A new study from the Eau Claire City County Health Department said Eau Claire city children have healthier teeth than surrounding communities. The reason: fluoride in the water, making them up to 16 percent less likely to have cavities. The six-month study of more than 500 third graders showed more cavities and tooth decay in […]
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Pinellas County Editorial: The real cost of the fluoride fiasco
Pinellas County commissioners did not just ignore established science when they voted 4-3 to stop adding fluoride this year to the county’s drinking water. They also cost families plenty of money and unlimited frustration, because dentists are now advising parents to give fluoride to their children to prevent tooth decay. Two of the Fluoride Four […]
Portland. Poll: City evenly split on putting fluoride in drinking water
As the debate raged before the Portland City Council’s unanimous vote to fluoridate Portland’s drinking water in September, fluoride opponents had the loudest voices. But the latest KATU news poll conducted by Survey USA finds the fluoride debate has pretty much split voters down the middle. The poll showed that 45 percent of Portland’s registered voters think […]
US election: 10 other things on the ballot
When Americans go to the polls on Tuesday, they will not just be choosing a president and members of Congress – there are 174 extra questions on the ballot in 38 states. And some go to the very heart of key issues in American society. 1. Marijuana Three states – Oregon, Washington and Colorado – […]
Pinellas commissioners may lose seat over fluoride debate
The issue is the economy. (Not fluoride.) Jobs need to be saved. (Not teeth.) Voters care about choices. (Not conspiracies.) And that, in a nutshell, is the story of the two Pinellas County Commission races on the ballot. If incumbents Neil Brickfield and Nancy Bostock are correct — they say residents aren’t focused on their […]
Ky. Evacuation Indefinite as Chemical Tanker Burns
Hundreds of people will remain forced from their homes indefinitely as a massive effort continued Friday to move derailed train cars filled with hazardous materials away from a car holding chemicals that continued to burn for a third day, officials said. “If we let them in prematurely, and God forbid had a catastrophic event … […]
Science Panel releases final C8 exposure reports, adds new disease to list
PARKERSBURG – The litigants in the West Virginia and Ohio class action lawsuit filed the science panel’s final set of reports on Oct. 29 that conclusively link DuPont’s PFOA in drinking water to serious human diseases. The panel previously reported links with kidney cancer, thyroid disease, testicular cancer, ulcerative colitis and pregnancy-inducted hypertension, including preeclampsia. […]
Wichita: Anti-fluoride expert appears before Sedgwick County commission
A chemistry professor who is against fluoridated water got a much warmer welcome at the Sedgwick County Commission than a pro-fluoride expert who spoke there two weeks ago. Commissioners Jim Skelton and Richard Ranzau aggressively questioned and argued with Bill Maas, a former public health director with the Centers for Disease Control, who was brought […]
Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care urges ‘yes’ vote on fluoride
The Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care is encouraging the city’s voters to say “yes” to fluoridating Wichita’s water supply. The coalition, which includes more than 50 of Wichita’s largest employers, as well as health care providers and insurers, says having fluoride in the water will play an important role in preventing oral health problems, […]
Portland officials reject less than 3 percent of fluoride signatures
The Portland Auditor’s Office has forwarded 42,743 anti-fluoride signatures to the Multnomah County Elections Division for further review, rejecting only about 1,200 signatures or just under 3 percent of the submitted total. That means Clean Water Portland, the group behind the effort to force a public vote on the Portland City Council’s decision Sept. 12 […]