Thirty-two Oklahoma communities in Oklahoma were awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award this week from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The winners included Oklahoma City’s Draper Water Treatment Plant and Hefner Water Treatment Plant, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. For 2013, a total of 2,184 public water systems in […]
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Do newly released emails reveal conflict of interest between the CDC and the ADA?
Over 2000 pages of emails released under a Freedom of Information Act request have uncovered an apparent conflict of interest between the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) regarding water fluoridation. The emails also contain an admission by the CDC that those with kidney issues will likely be […]
Eureka Springs: Fight against fluoridation hits setback
At Monday’s City Council meeting a proposed ordinance whose sponsor said was intended to protect the quality of Eureka Springs’ water quality was voted down by a 3-2 margin. In an ongoing effort to keep fluoride out of the Eureka Springs water system, Alderwoman Mickie Schneider introduced an ordinance requiring the Carroll-Boone Water District to […]
Shell Lake: Council hears opinions on fluoridation, several approvals
SHELL LAKE- A discussion regarding the Shell Lake City Council’s unanimous decision in September to stop putting fluoride in city water was held during the council’s regular monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 13. Two dentists; Dr. Dellin Bakkum, Dr. Edward Dunbar and Linda Jorgensen, a dental hygienist and president of the Northwest Wis. Dental Hygienists Association appeared at […]
Gov’t Failed to Warn About Fluoride’s Disproportionate Harm to Blacks
Government health authorities knew over 50 years ago that black Americans suffered greater harm from fluoridation, yet failed to warn the black community about their disproportionate risk, according to documents obtained by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, experimentally added fluoride chemicals into the water supply anticipating that children’s tooth decay […]
Bromethalin: Choteau vet warns pet owners about new form of rat poison
Molecular formula for Bromethalin Choteau veterinarian Kristin Boroff is adding her warning to a chorus of veterinarians nationwide who are seeing an increase in fatal accidental poisonings of pets who have ingested new-generation rodent killers that contain a lethal neurotoxin. Last week Boroff, who practices at the Double Arrow Veterinary Clinic, said she has recently […]
Oak Bluffs defers fluoride decision to voters
Following a tempestuous public meeting on September 25 and often acrimonious public debate, the Oak Bluffs board of health Tuesday voted to put the question of whether or not to continue the practice of adding fluoride to the town water supply, as it has since 1991, to voters at April annual town meeting in the […]
Valparaiso to vote on fluoride recommendation Monday
VALPARAISO — The last step in continuing to add fluoride to the city’s water is expected with a City Council vote at Monday’s meeting. Despite the summer-long study by a special commission with experts from both sides weighing in and a 110-page report issued by the Valparaiso City Utilities Fluoride Commission in August, the issue […]
Boyne City’s David Fierstien will debate Dr. Paul Connett at Saturday Oct. 11 fluoride debate
With just four days to go before the Saturday Oct. 11 debate with Dr. Paul Connett of the Fluoride Action Network, an opponent has stepped forward to argue the case for water fluoridation. Boyne City resident David Fierstien—a former wastewater operations foreman for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan, and the current East Jordan […]
Boyne City: Fluoride opponents to host forum Saturday
A group of Boyne City residents opposed to an upcoming ballot initiative to resume adding fluoride to the city’s water system will host a forum on the topic from 3-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Boyne District Library Community Room. The group calling itself Citizens Against Forced Medication is calling the event a debate […]