If the Portland City Council decides to add fluoride to local drinking water, it should prepare for three things: sizable costs, big-time opposition, followed by a half-decade wait. Putting fluoride in Portland, Gresham, Tigard and Tualatin’s water supply would require “significant” project costs of about $5 million and ongoing operations and maintenance expenses of $575,000, […]
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Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Community water fluoridation benefits everyone
Fluoride in community drinking water provides protection against tooth decay, the most common chronic disease of children. For more than 60 years, water fluoridation has been proven safe and cost-effective. Research shows community fluoridation continues to reduce tooth decay by up to 40 percent, even in an era where other fluoride sources, like fluoride toothpastes, […]
Schafer: Blue-chip firm vs. white-shoe lawyers
Folks who always cheer for an underdog won’t be able to pick one out in 3M Co.’s escalating battle with the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling. Covington is the very bulwark of the legal establishment, a huge firm staffed with the kind of Ivy League lawyers global giants like 3M always seem to […]
Cassadaga: Well site building to be made of concrete blocks
The Cassadaga Village Board held a special meeting about the water project on Wednesday… One aspect about the building provoked debate between Waite and Lehnen. The design of the building will need to be different if the village decides to fluoridate the water. Fluoride needs to have a separate place in the building with a […]
Fluoride spill in North Branford
NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A truck delivering fluosilicic acid to the Regional Water Authority on Foxon Road spilled 50 to 70 gallons Thursday morning. The acid is used to add fluoride to water. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection workers and local firefighters were called to the scene to keep people away until an […]
Dunedin Must Decide on Fluoride: Should it Stay or Go?
Fluoride in the drinking water — friend or foe? The subject is bound to touch a nerve. It was a hot-button issue after city officials released the projected 2012 budget in June. Officials proposed eliminating the city’s more-than-20-year fluoridation program as a cost-cutting measure. Doing so would save an estimated $13,000 from the budget and […]
New coalition lobbies to fluoridate Portland’s drinking water
Portland’s reign as America’s largest bastion of fluoride-free water is facing a revolt. A newly formed and hush-hush coalition of more than 50 high-profile organizations is quietly lobbying the Portland City Council to add fluoride to a drinking water supply serving about 900,000 residents — not just in Portland but also Gresham, Tigard and Tualatin, […]
Wichita: Fluoride opponents air concerns at forum
Wichita’s past decisions not to fluoridate the water supply have been validated by recent decisions by cities such as Santa Fe and Albuquerque to stop fluoridating theirs, a Wichita chiropractor said Wednesday at a meeting sponsored by fluoridation opponents. “It’s ironic that Wichita is being pressured to fluoridate the water when more and more cities […]
Manchester Health Department: … fluoride has little effect
MANCHESTER — A key segment of the Manchester population saw no significant reduction in tooth decay over the first four years of fluoridation, and only experienced significant drops in tooth decay after the city launched a program to seal their teeth, according to Manchester Health Department data. A top city health official cautioned against drawing […]
100 days of science: She found fluorine affected dental health
The Arizona Daily Star’s Centennial salute to science in Arizona runs all summer. Each day, for 100 days, we’ll record a milestone in the state’s scientific history. We can thank University of Arizona researcher Margaret Cammack Smith for the addition of fluorine to much of the nation’s drinking-water supply – a development that the U.S. […]