It seems fluoride will not return to local drinking water resources any time soon, as officials struggle to find answers about its toxicology. During a public session of the Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board Tuesday night, a few Dutchess County residents praised the board for making the decision to have the fluoride removed in January. “We’re […]
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Fairbanks. Editorial: Considering fluoride
The Fairbanks City Council has taken note of these concerns. About 50 or so people who have signed on with a group calling itself Fluoride Free Fairbanks are convinced that fluoride in the local public water supply is a bad thing. The group does make some fair points, not the least of which is that […]
Putting fluoride in South Blount water delayed a month
MARYVILLE, Tenn (WVLT) — It’s just a technicality, but some South Blount Utility District customers are glad they have another month to fight back against the utility’s move to add fluoride to their water. Fluoride was to be added Wednesday, but the board for the utility delayed adding it because they forgot to send a […]
Corning to wait until city voters decide fluoridation this fall.
CORNING — The city of Corning will take a “fluoride timeout” until after the Nov. 4 general election. The City Council voted 7-2 Monday to rescind its Nov. 6, 2006, decision to fluoridate city water and to put the issue on hold until at least December. A referendum on the ballot in November could strip […]
Editorial: Put fluoride back in Poughkeepsie’s water
A fight that’s come before local politicians isn’t exactly the kind they’re used to wrangling with. The Poughkeepsie Common Council recently found itself in the middle of a controversy over teeth. The council recently heard from medical officials, including Dutchess County’s leading health expert, that a recent vote by the local water board to remove […]
Corning: City council puts halt on fluoride
Corning, N.Y. – The City Council called a time-out Monday night on the fluoridation project. The council voted 7-2 instructing City Manager Mark Ryckman not to spend any time, money or resources on the project until after a November public vote on the issue. Councilman Hilda Lando, D-3, and Betty Coccho, D-6, cast the dissenting […]
Corning Fluoride Vote Rescinded
CORNING — Fluoridating Corning’s water supply is no longer an issue — at least for now. Monday night the Corning City Council voted 7-2 to rescind its November 2006 vote to fluoridate the water. That means everything fluoride-related the council has worked on since then is null-and-void. City Manager Mark Ryckman will no longer work […]
Poughkeepsie: Water board to discuss fluoride use
The Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board Tuesday is expected to discuss whether to reinstate fluoride to drinking water used by about 80,000 residents in four Dutchess County communities. The board has come under fire from local health officials, doctors and dentists after it voted in January to remove fluoride from the water system, which serves the […]
Fluoridation sound health, fiscal policy
For the past 60 years, one scientific study after another have proven that adding fluoride to water supplies is a safe and effective method to significantly reduce tooth decay for those who consume the water. The time is now for Pennsylvania to join other states in requiring water systems to fluoridate their supplies to the […]
City revisits manager’s role on issue of fluoride
CORNING — The Corning City Council will decide Monday whether City Manager Mark Ryckman should continue planning for fluoridation of the municipality’s water supply. The council, which meets at 7 p.m. at Corning City Hall, will consider a proposal that Mayor Tom Reed says is designed to clarify Ryckman’s fluoridation role prior to a referendum […]