A wide-ranging Florida Farm Bill backed by Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson found favor in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee amid a debate over fluoride in Florida’s water supply. Most discussion of the measure (HB 651) revolved around a proposed statewide ban on water fluoridation, with Democrats opposed and Republicans rallying to the potential preemption. In her introduction, […]
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As opposition to fluoride grows, rural America risks a new surge of tooth decay
In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a decade openly defied state law by refusing to add fluoride to the drinking water. For its refusal, the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority has received hundreds of state […]
Council to comply with directive to fluoridate two city water supplies
Council will comply with the Director General of Health’s directive to fluoridate Rotorua city’s central and eastern water supplies with fluoridation to start on Friday, 28 March. Unfluoridated water will be available to residents who want it at Caledonia Street, Ngongotah?, where there is a tap located on the road berm between Dawson Drive and […]
Why Won’t Florida Professors Discuss Water Fluoridation?
For more than half a century, scientists supported the revolutionary move to fluoridate water for oral and public health. Opponents to the practice were primarily viewed as fringe and small contingency. But, the anti-fluoride movement has seen new life, particularly with Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and a few obscure scientific studies that have come […]
What’s Happened Since A Judge Ruled Water Fluoridation Is Lowering IQ?
Though Dr. Mark Burhenne has been railing against water fluoridation on his social media accounts and his “Ask the Dentist” podcast, he never thought he’d see it banned from so many public water supplies in his lifetime. A landmark ruling in September that directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the “unreasonable” risk […]
Temple Terrace willing to wait on state to settle fluoride debate
The fluoride debate is making waves across Florida, but Temple Terrace isn’t ready to dive in just yet. At the March 18 City Council meeting, council member Alison Fernandez suggested the city take up the issue of banning fluoride from its drinking water, echoing concerns raised by a handful of public speakers earlier in the […]
Whangarei to fluoridate water after court dismisses district council’s challenge
In her 24-page judgment, Justice Grau said the council’s refusal to fluoridate meant it had “demonstrated a concerning public disregard for the legal obligations of a local authority” for four months. Whang?rei District Council had challenged the Director-General of Health and Attorney-General in the High Court, seeking interim orders that would prevent the Director-General taking […]
Board of Health solicits public comments on fluoride
The Board of Health held a public forum on March 6 at town hall to seek input from residents about fluoride in drinking water. The topic was raised by chairperson Melissa Braga at a Board of Health meeting several months ago. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoride strengthens teeth and […]
Burgess ‘Likely’ Trump’s Pick to Lead CDC, But Ladapo Still in the Mix, Sources Say
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former Texas Republican Congressman Michael Burgess have emerged as potential nominees to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBS News reported. The White House last week withdrew President Donald Trump’s previous nominee, Dr. Dave Weldon, shortly before his U.S. Senate confirmation meeting. CBS News cited unnamed administration officials, who […]
Heavily Amended Fluoride Removal Bill Fails In Tennessee Senate Committee
SB1141, sponsored by Senator Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City-District 3), failed in the Senate Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday, March 19. The legislation would have revised the water testing standards for fluoride and reduced the amount of allowable detectable fluoride in analysis of public water systems from 1.5 milligrams per liter (mg/L) to […]