Carroll-Boone water operator René Fonseca testified at a House and Senate Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor meeting in Hot Springs on Aug. 17 about the water district’s concerns that the state mandate allows for water operators to follow other guidelines with which they are charged. To this end, state Rep. Loy Mauch […]
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Delta Dental: A conversation with Dr. William Kohn
We talked with Dr. Kohn about the impact of healthcare reform on the provision of dental benefits, and what Delta Delta is doing to help address access-to-care issues in communities across the U.S. William Kohn, DDS, former director of the division of oral health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), joined Delta […]
College Station: City Manager recommends stopping water fluoridation
For years the City of College Station has been putting fluoride in the water to help fight tooth decay, but it’s a practice they might be stopping. Using water from the faucet, either drinking or brushing, sometimes can be hard to avoid. “I like to brush in the morning, lunch and dinner. It’s important to […]
Paris TN: Some communities in Tennessee rejecting fluoride in drinking water
With numerous sources of fluoride now available, members of some Tennessee communities have begun to question whether the continued addition of this chemical to sources of public drinking water is still necessary. City aldermen in Spring Hill voted last week to discontinue the addition of fluoride to their city’s water. Spring Hill joins the cities […]
Nelson County may nix fluoride in public water
The Nelson County Service Authority is considering discontinuing its practice of adding fluoride to the county’s public water system. George Miller, the authority’s executive director, said the authority was concerned about the cost of fluoridation and wanted more information on the cost and benefits of the program. “I’m not saying that we don’t want to […]
Philomath Dentists Begin Advocating for a Return to Flouride
The two doctors who spearheaded the effort to add fluoride to Philomath’s drinking water 25 years ago are now taking action to bring it back. Dr. David Grube said the group – which doesn’t have a name yet – will meet next Monday with the intention of putting the issue before the public to decide […]
Hoopa: Local resident assesses impact of water fluoridation
Do you or your family have teeth that look like either of the pictures to the right? This condition is known as “dental fluorosis” and is caused by fluoride poisoning (lifetime cumulative overdose) from ingesting fluoridated water. In addition to the cosmetic problems, “dental fluorosis” indicates accumulation of toxic levels of fluoride in the body […]
No local fervor for fluoride in water
As a University of Pennsylvania dental student in the late ’60s, Joseph R. Greenberg noticed a curious difference in the mouths of the low-income children he treated at the school’s Philadelphia clinic and those he saw at his externship in Coatesville. “The Philadelphia kids all had perfect teeth, maybe a few cavities,” he said. “In […]
Pottstown: Fluoride won’t be added to Pottstown water
POTTSTOWN — In the wake of a series of public meetings at which no one spoke, the Pottstown Borough Authority voted Tuesday night to take the steps necessary to cease adding fluoride to the public water system it oversees. Held on Aug. 2 at two different times, the public hearings attracted a few attendees but […]
Spring Hill to quit fluoridating water
SPRING HILL — City leaders voted unanimously Monday to quit adding fluoride to city water. Alderman Amy Wurth asked the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the change, saying that not all city residents may need the supplement because it appears in many more sources than it did in 1945, when fluor- idation began as […]