Plans to add fluoride the Newport Beach’s water supply will go ahead next month, despite outcry from a group of citizens and a subsequent City Council vote to ask the water district for a delay. Some Newport residents say they worry about negative health effects associated with fluoride, but most experts say the water additive […]
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EDITORIAL: Trust the dentists, not web theories
Fluoride. Do you think it’s dangerous? Isn’t that the stuff most of us squeeze onto a toothbrush and shove into our mouths every morning and before we go to bed? So what’s the harm if our government puts it into our water supply? Won’t it help fight tooth decay? Of course it will. That’s just […]
Corning: Fluoride issue may go to voters
CORNING — Assuming the petition seeking to prevent the fluoridation of the city of Corning’s public water supply contains enough valid signatures and satisfies other legal requirements, a referendum on the issue could go to voters in the 2008 general election, according to a written opinion from the city’s attorney. The memo also states that […]
Elgin weighs fluoridation of water
Beginning in the 1980s, Elgin, like many Texas towns, put fluoride in its water. But in 2005, with the construction of a new water treatment plant interfering with operations at its facilities, the city’s water utility decided to temporarily suspend its fluoridation. The treatment plant is now complete, but Elgin’s City Council is considering making […]
Harwich: Startup Costs For Fluoride In Town Water Would Be $300,000
HARWICH – The lead proponent of a board of health study on the use of fluoride in the town’s public water system is backing away from his initial position. Health board member Dr. Alfred Hurst said Monday night he has read the comments made to the health department since recommending the study and has listened […]
Issue of fluoride in city’s water may go before voters
Faced with a very passionate decision, Elgin city council members will be deciding at their Nov. 20 meeting whether to put the issue of fluoridating Elgin’s water supply to voters or decide themselves. Council members held a workshop on the issue Oct. 16 and had a number of residents and specialists speak as well as […]
Corning: Anti-fluoridation referendum could appear on 2008 election ballot
Assuming the petition seeking to prevent the fluoridation of the City of Corning’s public water supply contains the minimum number of valid signatures and satisfies other legal requirements, the referendum on the issue could appear on the ballot of the 2008 general election, according to an written opinion from the city’s attorney. The memo also […]
Newport requests fluoride delay
Newport Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to send a letter requesting the water district delay the start of water fluoridation so they can evaluate resident’s concerns. “This is 2007. Nobody dies of a cavity,” said Newport Beach resident Dolores Otting in protest of the plan. “It’s a barbaric form of medicine to force […]
Water Wars: The Fluoride Debate
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — When you think of fluoride you probably think of toothpaste, or even those trays filled with sticky “goo” the dentist stuck in your mouth when you were a kid. But when was the last time you thought about fluoride in your drinking water? Chances are, you don’t think about it […]
DeRuyter 5-year-olds get Ritalin by mistake
When teachers at DeRuyter Elementary told Amata Rounsaville that her kindergarten daughter was one of 15 pupils accidentally given Ritalin instead of a routine fluoride tablet Thursday morning, she hurried to the school to find out how such a mix-up could occur. Both pills are small, but the fluoride was dark purple, smelled like grape […]