For decades, the city of Laramie has fluoridated its water supply, as is common practice for cities across the nation. But following the recent inquiries of a concerned resident, the Laramie City Council is scheduled to host a work session Tuesday addressing the fluoridation of municipal water. City Manager Janine Jordan said it’s the first […]
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Wells to decide whether to remove fluoride from drinking water
The Town of Wells met to discuss the future of its public water supply, specifically discussing if fluoride should be removed from the town’s drinking water. The big endorsement of the proposal came from the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District, saying fluoride in drinking water is an outdated practice. Tuesday night at town hall, […]
Mr Fluoride (Get the F out of our water) Battle Hymn
Leslie Thresher of the New York City Coalition Against Artificial Fluoridation first sang this song as her testimony at a public hearing on NY Medicaid on May 4, 2016. She has now transformed it into this creative production.
Letter: Water district superintendent speaks out on fluoridation
This letter is in response to a letter to the editor from Dianne Smallidge published on Aug. 31, in which she was critical of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Water District’s position to stop its current practice of adding fluoride to the water it serves its customers. Also, her characterization of distributing “misinformation” is severely […]
Water Fluoridation Linked to Diabetes and Low IQ
In the video above, you can watch professor Paul Connett, Ph.D., director of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), debate professor Mike Berridge, Ph.D., of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand on the topic of water fluoridation. This debate was 12 years in the making; it’s taken that long to find someone willing […]
Your dentist’s advice may prove to be toothless
It’s not just flossing. Or the fluoride. A lot of what your dentist has been telling you to do over the years is looking, well, toothless, according to a new report that contradicts commonly given advice. Writing for The New York Times, Dr. Aaron E. Carroll debunked everything you thought you knew about your teeth, […]
Endo To Pay $15.5M to Settle Fluoride Multivitamin Class Action
Endo Health Solutions Inc. has reportedly agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its Qualitest multivitamins that allegedly contain less than 45 percent of the amount of fluoride that is advertised on the label. Plaintiff Shannon Mahoney initially filed the Endo class action lawsuit in December 2015, alleging she purchased […]
Phillipe Grandjean awarded the John Goldsmith Award
The John Goldsmith Award is for sustained and outstanding contributions to the knowledge and practice of environmental epidemiology. This annual award was established to honor John Goldsmith, one of the organizers, early leaders, and constant supporters of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), who passed away in October 1999. ISEE has chosen Dr. Philippe […]
Healdsburg: Court rules that city erred on fluoride ballot measure language
An attempt by the city of Healdsburg to alter the suggested language of an anti-fluoride ballot measure has been spurned by a Sonoma County judge. Fluoride opponnents, led by former Rohnert Park City Council member Dawna Gallagher, collected enough signatures to place a measure on the November ballot requiring the city to get written documentation […]
Duxbury: Voter Petition to Ask Whether or Not to Fluoridate Water Supply
Fluoride in the town’s public water supply for drinking took center stage at Monday night’s Duxbury Selectmen’s meeting. Currently, there is fluoride in the drinking water in Duxbury. “The board held an interesting discussion on what is going to be Article 8 for our special town meeting on Monday, September 19th. It’s a petition by […]