Nothing brings together the tree-hugging left and the gun-toting right like fluoride. On the night of April 21, on UL’s campus in Hamilton Hall, a crowd of 100 local residents gathered to hear about the prospect of adding fluoride to the public water supply. UL renewable resources professor Griff Blakewood was in the crowd as […]
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Vinalhaven to vote on one contested seat, fluoride question
EXCERPT: Vinalhaven voters will cast ballots on Tuesday, June 9 to fill two selectman positions, two school board posts, and one post on the Vinalhaven Water District. All the positions are for three years. In the only contested race, incumbents Patricia Lundholm and Dennis Warren will appear on the ballot with Jack Olson to see […]
Effects of weather conditions on sulfuryl fluoride and methyl bromide leakage during structural fumigation in a flour mill
Abstract A validated Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of structural fumigation was used to perform 54 fumigation simulations (half with sulfuryl fluoride, SF, and half with methyl bromide, MB) using recorded hourly average weather data for 4 July and 1 September at Indianapolis International Airport for the years 1996–2006. These weather data were used as […]
Reno-area fluoride bill dies
CARSON CITY, Nev.—A measure to require the Truckee Meadows Water Authority to fluoridate water in the Reno area has died without an Assembly committee vote needed to keep it alive. Assembly Health and Human Services Chairwoman Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, said there wasn’t support in her committee or the full Assembly for SB311. “It’s dead,” Smith […]
Forsyth researchers collect stimulus grants
Three scientists at Boston’s Forsyth Institute have been awarded a total of $1.88 million in federal research funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus bill. The National Institutes of Health made the grants through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research with a goal of maintaining […]
Nevada Governor vetoes fluoridation bill
Excerpt: Carson City — Nevadans should not have been surprised Thursday when Gov. Jim Gibbons vetoed legislators’ spending bills and the $780 million tax increase to pay for them. He pounded down the veto stamp on eight bills in a made-for-TV event that was like an unofficial 2010 reelection kickoff. … About two dozen conservatives […]
Children in poverty highlight disparity that exists in oral health status
Online May 29, 2009 and titled: Dental Oral health is an integral part of general health, yet often overlooked by patients, practitioners, and policymakers. Though oral health in the United States has improved over the past few decades, great disparities still exist in oral health status, access to services, and financing of care. Dental caries, […]
Editorial: Declaring war on children’s teeth
It’s hard to figure what some of our elected leaders have against dental health for children. First, fluoridation. This flap came up after the Legislature last year decided to require proper fluoride levels in municipal water systems of any size. The object is the same as with the fluoride in toothpaste: protect teeth, especially kids’ […]
Dexter Village Council OKs steps to fluoridate water
The Dexter Village Council on Tuesday night approved a resolution to purchase equipment and materials needed to add fluoride to the village water system. The council voted 6-1 to spend between $75,000 and $100,000 to bring the fluoride levels to the American Dental Association’s recommended level of 1.0 parts per million. Jim Smith voted against […]
Washoe fluoride bill draws opposition
Truckee Meadows Water Authority to add fluoride to the drinking water in the Reno-Sparks area drew passionate opposition before a legislative committee Wednesday. Opponents of Senate Bill 311 said Washoe County voters three times have rejected adding fluoride because it presents health risks to infants, cancer patients and others. “The science is not all in […]