If there is one word that pushes buttons for Sandpoint residents these days, it is fluoride. After years of debate, the Sandpoint City Council voted 4-2 last month to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply. Council President John Reuter, one of the two dissenting members, said not only does he support keeping fluoride in […]
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McMinnville: Request for fluoridation referendum
Excerpt from city council meeting: * Heard a second request from resident Jo McIntyre to put a measure on the November ballot to have voters re-decide whether city water should be fluoridated. McIntyre, who opposes fluoridation, told the council that this would be an appropriate time to have voters reconsider the issue, because this year […]
Wichita activists concerned about safety of drinking water
(WICHITA, Kan.) — You may have seen the signs or read on Twitter, there is poison in the tap water. That’s the message a group of Wichita activists are trying to get out. “We’re trying to shock people into the reality of what’s going on. We want to get them concerned enough to research on […]
Fluoride Could be Contributing to Early Puberty, Studies Show
The medical and public health community is shocked by the news that young American girls are reaching puberty at ages as young as 7 years (1). However, according to Paul Connett, PhD, Director of the Fluoride Action Network, “If fluoride’s dangers had not been taken off the scientific radar screen by the US Public Health […]
Cape Fear: “Stop Fluoride” group holds kick-off meeting
It started small, but a group of activists on Thursday began an effort to convince the public and, eventually, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to stop putting fluoride in drinking water. While fluoride has been inserted into drinking water for decades, it has always courted controversy and concerns that people are being medicated with […]
Is lack of fluoride hurting kids?
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series looking at the state’s record for providing dental treatment to children, particularly those in impoverished areas who lack access to dentists and fluoridated water. Today’s story looks at the arguments for and against the fluoridation of our drinking water. At 8:10 every Tuesday morning during […]
Fla.’s Kids in Need Have Little Access To Dentists
With blond hair, blue eyes and a bright smile, Taylor Neely, 4, squirmed and giggled as she waited for a light sedative to make her relax before University of Florida pediatric dentist Dr. Michael Tarver put two crowns on her back teeth. “I don’t feel it,” said Taylor, who in the past seven months has […]
Honeywell locks out 220 union workers from its uranium conversion plant
Union workers at the nation’s only uranium conversion plant, in Metropolis, Ill., have erected 42 crosses nearby in memory of workers who died of cancer. Twenty-seven smaller crosses symbolize workers who have survived the disease. The memorial is a fitting backdrop for the contentious labor dispute that has shaken Metropolis — the self-proclaimed hometown of […]
Nearly 90 Iowa communities receive CDC flouridation [sic] award
Fluoridation among top 10 public health achievements of 20th Century The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that 86 Iowa communities have received a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in the water to an optimal level for preventing […]
Huber Heights: Teenagers want fluoride-free water
HUBER HEIGHTS — A group of 2010 Wayne High School graduates are calling on city council to help their efforts of getting fluoride removed from the city’s drinking water as a matter of public safety. “We were shocked to see there was a substantial amount of fluoride in the water supply,” said Chase Warden, 18, […]