The Greater Pine Island Water Association board of directors approved a $63,000 grant from the Florida Health Department on May 22 that would afford it the ability to add residual fluoride to the water system, a plan a group of residents continues to protest. The official announcement about the fluoride grant was made at the […]
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Cassadaga: Fighting tooth decay. Fluoride hearing draws crowd
Thirty-one members of the public attended a public meeting meant to provide information about fluoridation of water to customers of the Cassadaga water system. … Emmy Chetkin objected to the speakers that were present. “This is lopsided and biased,” she said. She loudly objected that the board should have gotten an expert who was opposed to […]
Leading fluoridation opponent coming to Wichita
A leading opponent of drinking water fluoridation is coming to Wichita for a series of speeches leading up to the Nov. 6 election, when voters will decide on the issue. Dr. Paul Connett, Ph.D. is a toxicologist and chemist. He wrote a book called The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our […]
Two Carroll-Boone Water District board seats being contested
For the first time in anyone’s recollection, two seats on the Carroll-Boone Water District Board of Directors are being challenged in the upcoming general election… [The candidates] Matthews and Price-Backs have appeared at CBWD meetings over the last year, speaking out against fluoride and bringing information to the board about other communities across Europe and the […]
Ethics Journal Reports: Fluoridation – Unethical, Risky, Benefits Doubtful, Poor Most Harmed
Fluoridation is an “unacceptable risk,” says Public Health Professor Niyi Awofeso in the Journal Public Health Ethics, August 2012. He writes, “There is insufficient ethical justification for artificial water fluoridation,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Awofeso, a University professor in Australia, who published over 70 peer-reviewed academic papers in […]
Hear Me Out: Should there be fluoride in our water supply?
PHOENIX – Each Sunday, ABC15.com debuts an Arizona issue – along with two opposing sides on the topic. Don’t worry, you always have the opportunity to make comments at the bottom of the page. Yeah, your opinion matters, too. This weekend, we’re taking a look at the debate over fluoridation in our water supply. Carol […]
Ormond Beach City Commission discuss fluoride chemicals
Excerpt from article titled, Commission adopts tax rate, budget for 2012-13 … However, Commissioner Kent wasn’t so agreeable on the city’s contracts for fluoride supply. He raised a number of concerns concerning the purchase of certain chemicals, including those used in the fluoridation of the city’s water supply. It was ultimately decided to retain an outside […]
Crescent City: Fluoride foes planning event for Saturday
Registered voters will make a lot of choices by Nov. 6. For one, residents of Crescent City will choose whether or not the city should continue fluoridating its water. First, anyone interested in the issue can choose a cookie, and get more information about the ballot initiative to ban fluoride at an event from 1 […]
Design faulted in Gilbert fluoride flap. City officials: Workers were at risk
The fluoridation system that was shut down last year at a Gilbert water-treatment plant likely failed because of faulty engineering that posed a possible health hazard to employees, according to town documents and statements from two former water division employees. When Gilbert voters approved fluoridation in 2000, the town’s only treatment plant wasn’t properly suited […]
Palo Alto County. Letter: Community Water Fluoridation
To the Editor The Palo Alto County Board of Health is encouraging all communities in the county to fluorinate their city water supply. What do you know about water fluoridation? Fluoride Facts: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the […]