HARWICH —The board of health is weighing the benefits of fluoridating the public water supply as a means of improving, promoting and protecting the oral health of the community. For five decades the American Dental Association has endorsed fluoridation of community water supplies to prevent tooth decay, said Dr. Alfred Hurst, a member of the […]
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Lookinbg back 25 years ago: Oroville Is Doing Something For Teeth
And referring to teeth, let’s have a few words about fluoridation. It’s best feature is that it makes visits to the dentist less frequent. The Hartford Courant gives encouragement to us, who are about to get fluoridated water. The Connecticut Health Department, writes the Courant, has officially confirmed what has been known for a long […]
Othello well six has excessive levels of fluoride.
OTHELLO – The City of Othello will investigate a contaminated well to see if it can be transformed into a viable source of water. Monday the council unanimously approved using $32,000 from the water fund to hire an engineering firm to investigate where the contaminants are entering well number six and offer solutions. Well six […]
San Diego Residents Receive $1.40 Water Rate Hike
San Diego city residents will see their water rates go up an average of $1.40 a month. It’s the second rate increase this year, but this time it’s not to pay for crumbling infrastructure. Ninety percent of San Diego’s water comes from outside the region and this hike passes along the increased cost of water […]
Some babies get too much fluoride
Out of the mouths of babes comes … fluorosis? Pediatric dentist Dr. Gary Cook sees it in his office: the faint, tell-tale white lines on teeth that indicate a child has gotten too much fluoride. “You see it and wonder where it comes from,” said Cook, who has been in practice since 1981 and sits […]
Fluoridation Not Proven Safe or Effective and May be Unethical Reports British Medical Journal
Old Bethpage, NY, United States, 10/08/2007 – No valid science supports the addition of fluoride chemicals into drinking water; however, 2/3 of US public water suppliers do so. Researchers reporting in the Oct 6 British Medical Journal (BMJ) indicate that fluoridation, touted as a safe cavity preventive, never was proven safe or effective and may […]
Juneau says no to fluoride
Juneau’s voters delivered a resounding “no” to fluoridating the city’s water supplies on Tuesday, putting an end, for now, to one of the most hotly contested and expensive ballot initiatives in the city’s history. Preliminary vote counts showed Proposition 2 failed 61 to 37 percent. Of 24,613 registered voters, 7,820 voted at the polls. Another […]
Moses Lake factory to make silica, fluoride salt
MOSES LAKE — A closed sugar beet factory on Wheeler Road east of Moses Lake soon will be transformed into a plant to make silica and fluoride salt. The Rock Island-based Specialty Chemical Products recently bought four buildings and six acres of land at the site of the former Pacific Northwest Sugar Co., the Grant […]
City to add fluoride to water supply
There will soon be a little something added to the water supply of customers of the Northern Area Water Authority treatment which serves Tipp City, Monroe Township and Vandalia. City Council voted unanimously Monday night to add enough fluoride to the water supply to raise the level to 1 milligram per liter. City Manager David […]
Blacks Disproportionately Harmed by Fluorides and Fluoridated Water
Fluoride, the controversial chemical added to city water supplies to help prevent cavities, now has three strikes against it in having harmful effects in African Americans. Strike number one: A blue ribbon panel of scientists has identified kidney patients and diabetics as being especially susceptible to harm from ingested fluorides. Blacks suffer disproportionate amounts of […]