Drinking Water Fluoridation Request for Applications #1507301130 Grants Gateway ID: DOH01-DWF3-2015 Issued by New York State Department of Health,Center for Community Health, Division of Family Health, Bureau of Child Health Schedule of Events Letter of Interest/Intent Due November 5, 2015 Questions Due November 6, 2015 Applicant Conference Registration Deadline November 6, 2015 Applicant Conference November […]
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Rutland: Fluoride question not settled
In regard to fluoridation, people are likely to ask the following question: Why can’t we trust our doctors and dentists on this issue? The problem with giving a simple “We can!” is that the public health establishment and the American Dental Association so zealously promote fluoridation that they have shut the door on further discussion […]
Fluoride under attack in some towns, while Shelburne Community School has lowest prevalence of tooth decay
In 1999, the Hinesburg Selectboard unanimously approved the installation of a sodium fluoride saturator to the town’s water system. Fluoride, when added to drinking water, has the beneficial effect of preventing tooth decay. Despite broad scientific support of the safety and effectiveness of properly fluoridated drinking water, anti-fluoridation activists have some Hinesburg residents afraid to […]
Port Angeles Citizens Vote Against Fluoride
Port Angeles – Results are in from the fluoride survey sent out by the City of Port Angeles, and a majority of the respondents voted against the continuance of adding fluoride to the city’s water. The City Council polled the City’s water utility customers by mail with surveys sent out to each water utility customer […]
Port Angeles: Water fluoridation survey count starts this Monday
PORT ANGELES — Former Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand will begin her count of advisory city water fluoridation surveys Monday amid impressions that fewer surveys were filled out and sent to the city than anticipated. Rosand said Friday she could complete the tabulation as soon as Tuesday. “I will be surprised if it takes us […]
How seriously should we take the fluoride controversy?
For years, anyone who questioned the safety of adding fluoride to the public water supply was seen as fringe and anti-science. But recently, water fluoridation has come under closer scrutiny from science, and about 97 percent of tap water in Europe is now fluoride free. Is it time the US took similar steps? Topical fluoride, in […]
Anti-fluoride group charges deception; Nonexistent report, conflict of interest
A classic toothpaste commercial featured the line, “Look, Ma, no cavities!” An organization that is fighting a mandatory fluoridation law is now claiming, “Look, Ma, no cavities report.” Secure Arkansas, a self-described grassroots organization, has charged that a former official for the Arkansas Department of Health (AHD) used deception in getting the passage of Act […]
Oregon Ranks at the Bottom in Oral Health
Dr. Bruce Austin, 10 months into his job as Oregon’s first state dental director, says poor oral health is Oregon’s “hidden epidemic,” leading to worse overall health especially in children; he advocates statewide fluoridation among other solutions. According to a 2012 Oregon Smile Survey taken at 82 schools statewide, 17,000 Oregon kids between ages six […]
No changes in fluoride for Kyle
A move by San Marcos to no longer add fluoride to the city’s water supply system could have a small impact on water in Kyle and Buda. But according to Kyle Utilities Coordinator Jason Biemer, the city has no plans to add fluoride into the city’s water supply, as there are no federal or state […]
EPA investigating ExxonMobil for understating Torrance refinery risk
The EPA has opened an investigation into whether ExxonMobil understated the possible effects of a worst-case industrial disaster at its Torrance refinery, becoming the latest government agency to probe the company’s regulatory compliance in the wake of last February’s explosion. Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman Nahal Mogharabi confirmed that the agency is looking at ExxonMobil’s compliance […]