“Clean” water may not be as clean as some think. Studies have shown that fluoride toxicity – which affects many tissues in the body besides the teeth — can lead to a variety of health problems and potentially affect people’s bones, brain, thyroid, pineal gland, and even blood sugar levels. Mercola.com has designated the week […]
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Bethel residents vote to continue fluoridation
BETHEL – Residents voted Tuesday to authorize the Bethel Water District to continue adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. The town has added fluoride since 1970. Bethel business owner Sarah Lane, who is not a resident of the town, asked selectmen to call a town vote on whether to stop using fluoride. She said […]
Park Hills: Decision on fluoridating drinking water supply still up in the air
No area residents came out Tuesday evening to share their thoughts on the City of Park Hills’ practice of injecting fluoride into the town’s drinking water system. A public hearing was held on the topic prior to the start of the evening’s regular city council meeting. No one came forward to speak on the issue. […]
Park Hills: Public hearing coming up Tuesday
The Park Hills City Council is scheduled to start out its next council session with a public hearing concerning the topic of fluoride in the town’s drinking water system. The hearing will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Park Hills City Hall, 9 Bennett St. The regular council meeting will follow. City leaders discussed possibly […]
Ckarksburg: Water fluoridation likely to continue with Calvert’s election to board
With Jon Calvert’s election to the Clarksburg Water Board, the three-member panel’s split decision to stop buying fluoride will likely be reversed, both sides agree. Meanwhile, the water board’s other split decision — to remove three of its dams — remains as murky as the West Fork River, despite Calvert’s preference for keeping the structures […]
Jayanth V. Kumar, DDS, MPH, named California State Dental Director
Former N.Y. state dental director to assume role in California Gov. Jerry Brown today announced that Jayanth V. Kumar, DDS, MPH, will serve as California’s new state dental director. For years, the California Dental Association has advocated for a state dental director — the establishment of this position is a major achievement for the state’s […]
Bethel: Fluoridation Vote on June 9
BETHEL — Residents will vote on a $3.7 million municipal budget at next week’s annual town meeting. The meeting begins at the polls Tuesday, June 9, at Crescent Park School and will continue at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, also at the school. One issue to be decided at the polls is whether the Bethel […]
Salem & Westborough: Pro-Fluoridation Interactive Speaker Training, June 23 & 24
Registration Links: Salem – Westborough See original link for more information Note from Fluoride Action Network: Salter Mitchell, the affiliation of Peter Mitchell (one of the “Expert Trainers”), is a PR firm that promotes itself with Change Behavior and Change Public Opinion.
Have You Been Consuming Too Much Fluoride?
… have we been getting too much of a good thing? The short answer: No. According to Mark Wolff, D.D.S., associate dean for pre-doctoral clinical education at the New York University College of Dentistry, “toxic levels of fluoride are very, very high—dozens of times greater than 1 milligram per liter of water.” Signs of someone […]
Fluoridation Repealed In Sullivan, Three Ordinances Approved
The City of Sullivan will no longer be adding fluoride to its municipal water supply following actions of the Sullivan City Council, Tues., May 19, during their regular meeting. The council voted unanimously to repeal city code 705.050 which required the city to add fluoride to the municipal water supply. The city ordinance had been […]