The state Assembly health committee seems to be in an awful hurry to force municipalities in New Jersey to fluoridate their public water supplies. A bill to require the fluoridation of water was introduced on Feb. 5 and unanimously approved by the committee less than two business days later on Monday afternoon. Did we miss […]
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State legislators find merit, concerns in fluoridation bill
TRENTON – A bill that would mandate the fluoridation of the state’s water supply still faces questions as it awaits approval from the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The bill was approved 10-0 by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee this week, but Assemblyman Vincent J. Polistina, R-Atlantic, abstained, saying he needed to research the issue […]
Timberville. Editorial: Is Fluoride Dangerous?
[F]luoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face. … It’s incredibly obvious, isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That’s the way your hard-core Commie works. Gen. Jack D. Ripper Strategic Air […]
Skagit County Commissioners vote to halt fluoride program
Skagit County commissioners, acting as the county Board of Health, voted 2-1 today to reverse their 2007 order requiring the Skagit Public Utility District to fluoridate part of its water supply. Commissioners Ron Wesen and Sharon Dillon voted to rescind the order, effectively ending a fluoridation program the PUD had hardly begun in the 21 […]
Fluoride measure advances
An extra 6 million people in New Jersey would get water treated with fluoride under a bill that cleared an Assembly committee yesterday. The measure, approved by the Assembly Health Committee, was strongly pushed by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies. Committee chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) made it clear […]
Chippewa Falls to revisit fluoride issue
The issue of adding fluoride to Chippewa Falls’ drinking water is back. Mayor Greg Hoffman has invited Jean Durch, Chippewa County’s public health director, to give a presentation at the City Council meeting Tuesday. The council in 2004 rejected a plan to add fluoride on a 6-1 vote. However, only one of those council members […]
Timberville: Fluoride Fight Goes On
Following the General Assembly’s rejection of a bill that would have asked Timberville residents whether the town should continue adding fluoride to its water, a local group is taking a different tack in the battle over fluoridation. Instead of trying to stop fluoridation of the town’s water outright, those opposed to it are working on […]
Assembly committee clears bill to add fluoride to N.J. drinking water
Supported by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies, a plan to require all of New Jersey’s public water supplies be treated with fluoride cleared an Assembly committee today. Assembly Health Committee Chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway made it clear from the outset of today’s hearing that the bill would be approved […]
City of St. Johns considers fluoridation
COMMUNICATIONS [page 7] 1. Dentists’ Correspondence Mayor Beaman said the City received a letter from local dentists about fluoride in the water supply. He said City Manager LaForest will get back to us with information. He said it could be very costly to do this. City Manager LaForest said we have not done the research […]
Somerset lawsuit against MDE will go forward
PRINCESS ANNE — A lawsuit filed by the Somerset County Sanitary Commission against the Maryland Department of the Environment will proceed to trial after a judge refused to dismiss the case Friday. Although MDE’s attorney, Steve Johnson, called the case “a classic example of a dispute that has no business being in court,” Circuit Court […]