Brainerd: 30 years ago (1979)

Contempt of court orders are being prepared today in St. Paul against five Brainerd aldermen who did not reconsider their decision to oppose fluoridation of the city’s water at a special meeting last evening. The judge has not revealed what penalties he’ll impose.

Athens: Chemist addresses adverse health effects of water fluoridation

A world-traveling environmental chemist told Athens citizens yesterday that the fluoride in the public water supply could cause health problems. Paul Connett, Ph.D., executive director of the Fluoride Action Network, said fluoridated water threatens to lower children’s IQs, increase the risk of bone fractures and cause infertility. Athens city water has been fluoridated since 2002, […]

Letter: CDC vs. CDC [hip fracture fatalities]

According to Centers for Disease Control publications ( Stevens, Inj Prev. 2006 Oct;12(5):290 ), the United States is experiencing an astounding third of a million hip fracture fatalities yearly in citizens, where bones don’t heal during convalescence, which itself also costs billions. The Irish Osteoporosis Society reports similar data (www.fluoridealert.org). And yet both these countries […]

Prop 65: Fluoride & its Salts selected for cancer review – comments due Dec 15, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHEMICALS SELECTED BY OEHHA FOR CONSIDERATION FOR LISTING BY THE CARCINOGEN IDENTIFICATION COMMITTEE AND REQUEST FOR RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE CARCINOGENIC HAZARDS OF THESE CHEMICALS [10/15/09] The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement […]

Humboldt residents say no to fluoridation

Excerpt: … A PROPOSAL to begin fluoridating the city’s water supply was formally dropped at Monday’s meeting, the Council’s first since Humboldt voters overwhelmingly voted against fluoridation. More than 60 percent of the 712 mail-in ballots received were in opposition to the fluoridation issue. Tucker noted that the election was advisory only, but that Council […]

Town of Walker to fluoridate

Excerpt: … Also Monday night, aldermen unanimously agreed to enter into a contract with the state Department of Health and Hospitals to inject fluoride in the town’s water system. The contract amount for the agreement is $23,500 and covers the period of Nov. 1 through June 30. The fluoride chemicals alone would cost an estimated […]

Plattsburgh: City flap over fluoride continues

The debate over fluoride in the City of Plattsburgh turned ugly Thursday night. Former councilor William Provost appeared at the council meeting to tell councilors and Mayor Donald Kasprzak that he believes fluoride is harmful and should be removed from the city’s water supply. Provost and Gerald Carpenter have been appearing before the council for […]

Gainesville: GRU won’t remove fluoride; commission will vote

Excerpt: Fluoride – a chemical added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay – is back in the public dialogue in a vocal way. Opponents of fluoride in Gainesville’s public water supply have requested the public policy that allows the use of fluorine be reconsidered by the City Commission. Despite outcry from a group […]

A Cavity in Medicaid Dental Coverage

Caption under photo: Rep. Dennis Kucinich held hearings in October on low-income childrens’ access to dental care. Not even a third of the nation’s lowest-income children receive dental care, and Congress isn’t doing a thing about it. Although Medicaid, the federal-state partnership covering America’s poorest kids, provides dental coverage for all children enrolled in the […]

Newdale considers new water plant, storage tank

NEWDALE, Idaho — The city of Newdale is looking at building a water treatment plant and adding a storage tank to address problems with high levels of arsenic and fluoride in the water supply. The project also would rehabilitate both city well pumps and install a generator so the city could continue to provide water […]