In a second go-around over the hotly debated issue of fluoridating public water, the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday rejected arguments that the additive is harmful and clashed with a recommendation by the county’s top administrator to stop the practice. In a 4-3 vote, the commission decided to keep fluoridating water that reaches 480,000 […]
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New Bedford Mayor opposes fluoride in water
NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Scott W. Lang has announced his opposition to fluoridating the city’s water supply, and will call for a binding referendum on the November ballot so voters can decide the issue. “I am against introducing fluoride into the city’s water supply. I do not think the inherent risk to the population of […]
Administrator for Palm Beach County urges end to fluoridation of water supply
WEST PALM BEACH — County Administrator Bob Weisman is recommending that Palm Beach County end fluoridation of the water supply in unincorporated areas outside cities, towns and villages. In a memo Friday morning to the County Commission, which must make the ultimate decision, Weisman said that the “perceived dental benefits” may not sufficiently exceed the […]
Poughkeepsie water board votes to place fluoride back in the system
Poughkeepsie – By a four to two vote, the Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board Tuesday voted to reintroduce a fluoride chemical back into the city and town’s water supply. Use of the chemical was stopped some time ago because of a mechanical issue. Water Board Chairman Frank Mora has been arguing to keep the chemical out […]
Mansfield prepares to dive into fluoride issue
MANSFIELD — Fifty years after attempts were made to add flouride to Mansfield’s water supply, the city remains one of the two largest Ohio cities with no fluoridation program. Springfield is the other. Some city officials want to join the ranks of the fluoridated to protect the teeth of future generations. Before anything can happen, […]
Lafayette discontinues fluoridation program
More than 170 million Americans, or 67 percent of the United States population served by public water supplies, drink water with optimal fluoride levels for preventing tooth decay, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Customers of the City of Lafayette’s water system, however, are no longer among them. According to Mayor Bill […]
Juneau: Fluoride commission split over city water
The Juneau Assembly likely will get a split recommendation regarding the continued use of fluoride in city water, said Juneau Fluoride Study Commission Chairman Bart Rozelle. “We are not of one mind whether we are in favor of continuing fluoridation or not,” Rozelle said of the commission. “We are meeting the 24th of May to […]
Acid leak forces residents to leave
Dozens of people in Wynnewood were evacuated Saturday after an acid leak at the Gary-Williams Co. refinery sent potentially dangerous fumes floating through the air north of the plant, Garvin County Undersheriff Steven Brooks said. Residents of about 45 homes were to be kept from their homes overnight, Brooks said. Red Cross officials were helping […]
The risk of fluoride is outweighed by the benefit
In the late 1990s, New Bedford’s anti-poverty agency, PACE, found that the single most important form of health care that many poor people in our community wanted and needed was dental care. At that time, PACE found that of the 88 dentists practicing in the New Bedford area only two were accepting patients who had […]
Bellows Falls will continue to fluoridate water
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. –Village voters decided by a wide margin to continue adding fluoride to the public water supply. The vote came at a village meeting on Monday. At a series of hearings, some residents challenged the long-held assumption that fluoride was a safe way to reduce tooth decay. They claimed that new research showed […]