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Health advocates rallied in the Capitol on Monday for a bill to require more fluoride in public drinking water, saying it would help low-income people avoid serious dental problems and save taxpayer money. The rally was led by PAFluorideNOW, a new coalition of public health advocates who are backing a bill sponsored by Rep. Stephen […]

The Clearfield Municipal Authority decided at its meeting last week that it will continue to add fluoride to its water after being threatened with lawsuits from the Pennsylvania Dental Association and a local dentist if it stops fluoridation. Last December the CMA board voted to ask the state Department of Environmental Protection for permission to […]

Warren City Council will continue to research the idea of adding fluoride to city water. After Angela Darr made a request at March’s city council meeting to have fluoride added to city water, the public works department was directed to research the idea. According to Public Works Director, Brent Ordiway, Pennsylvania American Water Company was […]

Testimony of Mike Ewall Director of ActionPA before Philadelphia City Council Committee on Public Health & Human Services Public Hearing Concerning the Safety of the City’s Drinking Water Resolution #080288 April 14th, 2008 Hi, my name is Mike Ewall and I’m the Founder and Director of ActionPA, a statewide environmental group based here in Philadelphia. […]

For the past 60 years, one scientific study after another have proven that adding fluoride to water supplies is a safe and effective method to significantly reduce tooth decay for those who consume the water. The time is now for Pennsylvania to join other states in requiring water systems to fluoridate their supplies to the […]

Recent news reports revealed plans to put fluoride into Westmoreland County’s drinking water to prevent dental cavities (“Bill to force fluoridation spurs debate,” Feb. 11 and PghTrib.com). I became the dental expert for the city of Johnstown in 1989 after the local water authority unexpectedly voted to fluoridate without any research or public discussion. Since […]

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County won’t be adding fluoride to its drinking water unless a bill in the state Legislature becomes law. The measure would require all public water suppliers with 500 or more customers — such as the Westmoreland authority — to add fluoride. It is the first time in nearly 20 years […]

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. – Some Lancaster County communities have too little fluoride in their water to effectively fight cavities. St. Joseph Health Ministries, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children’s health, has created a way for people to learn whether they live in one of them. The group Thursday launched the “Fluoride Finder” interactive […]

Support is building for an initiative to add fluoride to almost all drinking water in Pennsylvania, with proponents billing it as a safe and effective way to improve dental health across the state. Though some are suspicious of adding any chemicals to public water supplies, widespread scientific consensus supports the belief that adding fluoride to […]

Is adding fluoride to the water supply one of the all-time great public health initiatives? Or is it a plot to weaken the population or perhaps dispose of industrial waste? There’s a new push in Pennsylvania to require that fluoride be added to all public water systems, based on widespread agreement among scientists that it […]