been researching fluoridation of drinking water for many years. […]
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Report slams fluoridation policy
A scientific report slamming the government’s report into the fluoridation of Irish water, released in September, will be presented this week. The Voice report, written by leading scientists in the US, Britain and New Zealand, says the effectiveness of water fluoridation is not proved and that the government’s suggested small reduction of fluoride in the […]
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South Weber Utah considers high-grade fluoride
SOUTH WEBER — City officials, stuck with a fluoridation process they say their city’s residents don’t want, are considering a higher — and more costly — grade of fluoride. “If we’re going to fluoridate I think we should use the safest fluoride that we can,” said Councilman David Thomas. “If that’s pharmaceutical-grade fluoride, then we’ll […]
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Fluoride 101: Read before forming opinion
Fluoride. Just the mention of this word stirs up strong feelings, both from those in favor of water fluoridation and from those opposed to it. I’m sure you have your own personal opinion on the subject, but what I’d like to know is how much do people actually know about fluoridation? Read this to pick […]
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Activists hope to bar Redding Fluoridation
In the latest in a series of emotionally charged battles throughout California over water fluoridation, voters in Redding will decide Tuesday whether to prohibit the addition of the chemical compound to their water system. On one side of the argument is the medical and dental establishment in this city of 85,000, including its two major […]
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Fluoride on ballot for 3rd vote in Methuen
It’s deja vu for most city residents as they prepare for the third time in 21 years to vote on whether or not they support fluoridation of the Methuen water supply. The question, which will be posed to voters as part of a special city election in conjunction with the statewide election Tuesday, was put […]
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Saying it like it is in Watsonville
Back in Watsonville, we have two hot issues: fluoridation and a florid council race. This is the second chance for Watsonville to reject fluoridation with Measure S, after tossing it years ago by a 70% margin. We’ve been called ignorant for resisting mass medication. If so, we join a long list of fools worldwide, including […]
United States, California