Dr. Limeback was one of the 12 scientists who served on the National Academy of Sciences panel that issued the 2006 report, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of the EPA’s Standards.” Dr. Limeback is an associate professor of dentistry and head of the preventive dentistry program at the University of Toronto. ### The […]
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BF residents get conflicting reports on fluoride
BELLOWS FALLS — Bob Carton, an environmental scientist who has done work for the federal Environmental Protection Agency, stood in front of a small crowd at Town Hall, Wednesday, and said that a recent report on fluoride in water showed conclusively that the chemical poses serious health risks. A few minutes later, Alida Lund of […]
Adding fluoride to water may pose health risks
Scary news travels fast. Within weeks after the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences released a study citing adverse health effects of fluoride in water supplies, the Hightstown Board of Health introduced a draft recommendation to the Borough Council supporting a ban on water fluoridation. Dylan Ross, an alternate Board of Health […]
NA fluoride lawsuit filed
NORTH ATTLEBORO – The department of public works was served this week with the board of health’s lawsuit to stop fluoridation of the town’s public water supply. The board of health had filed a lawsuit in Bristol County Superior Court asking a judge to determine whether it has the authority to end fluoridation. A majority […]
Kiddie H2O — fluoridated, but bottled
Bottled water-toting parents face a dilemma. They want to fill sippie cups with the same filtered or spring water that they drink. However, they also may want kids to get the fluoride in tap water. So what’s the answer? Nestlé is the latest bottled water company to come out with a product to fill that […]
Corning board will discuss water fluoridation
Corning | To fluoridate city drinking water or not. The topic has been considered by city leaders since the 1950s, but aldermen have never voted on the issue, said Mayor Frank P. Coccho. Water fluoridation is the act of adding fluoride ions to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay. The city Board of […]
Board of health won’t push for fluoride in water
A prominent dentist and Department of Health staff said Thursday adding fluoride to drinking water will help reduce cavities among Dutchess County’s poor children, but the Dutchess County Board of Health balked at promoting the fluoridation of public water supplies. Federal health agencies call fluoridation one of the most important public health achievements of the […]
Former water plant guard says chemical cloud made her sick
On Dec. 24, Ava Morris was thinking about her 11-year-old son and making her rounds as a security guard at the Santee Cooper water-treatment plant in Moncks Corner. It was a silent night, uneventful, until she encountered a cloud of chemicals. “It looked like Christmas; it looked like snow,” Morris said. “In all honesty, for […]
Dentist has Natives gnashing teeth
The president of the Alaska Dental Society apologized for the first time this week for making what he called “offensive and insensitive” comments about Alaska Natives. The statements, originally posted March 1 to an online discussion group, inflamed the already-heated dispute over creation of a dental therapist program in rural Alaska. Tribal health administrators overseeing […]
Corning health board to discuss fluoride
Corning | A dispute that has divided communities across the country will soon be debated in the Crystal City. The city Board of Health will meet at 7 p.m. today to discuss the benefits of adding fluoride to the city water supply. Water fluoridation is the act of adding fluoride ions to drinking water in […]