EXCERPT: ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – Opponents of water fluoridation say they have evidence that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has failed to consider its potentially harmful whole-body health effects. …Opponents wonder what else fluoride is doing to rest our bodies. And now, questions have been raised about conflicts of interest within the […]
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Another King family member speaks out as Fluoridegate scandal builds in Atlanta
Ellijay, GA – Swirling questions about conflicts of interest and improper influence grew rapidly today as Freedom of Information Act documents showed that since the 1970s, dental health professionals alone in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have controlled the agency’s stance supporting water fluoridation. A response to a request for the names and job […]
Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority raises fluoride levels
MARIETTA – The Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority has slightly increased the amount of fluoride in drinking water, amid conflicting recommendations from state and federal officials on how much fluoride should be in the water. The authority’s target fluoride level has increased from 0.80 milligrams per liter to 0.85 mg/L, a difference that General Manager Glenn […]
Opponents, Parents Ask Tough Questions About Fluoride
Excerpt: ATLANTA — For more than 60 years, fluoride has been added to our drinking water to help prevent cavities. But recent studies suggest that some children are ingesting too much, and it’s causing permanent stains on their teeth. The government is now considering whether to lower the recommended limit on fluoride in the water, […]
Atlanta Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation
Citing concern that fluoridated water disproportionately harms poor citizens and black families, influential Atlanta civil rights leaders Andrew Young and Gerald Durley are calling on top Georgia legislators to repeal Georgia’s mandatory water fluoridation law. Young and Durley recently sent letters to legislators Chip Rogers, Robert Brown, Larry O’Neal, and Stacey Abrams, the majority and […]
Green Insider: Fluorinating Atlanta’s Tap Water
A hot topic, yet something rarely discussed, is the fluoride found in our Atlanta water supply. When first introduced into our water stream in 1969, as required by Georgia law, people hailed fluoride as a positive addition to improve dental hygiene. However, today, many national organizations, like the Fluoride Action Network (www.fluoridealert.org) are working to […]
Fluoride: Friend or Foe?
Excerpt: … The American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control have endorsed water fluoridation since 1950 and while they admit that fluoride can be toxic in excessive quantities, the ADA maintains that at optimal levels, water fluoridation is a safe and effective way to prevent dental decay. But, when we tried to ask […]
Big Canoe Utilities drops water fluoridation
The new water treatment plant for Big Canoe will not be equipped with a water fluoridation dispensing mechanism, according to Arnold Ellison, vice president of the Big Canoe Water Company. The company stopped adding fluoride to Big Canoe’s water in 2007, Ellison said, in part because of a simmering debate about the safety of fluoridating […]
Firing of water utility whistleblower spotlights CDC reluctance to address new safety concerns about water fluoridation
December 17, 2008 – Ellijay, GA: With more than 50 communities across the U.S. voting to reject water fluoridation on Election Day last month, the recent firing of Dalton, Georgia water employee Wally Babb for voicing concerns about fluoridated water is focusing a spotlight on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control near Dalton. In 2007 […]
Dalton: EPA union supports fired fluoride opponent
A national labor union representing federal employees in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has written Dalton Utilities a letter in support of Wally Babb, who utility officials fired after a dispute over fluoridation of drinking water. “Shame on you,” states the letter, which calls Mr. Babb’s actions “a decision of conscience.” Written by National Treasury […]