The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognizes community water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century, ranking right up there with the likes of vaccination and the recognition of tobacco as a health hazard. But money woes and a tight economy could be making it harder for […]
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San Diego: $3.2 million fluoride system may end up unused
A $3.2 million investment of public money to build a fluoridation system for San Diego’s water supply could end up going down the drain. That grant from the First 5 Commission of San Diego, which spends tobacco-tax revenue on early childhood programs, will set up the program. Another $700,000 from the commission will operate and […]
Milton resident: No more flouride
The City of Milton has heard a plea to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. On Monday, Aug. 27, Dawn Chase of Okaloosa St., in Milton, addressed the city council about her concerns over the city adding fluoride to its drinking water. Fluoride is both an organic and inorganic compound that range from potent […]
Watsonville: State fines Watsonville $200 a day for ignoring fluoride order
State public health officials have stepped up the pressure on the city to fluoridate the public water supply, fining Watsonville $200 a day for failing to commit to the project. The fine, suspended until Sept. 30, was included in a citation issued by the state Department of Public Health on Wednesday for failing to meet […]
Study Links Fluoride to Pre-term Birth and Anemia in Pregnancy
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Fluoride avoidance reduced anemia in pregnant women, decreased pre-term births and enhanced babies’ birth-weight, concludes leading fluoride expert, AK Susheela and colleagues, in a study published in Current Science (May 2010). http://www.fluorideandfluorosis.com/Anemia/Current%20Science%20Reprint.pdf Susheela’s team explains that anemia in pregnancy, which can lead to maternal and infant mortality, continues to […]
Crescent City: County Voices Objection to City-only Vote on Fluoridation
An initiative to take fluoride out of Crescent City’s water system is on the November ballot — but the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors has lodged a formal objection to the vote. In a letter to City Manager Rod Butler, Supervisor Martha McClure said the board is concerned the majority of users affected by […]
Edgewood: Water monitor who faked test results gets probation
A former city employee in the eastern Iowa town of Edgewood has been sentenced to probation, after he admitted that he failed to test the town’s water supply and submitted false reports to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Scott John Harris must serve two years of probation, work 100 hours of community service and […]
Watsonville misses state deadline for fluoride answer but committee recommends going ahead with contract to pay for fluoridation
WATSONVILLE — A City Council committee is recommending Watsonville move forward with a contract to pay for fluoridation of the public water supply. The 2-1 decision by the committee came Monday, a day after a deadline set by the state Department of Public Health for the city to commit to fluoridating its water. The contract […]
Cayuga County: Saving smiles
Excerpts: … Last week, a dental hygienist and speaker touted the importance of focusing on oral hygiene with children to a group of pediatric professionals. During a presentation at Auburn Memorial Hospital, Laurie Turner said pediatricians should be working with families to address their young children’s teeth to prevent health issues down the line. “If […]
Fluoride in Water Prevents Adult Tooth Loss, Study Suggests
Children drinking water with added fluoride helps dental health in adulthood decades later, a new study finds. In an article appearing in the October issue of the American Journal of Public Health, Matthew Neidell reports a strong relationship between fluoride levels in a resident’s county at the time of their birth with tooth loss as […]