The head of Kenton’s water plant sought to “set the record straight” regarding fluoride in the city’s drinking water during a presentation to City Council on Monday night. Superintendent Tom Sweigart was responding to comments made by resident Joe Jared at council’s Aug. 27 meeting, during which Jared raised health concerns about fluoride in the […]
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Choi & Grandjean: Statement on Fluoride Paper, September 11, 2012
— When considering the risks and benefits of fluoride exposure, the level of intake needs to be considered. –Possible risks to brain development in children have been studied in China, but this possible hazard has not received much, if any, consideration in the U.S. –Our study summarized the findings of 27 studies on intelligence tests […]
Phoenix: Fluoride debate hopes to impact City Council decision
Note from FAN: This debate is online – Click here to view In a first-of-its-kind debate on Wednesday night two experts gave Phoenix residents a lot to think about before they drink their next glass of water. Dr. Howard Farran, DDS, MBA, MAGD, an Ahwatukee Foothills dentist and one of the original proponents for fluoridating […]
Portland: Fluoride vote set for Wednesday
The City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance to fluoridate Portland’s water on Wednesday after a lengthy and contentious public hearing on the issue last Thursday. A majority of the five-member council has already declared they will vote for the measure. They are Mayor Sam Adams, Commissioner Randy Leonard and commissioner Nick Fish. […]
Doubts as Portland Weighs Fluoride and Its Civic Values
A version of this article will appear in print on September 9, 2012, on page A18 of the New York edition. PORTLAND, Ore. — Who bears responsibility for an impoverished child with a mouth full of rotting teeth? Parents? Soda companies? The ingrained inequities of capitalism? Pick your villain, or champion. They are all on […]
Fluoridation flap sinks Gilbert officials
Two high-ranking Gilbert administrators are out of their jobs after municipal workers halted voter-mandated fluoridation for more than a year at one of the town’s two water-treatment plants. Public Works Director Lonnie Frost is retiring after 28 years with the town, and Water Manager Chris Ochs has been dismissed, town spokeswoman Jennifer Alvarez said. Both […]
Health officials: Put fluoride back in drinking water. Lakeville, North Liberty, Walkerton stopped adding it.
SOUTH BEND — Noting that adding fluoride to drinking water helps prevent tooth decay in both children and adults, the county Health Department is asking that the towns of Lakeville, North Liberty, and Walkerton start doing so again, and soon. In a press release issued Thursday, the department noted that fluoride “has been shown to […]
Multnomah County joins push for fluoridation in Portland
The moment 9-year-old Sara Hassa opened her mouth, the Multnomah County dental hygienist peering down at her knew one thing for certain. “You don’t live in Portland, do you?” Debra Mendoza said. Sara, a fourth-grader, shook her head. “Beaverton,” she replied. Neither she nor her sister, seated in another dental chair down the hall in […]
Albany. Editorial: Why dentists are still busy
The city council in Portland is determined to order the fluoridation of the water on which Portland and surrounding cities depend. In most of the mid-valley we had this debate years ago, and more recently in Philomath. In Albany the water has been fluoridated for longer than anyone can remember. So you would think the […]
‘Trust us, we’re experts’ flops at Portland fluoridation debate
An overflow crowd of Portlanders displayed their independent streak by challenging the ‘experts’ at the city council session dubbed ‘the great fluoridation debate.’ After the guest speakers, mostly medical professionals and doctors, presented the ‘party line’ – Oregon’s children’s teeth are rotting and the best way to fix it is water fluoridation – opponents presented […]