In the summer of 1969, Dr. Richard Greulich, the scientific director of the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR), stood in front of the Sugar Industry Research Foundation (SIRF) sponsored symposium to discuss how to eliminate tooth decay and assured his audience it wouldn’t have anything to do with reducing sugar consumption. He echoed Big […]
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Fluoride question swirls in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA — The city of Alexandria is considering adding fluoride again to its water supply, although some local residents question whether health hazards might outweigh the benefits of the tooth decay-fighting element. The issue surfaced during Monday’s City Council meeting when council member Dr. David Steele, a dentist, asked that the city add fluoride to […]
Say ahhh … Time to fluoridate isle water?
Hawaii’s children have the most pervasive tooth decay in the nation. Particularly hard hit are low-income families, whose children need urgent dental care at a rate five times higher than that for higher-income peers, according to a first-of-its-kind survey through which Hawaii’s Department of Health compared data with other states. Among the fix-it strategies in […]
Both sides of Meadville fluoride debate still waiting to tell their stories
“This is not going to be an easy decision, but we need to look at both sides of the story,” Meadville Area Water Authority Chairman Tim Groves said following the May 2013 meeting that featured both supporters and opponents of fluoride making their cases to the board. More than three years later, both sides of […]
Fluoride Outcry Explodes In Hixson As Water Wars Seep To City
The board of a sleepy water district in Chattanooga is doused Friday under a cataract of opposition to fluoride that sloshed routine business to the back of the agenda. Hixson-area residents angered at the industrial acid in drinking water say Hixson Utility District is playing with the health of its customers by continuing the chemical […]
Torrance Refinery Fire Renews Community’s Safety Concerns
The fire occurred in the refinery’s alkylation unit, which is where a form of liquid hydrofluoric acid is used in the refining process. Residents living near the oil refinery in Torrance are concerned Wednesday after a fire broke out at the facility. No one was injured in the fire reported around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday in […]
Health district to pursue fluoridation in Springfield, New Carlisle
The Clark County Board of Health will support asking voters to add fluoride to the water in both Springfield and New Carlisle. Moorefield Twp. and Park Layne already adds flouride to their water.
Sierra Club Petition to EPA on lax Brick & Ceramic kiln National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Petition for Review of Final Administrative Action of the United States Environmental Protection Agency *Online at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/sierra-petition.brick_.11-14-16.pdf SIERRA CLUB,et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. Excerpt: Petitioners seek review of the final action taken by EPA at 80 Fed. Reg. 65,470 (Oct. 26, 2015) and entitled “NESHAP [National Emission Standards […]
Kennebunk-area voters decide to cease water fluoridation
Voters have decided to stop fluoridating water in the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District. Residents of seven towns in the district voted to stop treating drinking water with fluoride, 9,922 votes to 5,625 votes. Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel and parts of Biddeford and York get their water from the district. Fluoride is commonly […]
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells Water District: Voters say no to fluoride
KENNEBUNK — Customers of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells Water District voted Tuesday to stop adding fluoride to the public water supply. Janice Hanson, chairperson of Campaign to Reconsider Water Fluoridation, the citizen’s group that sought signatures to put the issue on the ballot, said, “Voters in seven Maine communities sent a loud and clear message […]