The Holmen Village Board will discuss a possible referendum on fluoridation at a special meeting called for 6 p.m. Thursday at Holmen Village Hall. Board members Tony Horvath and Dawn Kulcinski requested the special meeting in the wake of last week’s regular board meeting, at which the board approved resumption of the village’s fluoridation program […]
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Salina: KU professor to speak Jan. 31 about harmful effects of fluoride
John Boesen, of Salina, and Albert Burgstahler, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Kansas, will speak about the harmful effects of fluoride on people and the environment at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Prescott Room of Salina Public Library. Burgstahler is co-author of the book “Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma.” The seminar is […]
Flouridate Sonoma County Water Supply? Petition for your Opinion
The County has taken steps to move forward on the fluoridation of the Sonoma County Water Agency’s water supply serving about 600,000 people in Sonoma County and Marin. One Sonoma County Supervisor has stated that she feels so strongly about fluoridation of the water supply that she will not read any materials in opposition. All […]
Letter: Fluoride opponents should offer option
To the Editor: Marnie Eisenstadt wrote a well-researched article Dec. 9: ”Why Pulaski Pulled the Plug on Fluoride.” Pulaski Mayor Karl Hax said the fluoride was corroding the pipes. Michael Sacco, chairman of the Pulaski Water Board and others are professed disciples of Paul Connett, a retired chemistry professor from St. Lawrence University and head […]
The Few. The Fluoridated: Only 6 Municipalities in Upper Valley Treat Water to Prevent Tooth Decay
Oral hygiene is not something taken lightly in Brenna Ordway’s household. The 28-year-old Cornish resident has two young children, ages 6 and 4, in whom she has instilled a devotion to dental care that she calls “religious.” “If I forget, they remind me they need to brush their teeth,” she said. It was the way […]
The next Allentown water issue could be fluoridation
As long as passions are running hot and heavy in Allentown over whether to hock the city’s water system decades into the future, it may be a good time to consider whether to continue injecting poison into that system’s drinking water. A little bit of poison won’t hurt anybody, it has been argued since the […]
Fairborn: Council orders materials for new year
Excerpt: FAIRBORN — Cities often join with other cities for purchasing large quantities of needed material at a lower price. To that end Fairborn joined with the Southwest Ohio Purchasers for Government (SWOPAG) in soliciting bids for bulk quantities of water treatment chemicals for 2013. According to Karen Hawkins, utilizes supervisor the needed chemicals included […]
California Desert Groundwater Quality
From Press Release: Inorganic elements – arsenic, boron, fluoride, and five other inorganic elements – were detected at high concentrations in 35 percent of untreated groundwater used for public water supply in the desert region of southern California. In contrast, human-made organic chemical constituents and nitrate were found at high concentrations in less than 1 […]
WV gets a “C” in new dental study
A newly released report on children’s dental care says West Virginia is one of many states not doing enough. The report, Falling Short: Most States Lag on Dental Sealants by the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign gives the state a grade of “C” for its efforts to deliver sealants to children in schools. This year’s report […]
Dental journal article admits that dentists know little about the science of fluoridation but urges them to promote the practice anyway
In an article in the January issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) authors Armfield and Melbye indicate that “Studies of dentists’ attitudes about water fluoridation suggest that a lack of knowledge and preparedness are barriers to discussing the topic … more than one-half of the respondents believed they needed more information and […]