Wichita City Council members have yet to see a proposal on fluoridation, but they’re hearing plenty of opinions. “It seems to be very polarizing,” says council member Pete Meitzner. Meitzner says he’s receiving calls and e-mails from all over. “Some are coming from around the world…it’s different states and countries,” Meitzner added. Council member Michael […]
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Phoenix: Fluoride in city’s tap water may be reassessed in September
In an effort to reassess water fluoridation, some City Council members have requested new data on Phoenix’s fluoride-treated water that serves more than 1.4 million residents. The Water Services Department will provide City Council and a subcommittee with information about the total cost of fluoridation as well as expert opinion of fluoride’s oral health benefits, […]
Pine Island residents battle over fluoride
If you drink water in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Naples – you already have fluoride added into your drinking water. In May, The Greater Pine Island Water Association agreed they’d follow suit, but a large group of neighbors say no way. It’s a healthy lifestyle Jack Mills strives for. “I watch what I eat,” Mills […]
Poison is Treatment: The Campaign to Fluoridate America
The wide scale US acceptance of fluoride-related compounds in drinking water and a wide variety of consumer products over the past half century is a textbook case of social engineering orchestrated by Sigmund Freud’s nephew and the “father of public relations” Edward L. Bernays. The episode is instructive, for it suggests the tremendous capacity of […]
New Hampshire Passes First State-wide Fluoride Warning Law
Beginning August 4, 2012, New Hampshire will require notification that 6-month-olds should not be routinely fed infant formula mixed with fluoridated water to avoid discoloring babies’ unerupted teeth (fluorosis), reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Passed by the House, 253-23, unanimously by the Senate, and signed by the Governor, HB-1416 reads: “If a public water […]
Sierra Club: Water well quality is worsening in New Jersey
Excerpt: The Governor has basically gotten rid of the Drinking Water Quality Institute. The administration has not adopted standards for perchlorate and PFOA even though we have the science in place to adopt protections. They have downgraded and eviscerated the DEP Division of Science and have replaced it with the Science Advisory Board which is […]
Salina: Group wants fluoride removed from Salina water supply
Kids play in it. People drink it. Experts say it prevents cavities. Fluoridated water runs through the pipes in communities across the country. Esther McClure says she’s been drinking it most of her life. “It helps your teeth,” McClure says. But a group in Salina wants the city to stop adding fluoride to the water. […]
Eureka resolution: No fluoride
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Eureka Springs City Council formally adopted Resolution 600 on Monday night that opposes the fluoridation of the city’s water supply. After being voted down twice by residents of the city, the law requiring fluoridation that was passed by the Arkansas Legislature last year could still go into effect in the near […]
Higher PFOA exposure increases risk of thyroid disease in children
Children living downstream of a chemical plant on the Ohio River drink in their water and carry in their blood a stain resistant chemical called PFOA. In one of the first studies of its effects on kids, those with the highest levels are more likely than the less-exposed to have thyroid disease. High exposures to […]
Pevely: Town stops fluoridating water
PEVELY (AP) — Times are so hard for the St. Louis-area town of Pevely that the community hopes to save money by no longer topping up its public water with fluoride, which occurs naturally in the area’s supply. Dentists and the Jefferson County Health Department are protesting the decision, which the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported […]