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NORTH ATTLEBORO — Supply problems continue to keep the town from adding fluoride to its drinking water. The water department notified residents in November that a nationwide shortage of sodium fluoride — the chemical added to prevent tooth decay — was forcing the town to suspend treatment. “It’s still not available,” Mark Hollowell, public works […]

Water & Sewer Department Posted on: December 7, 2021 Sodium Fluoride for Water Treatment for the Town of Shrewsbury BOARD OF HEALTH 100 MAPLE AVENUE SHREWSBURY, MA 01545 508-841-8384 Dear Shrewsbury Residents: Despite the Town’s best efforts to avoid the global supply chain issues affecting the availability of sodium fluoride, the Town of Shrewsbury inventory […]

The Whiting Street water facility was built in 2001, and is the newest of North Attleboro’s wells. It was equipped to handle fluoride at the time of construction. MARK STOCKWELL/THE SUN CHRONICLE/ NORTH ATTLEBORO — You may want to spend a little more time flossing and brushing if you use the town’s water supply. The […]

Note from Fluoride Action Network: This Opinion piece was authored by seven students at the UMass Chan Medical School. The students state, “Adding fluoride to tap water has been shown to be a safe and effective way to prevent dental caries” without any reference to the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies. Somehow we doubt that these students […]

Petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma-fluoride To: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture From: [Your Name] More than half of Massachusetts residents receive fluoridated water, including Boston. Statistics: https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-communities-receiving-communities-water-fluoridation/download [url] Many residents have often sought to remove fluoride from municipal water supplies after examining the research. In Wilmington, the Director of Public Health in 2000 recommended […]

Original pdf for Massachusetts Community Water Fluoridation Census Partially Fluoridated Population         28,975 Total MA Population Receiving Fluoridated Water   4,290,218  * – Receives fluoridated water from the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) + – Site fluoridates water, but community water supply is not fluoridated # – Receives fluoridated water from neighboring fluoridated community ^ – Receives fluoridated […]

Natick was set to run out of fluoride for the water supply on Saturday until a gift from neighbors. NATICK, MA — Natick will avoid a potential tooth ache. The town was set to run out of fluoride for the drinking water supply on Saturday citing a supply chain disruption. That would’ve left the town […]

Natick has given residents a heads up that it expects the town in mid-October will run out of the sodium fluoride it adds during water treatment to help improve oral health in kids. It hopes to have the issue resolved in December. The town says drinking water suppliers nationwide are running into such issues due […]

The town is citing a shortage of sodium fluoride, an additive that helps teeth but is not necessary to keep water drinkable. NATICK, MA — Natick will run out of sodium fluoride for the town’s drinking water by Oct. 9 amid a nationwide shortage, the public works department is reporting. Natick adds small amounts of […]