Editorial: Add fluoride to York water

In the classic Cold War satire “Dr. Strangelove,” Gen. Jack Ripper goes “a little funny in the head” and orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. His reason for attacking? Fluoridation of water. Gen. Ripper believes fluoridation of water was a communist plot to pollute Americans’ “precious bodily fluids.” In a pivotal scene, Gen. […]

Fluoride to be added to most of western Riverside County.

The agency that serves much of the drinking water to 18 million Southern Californians will start adding fluoride to its supply beginning in late October at a treatment plant that provides water to most of western Riverside County. Although state and county health officials said Friday that fluoride is considered beneficial to prevent tooth decay, […]

New Orleans runs out of fluoridating chemical

wo weeks after it resumed adding fluoride to New Orleans’ drinking water for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the Sewerage & Water Board said Wednesday it has run out of the compound and, starting today, will not be able to add any to the water until a new supply is found. Most U.S. cities […]

Support grows for fluoridation in Humbolt Bay Municipal Water District

HUMBOLDT – Results of initial surveying done by the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District and the Humboldt Community Services District show majority support for fluoridation of drinking water and the water district’s board will decide whether to do a study on it next September. The municipal customers that get water from the district are considering […]

Corning man says referendum may not make it on fall ballot

CORNING — Opponents of water fluoridation in Corning are waiting for information from Ithaca before launching a petition campaign that could force a referendum on the issue. “I sent a Freedom of Information request to the Ithaca City Council last week,” said Kirk Huttleston, leader of the anti-fluoride campaign. Huttleston said he is seeking the […]

York County meeting on access that people with lower incomes have to dental care and the fluoridation of public water

Dr. Veasey Cullen Jr., sees an underlying irony in the push for fluoridated water. Those who most support making it mandatory and universal are those who have the most to lose from that arrangement. To wit: dental professionals such as himself. “If you have fluoridated water, dentists are the ones who won’t see the patients […]