Issues that arose as a result of Tuesday’s aborted City Council meeting continued to simmer Thursday — and will likely surface at the council’s regular Feb. 16 session. Councilman Lee Whetham said he disputes a posted notice banning political signs inside the council chambers and Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd’s decision to cut short public comment […]
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Flubendiamide. Bayer contests EPA’s decision on valuable insecticide for farmers
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of Flubendiamide, CAS No. C23H22F7IN2O4S ________________________________________________________________________________ Crop Science, a division of Bayer, announced today it has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to voluntarily cancel the uses of flubendiamide in the United States and instead will seek a review of the product’s registration in an administrative law […]
Dentist to Arab city council: Water board has ‘run amok’
A good portion of the Arab City Council meeting Monday night was devoted to discussing fluoride. Arab dentist Dr. John York told the council “you have a board that’s run amok, and I don’t think they’ve told you the truth since day one.” York’s concern is with the Arab Water Works board’s claim that discontinuing […]
Mobile home residents near New Lebanon never told about high fluoride levels
‘They never said anything’ Jessica Callison says when she moved into the Voyager Village Mobile Home Park two years ago, no one told her not to let her 6-year-old son drink the water. High fluoride levels have put the park of several hundred residents near New Lebanon under a water quality advisory since 2006, according […]
Port Angeles: Deputy mayor cuts meeting short — but fluoride foes continue with three council members
Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd reached her tipping point this week when a City Council meeting speaker compared four pro-fluoridation council members — including herself — to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Kidd, standing in for pneumonia-stricken Mayor Patrick Downie, abruptly adjourned Tuesday’s meeting during the second public comment session — it was the last […]
Cortland City Leaders Say No to Fluoride Grant
The debate over the positive health effects and potential negative impacts of fluoride returned to Cortland City Hall this week. City leaders were asked to apply for a grant to study putting fluoride in the public water supply. Several residents spoke out against adding fluoride to the Cortland Water supply with many speakers saying the […]
After more than 30 years, Rutland is reconsidering fluoride in city water
Voters in Rutland will be asked whether or not they want the city to continue adding fluoride to municipal water. Dentists and state experts tout decades of improved oral health, but opponents believe possible negative effects are being brushed aside. Fluoride is a natural mineral found in rock formations and soil. All water sources in […]
Now Dr. Oz is Against Fluoride Too?
Brother John Birch and anti-science activists have a new friend — in Dr. Oz. Well, anti-science activists always had him. But John Birchers, that may seem new. The good doctor has often garnered ratings by embracing wacky beliefs. Now he does so by again suggesting fluoride in water is hurting us, and for supporting evidence […]
Rutland: Fluoride makes ballot
The citizen group Rutland Fluoride Action, led by Jack Crowther, opposes adding fluoride to the city’s water supply Crowther and his group began gathering signatures on a petition that asked the question: “Shall the commissioner of public works fluoridate the public water supply of Rutland?” on July 31, to be added to the Town Meeting […]
Kalamazoo City Commission approves purchase of fluoride for water supply
Kalamazoo city commissioners have approved the purchase of fluoride for the municipal water system, which is mixed with tapwater to fight dental decay. It was done over the objection of several residents who think the chemical is a toxin. They told the body that Internet research tells them it’s not safe or wise to expose […]