Some public health advocates are saying, “Don’t drink the water” — if it’s supplemented with fluoride. Once viewed as a Communist conspiracy to brainwash America, fluoridated water has become a hot-button issue again. Anti-fluoridation Internet sites are flooding the Web and voters in some parts of the country have even rejected legislation introducing water fluoridation. […]
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The cost of no cavities
Is fluoridated water good for you? Or is it a poison that causes young boys to die of bone cancer? For 60 years, U.S. cities and towns have been adding fluoride to tap water, and for 60 years pro-fluoride advocates have been unable to forge a scientific consensus in favor of the practice. Those who […]
Communities debate fluoride in tap water
MONTPELIER, Vt. –A letter to the editor in a newspaper describing fluoride as a poison prompted two local dental hygienists to shoot back. “Community water fluoridation is the number one way to prevent dental decay,” Terri Weinstein of Marshfield and Michele Feccia of Barre wrote. “Sixty years after the first community (Grand Rapids, MI) adjusted […]
Fluoridation fight will go to state Supreme Court
WATSONVILLE — The city will take its nearly three-year fight against fluoridation to the state Supreme Court. The decision, made by the City Council in closed session at the end of a lengthy meeting, came after nearly an hour of public testimony on the issue earlier in the evening when the Council Chamber was packed […]
Rockland: Fluoride free for 60 years
When most New Yorkers drink water from their faucets, they take part in a public health initiative that is marking its 60th anniversary this year. Fluoride, a naturally occurring element, is added in small amounts to 73 percent of the drinking water in New York state, including 90 percent of public water in Westchester. Nationwide, […]
Fluoride issue splits city
The vote on fluoridating Bellingham’s drinking water shows a divide in the city. Fluoridation, which is failing with 47 percent of the vote, is getting its strongest support in areas with more affluence and new homes, including Edgemoor, South Hill, Samish Hill and Cordata. The strongest opposition comes from older, west-of-the-freeway neighborhoods, including Sunnyland, the […]
Alcoa will pay $40,000 for emitting too much fluoride
MASSENA – Alcoa announced Thursday that it will pay the state Department of Environmental Conservation $40,000 for an air-quality violation recorded earlier this year. The Massena Operations East Plant registered a reading in April of 2.66 pounds of fluoride per ton of aluminum produced, which exceeds the state minimum fluoride emission of 2.4 pounds per […]
Kennedy on fluoridation: Don’t trust dogma from trade groups
Environmental Activist and Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on the Hutchinson Community College campus on Nov. 16 as part of the Dillon Lecture Series. During a pre-lecture press conference, Kennedy spoke with the media about both local and national topics such as wind farms in McPherson County, fluoridation, the Bush Administrations actions in the […]
Anti-fluoride voters strengthen lead
Votes against a measure to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water continued to grow Monday, reaching a 244-vote lead. Unofficial election results released by the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office show 50.9 percent of voters rejecting the measure and 49 percent supporting it. Election workers have counted more than 37,000 ballots since the Nov. 8 general […]
Fluoride foes grab the lead
A proposal to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water lost its narrow lead Saturday, with opponents calling the shift “tremendous news.” Unofficial election results show 50.3 percent of voters against the measure and 49.6 percent supporting it, with 33,080 ballots counted – a difference of 91 votes. Officials are counting ballots almost every day in […]