Sixty-eight years ago while experimental trials were still underway, public water supplies were dosed with fluoride chemicals promising to safely reduce tooth decay, put dentists out of business and save millions of dollars on dental care. Current science tells us none of that came to pass; but fluoridation is still celebrated as if it did, […]
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Yorktown Votes To Keep Fluoride In Drinking Water
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — Fluoride will remain in Yorktown’s drinking water, the town board decided Tuesday night. After nearly two hours of testimonials from local dentists and residents, the Yorktown Town Board voted 3 to 1 to make the necessary repairs at its facilities and continue the practice of fluoridating its water. About a dozen dentists, […]
Yorktown Board Holds Flouride Hearing Tuesday Night
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Yorktown’s Town Board will hold an informational hearing Tuesday night to consider discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to the drinking water supply. The topic has sparked passionate responses from many Yorktown residents and garnered attention from anti-fluoride organizations throughout the nation. In an informal poll posted on The Yorktown Daily Voice, 38 […]
Tarpon Springs. Fluoride: A Further Response to an Answered Question
n April of 2012 the Tarpon Springs City Commission voted to fluoridate the water supply. The measure has already been voted on, and with a unanimous vote, little can be done about it. Last week at our first candidates forum I was asked my opinion on the matter. I spoke truthfully and expressed my disagreement […]
Westmoreland customers getting fluoride out of their water
With a few twists of his wrist, Charles Gallo of Ligonier Township says he can protect himself from a harmful substance in his drinking water. He recently attached a reverse-osmosis purification device to his kitchen tap to rid his water of fluoride. He and about 1,500 Ligonier Valley customers of the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland […]
Ohioans’ lawsuits blame diseases on DuPont
26 lawsuits here cite chemical that plant discharged into river Hundreds of people in southern Ohio who say a DuPont chemical plant across the Ohio River contaminated their water and caused their health problems are suing the company in federal court in Columbus. They say that C8, a chemical used to make Teflon at the […]
‘Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland’ political group forms to support fluoride
A new political group formed this month to support putting fluoride in Portland’s drinking water, and there’s a familiar face running the campaign. “Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland” filed paperwork with the state on Jan. 10 to support Measure 26-151, which will ask voters whether fluoride should be added to Portland’s water supply. The campaign manager? […]
Corporate Gambit on New Jersey’s Drinking Water
Corporate sponsored legislation would shackle regulatory efforts to control chemicals in New Jersey’s drinking water, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Tomorrow, the state legislature will take up a bill to pack the Drinking Water Quality Institute (DWQI) with corporate members and specify precisely what type of scientific studies can be used for […]
Press release from the ADA: Fluoridation news
This week marks the 68th anniversary of community water fluoridation. Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first city in the U.S. to adjust the fluoride levels in its water supply to lower tooth decay rates in children on Jan. 25, 1945. According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoridated water […]
Holmen: Board votes to switch fluoride types
At a special board meeting Thursday to consider a possible April referendum on fluoridation, the Holmen Village Board did not vote on a referendum, signaling it might go ahead with resumption of fluoridation April 1. The board did vote, however, to change the type of fluoride it will use. Board members approved using sodium fluoride […]