AUGUSTA, Maine –Maine dental and public health organizations Monday condemned anti-fluoride claims made by a Bangor pediatrician, saying they don’t want more Maine towns to change their water-treatment policies on the basis of “misinformation.” Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dora Anne Mills led representatives of state dental, medical, public health and pediatric associations who […]
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Referendum a possibility on Holmen fluoridation
A referendum on fluoridation could be in Holmen’s future. Holmen Village Board members got a chance to brush up on their fluoride facts at a recent public hearing. But the hearing left at least two members unsure about how Holmen residents feel on the matter. Quite a few of the people who spoke at the […]
Fluoride can harm teeth, bones
The residents of Mount Desert and Lincoln were wise to vote against water fluoridation. They just did a favor for their children and fellow residents. Fluoride in our water system does not make sense considering the latest human and animal studies. If all clinicians and policymakers read the latest report by the National Research Council, […]
Town votes to remove fluoride from drinking water
MOUNT DESERT, Maine –The Maine Dental Association expressed disappointment after residents voted to remove fluoride from the local drinking water, making Mount Desert the state’s first community to make such a change. The decision came after the Mount Desert Water District said studies conducted during the past few years call into question the safety of […]
Town is first in Maine to reject fluoride
MOUNT DESERT, ME — In a 229 to 42 vote, residents chose to remove fluoride from their drinking water, making this town the first municipality in the state to do so, a March 7 Bar Harbor Times story reported. The town has been adding fluoride since 1963, but the water district, citing recent studies showing […]
Arsenic in my Fluoride? CDC admits Yes
New York – March 12, 2007 — Trace amounts of arsenic are found in fluoride chemicals added to drinking water supplies, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website. Fluoridation is a controversial attempt to reduce tooth decay in tap-water consumers. Fluoridation chemicals – sodium fluoride, sodium fluorosilicate, and fluorosilicic acid (FSA) – are […]
Citizens group criticizes lack of action on fluoride warning
Controversy over the fluoridation of Sammamish’s municipal water began two years ago in public hearings. Health concerns were aired, benefits touted and the water has been fluoridated ever since. Science, however, never rests. Armed with new findings by a prominent research group, a group of concerned Sammamish residents recently asked Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer […]
Town says no to fluoride
Mount Desert residents voted to remove fluoride from the drinking water by an overwhelming 229-42 margin at Monday’s town meeting referendum vote. The town becomes the first municipality in the state to remove fluoride from its water. Since 1963, Mount Desert has added fluoride for its purported benefits in combating tooth decay. But recent studies […]
Fluoride in water may harm baby’s teeth
Drinking fluoridated water may ruin your baby’s smile. That’s the latest warning handed down by the Environmental Working Group, a public interest and environmental watchdog whose research about the toxicity of Teflon got DuPont to agree to change the popular coating’s chemistry. EWG’s current campaign centers on the youngest of 18million customers of the Metropolitan […]
North fluoride battle at stake
NORTH ATTLEBORO – The battleground on fluoridation has been squarely laid on the race for a single three-year seat on the board of health. Incumbent Diane Battistello, a fluoride opponent is facing a challenge from John Donohue Jr., a fluoride proponent. In fact, the only thing the pair agree on when it comes to fluoridation […]