CLEARWATER – After decades of resisting one of the most recognized trends in preventing tooth decay, Pinellas County relented Tuesday and agreed to add fluoride to the bulk of the county’s water supply. County commissioners voted 6-1 in favor of fluoridating water that serves more than 600,000 of the county’s residents. St. Petersburg, Dunedin, Gulfport […]
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A debate in ‘Fluorida’?
Dear All, According to the article in today’s Sun-Sentinel which comes out of Palm Beach County, ‘Fluorida’ (the poison state), the “Officials plan for fluoride debate”. However there is one little snagg, we know that the officials have already made up their mind, and no matter what transpires in this “debate” they are going to […]
Fluoride Concerns Surface Once Again
Despite decades of adding fluoride to drinking water to protect teeth from decay, there are growing concerns about the efficacy and the safety of this practice. Spurred by new research on fluoride’s health effects and at the request of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Academies’ National Research Council (NRC) has begun another review of […]
Palm Beach County commissioners to vote on fluoridation
Patricia Moreell of Boca Raton has been fighting fluoride for a dozen years. Twelve years ago, she recalled, she appeared before the Palm Beach County Commission to speak against fluoridating the water supply that serves the unincorporated area – including West Boca Raton and West Delray Beach. Fluoride has long been considered beneficial to teeth. […]
For poor kids, few dentists means rampant tooth decay
SALISBURY — The chances of finding a dentist are slim for Lower Shore children who receive health insurance through the state, leading to tooth decay rates here that exceed both Maryland and national averages. Health specialists attribute the high rates of oral health disease to a shortage of dentists willing to accept the low reimbursement […]
Fluoridation: What’s Being Ignored
For fifty-five years, the promotion of water fluoridation was justified by the theory that fluoride, incorporated into tooth enamel during childhood, would result in teeth resistant to decay. This prior dogma was conclusively swept away three years ago by the same authorities that long declared the theory “scientifically undebatable.” Its import was barely noted in […]
Beatty’s main well on line
BEATTY – The town’s main water well went back into service Sunday after a crew installed a new motor to drive the pump. The well, formerly operated by the Barrick Bullfrog Mine, had been out of service for almost a month, forcing the town to use water from another well that had high fluoride content. […]
Petition asks Port Angeles to reconsider fluoridation action
PORT ANGELES — A group fighting to keep fluoride out of the city’s water system hopes to deliver at least 1,000 petition signatures asking the City Council to reconsider its decision to add the chemical supported by local dentists. “We hope to present our petition to City Council later in the month. We realize that […]
Yellow, Pitted Teeth from Fluoridated Toothpaste
19-year-old Erin Habib has never liked to smile, especially not for a camera. “If you look really close, there’s little dents in it, in between the teeth, there’s yellow stains, that’s more obvious,” she says, describing her smile. Erin’s dentist believes she damaged her teeth by “eating” toothpaste as a child. Too much fluoride can […]
DuPont to pay $1.1 million for 1997 spill
The DuPont chemical plant in western Louisville will pay $1.1 million to settle a federal Clean Air Act complaint stemming from a major spill of dangerous hydrogen fluoride six years ago. Half the money will be paid as a civil penalty, with the rest going toward eight local projects, including a $71,000 “green buffer zone” […]