A few months back, when Portsmouth resident Rick Horowitz suggested that the City Council study the use of fluoride in the city’s drinking water, he was dismissed by the City Council and derided by some of the region’s public health professionals. What a difference a few months can make. On Jan. 8, The Associated Press […]
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Schuylkill Haven ends fluoridation
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – The borough council on Wednesday announced that local water is no longer fluoridated and also heard complaints that some residences have become “virtual mini dormitories.” President Marlin Berger announced that as of this week the fluoride that had been added to the borough’s water supply was removed. A motion made at the […]
Ames lowers fluoride in drinking water
The city of Ames Water and Pollution Control Department lowered fluoridation levels in Ames’ drinking water from 1.0 milligrams to .07 [sic, should be .7] milligrams Jan. 13. The department was driven by data collected from organizations such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers of Disease […]
US government proposed reduction of fluoridation does not go far enough
Summary Statement Issued by Dr. Bill Osmunson, dentist and President of Washington Action for Safe Water: “On January 7, 2010, US Health and Human Services (HHS) admitted that we are getting too much fluoride and that the amount added to drinking water should be lowered – from a maximum of 1.2 ppm to a flat […]
Wyo. debate simmers decades after fluoridation
SHERIDAN, Wyo. — A Cold War “red scare” campaign against compulsory medication helped kill off five years of fluoridation in this northern Wyoming city in 1954. The federal government has long since called fluoridation one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. But it was only a few weeks ago that Sheridan’s […]
Letter: Stop fluoridation of public drinking water
A recent disturbing study has shown 2 out of 5 (41%) U.S. adolescents have dental fluorosis (staining and pitting of teeth) caused from an overdose of fluoride. Threatened by lawsuits, the federal government announced last week a plan to lower the fluoride levels in public fluoridated drinking water. This is an outrage. The federal regulators […]
Grand Rapids. Editorial: Why fluoride in water should be adjusted, not rejected
Freshly adjusted federal guidelines for fluoride levels in water hold special significance here. In 1945 Grand Rapids became the first city in the country to add fluoride to its municipal water system, a public health triumph quickly duplicated elsewhere. Today, more than two-thirds of public water systems use fluoridation to promote healthy teeth. The federal […]
EPA Acts On Fluoride
EPA proposed on Jan. 10 to phase out use of the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride on food because of concerns that children are being exposed to too much fluoride. The announcement came just days after the agency said that it is considering lowering the limit for fluoride in drinking water (C&EN Online Latest News, Jan. 10). […]
Re-Thinking Fluoride
Link to listen to this program is at http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00002&segmentID=3 Chris Neurath from Fluoride Action Network pouring a glass of spring water at his home. (Photo: Bruce Gellerman) GELLERMAN: 66 years ago this month Grand Rapids Michigan became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its drinking water. Soon, studies confirmed what researchers […]
Bellingham will not add Fluoride to drinking water
BELLINGHAM — With changes to fluoride regulations in drinking water being in recent news reports, the Department of Public Works announced today fluoride has never and will never be added to the town’s drinking water system. During routine sampling of the town’s raw water, there is testing done for fluoride, and the results have shown […]