POTSDAM — One of the leading opponents of municipal water fluoridation will speak at the Potsdam Town Hall Community Room at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26. Dr. Paul Connett, formerly on the faculty at St. Lawrence University and now acting director of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), will present “Fifty Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation.” His […]
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Springfield OKs ballot measure seeking voter approval for fluoride
Springfield city commissioners voted Tuesday to move ahead with a proposal that would allow voters to decide whether to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. The vote Tuesday will allow the city to file the appropriate paper work with the Clark County Board of Elections putting the issue on the ballot, said Bryan Heck, […]
Fluoride question will be on November ballot in Brooksville
BROOKSVILLE — Brooksville residents will decide in November whether the city will continue adding fluoride to their water supply, the City Council voted this week. The Council voted 3-2 to put the question to a vote after Mayor Betty Erhard questioned the expense of fluoridation and whether residents should be exposed to the substance without […]
Sheridan Council decides not to put water fluoridation to public vote
City council held a public hearing on the fluoridation of the city’s water Monday and ultimately voted not to put the issue on November’s ballot or conduct a public survey on the issue. Council voted 4-2 not to pursue the issue further. Mayor Roger Miller and Councilor Thayer Schafer voted against the motion to take […]
Dozens of fish in North Toe River killed after quarry leak, state officials say
PRUCE PINE, N.C. (WLOS) — Dozens of dead fish have died and are washing up on the banks of the North Toe River after a reported hydrofluoric acid leak at a Spruce Pine quarry, state officials say. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Regional Supervisor Landon Davidson said the leak happened at Quartz Corp. on […]
Springfield City commission to review fluoride ballot proposal
Springfield City Commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to put a measure on the ballot this fall to fluoridate the public water supply. If approved, voters would likely decide in November on whether to add fluoride to the water in Springfield and New Carlisle, said Charles Patterson, commissioner of the Clark County Combined Health District. […]
Are You Fluoridated?
It’s time we look at the fact that we are being dosed with a chemical, in an unmonitored and unstudied way, without our consent. What if I told you that your drinking water, and everything made from it – drinks to soups – was poisoned? What if I then told you that this poison was […]
Local View: Citizens join mayors in demanding safer refinery
The next few months will be critical in deciding the level of risk from a chemical release and disaster that will be allowed to be reimposed by Husky Energy on its workforce and on the citizens of the Twin Ports. The company, no doubt, will be happy to provide volumes of information to the mayors […]
Davis-Monthan AFB says it let some toxic compounds wash into soil, enter sewers
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base admits it allowed some toxic chemical compounds used for firefighting to wash into the soil and discharged the compounds in diluted form into sewers. But until the base finishes an investigation this fall of its use and disposal of the compounds, D-M officials said they’re not ready to say whether their […]
Study looks at media coverage of water fluoridation efforts
Last fall, oral health advocates joined a successful push to save a city water fluoridation ordinance in Rugby, N.D. Meanwhile, in Buda, Texas, voters rejected a measure that would have reinstated water fluoridation in their Austin suburb. A misinformation campaign mounted by a local anti-fluoridation group won out over the science, fluoridation supporter Jonathan Kimes, […]