WEST JORDAN — Voters approved it and Salt Lake County passed an ordinance requiring it. So fluoride will be flowing throughout the valley by October 2003, right? Nothing is ever that simple when it comes to fluoride. Right now, West Jordan is investigating whether it can opt out of fluoridation, which Councilman Andrew Allison says […]
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Fluoride is on tap for San Antonio
After three divisive elections and decades of bitter debate, San Antonio begins fluoridating its drinking water next week finally shedding its distinction as one of the last large U.S. cities to shun the cavity-fighting mineral. The first shipment of the chemical known as fluorosilicic acid arrived in San Antonio by tanker truck Thursday. By next […]
Fluoridation Fails Poor Children, New Studies Show
NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire/ — Fluoridation promises to level cavity rates between poor and non-poor, but fails, according to two studies in the May-June “Pediatric Dentistry,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Low-income pre-schoolers, from northern Manhattan, New York City (100% fluoridated), have significantly more cavities than pre-schoolers nationwide (62% […]
State Health Department trying to derail Watsonville’s fluoridation vote
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Voters won’t get to decide this fall whether to fluoridate the city’s drinking water supply, according to state Department of Health Services officials. An initiative on the fall ballot asks voters if they want the chemical added to the water supply. But state statutes require a municipality to fluoridate its water […]
Urgent CALL-to-ACTION
To All Safe Water Advocates, Proponents’ efforts to fluoridate the Beaverton/Cornelius/Hillsboro area are in full swing, and, so far, our requests to Beaverton City Council members for an opportunity to present our documentation (either one-on-one or in a work session format) have been denied. The Oregonian, however, is currently soliciting public opinion, which gives all […]
Fluoride tab $600,000 so far in Davis County
LAYTON — The possibility of a Nov. 5 revote overturning the fluoridation referendum could leave Weber Basin Water Conservancy District officials holding a $600,000 white elephant. The district has already spent that much on fluoridation equipment — costs that are being passed onto area cities, district officials said, and those costs in turn are being […]
Colgate introduces bubble-gum flavored toothpaste for kids
(Ybreo Newswire) – Colgate-Palmolive is making brushing fun for kids with the introduction of Colgate 2in1 Kids Bubble Gum Flavor liquid toothpaste. New Colgate 2in1 Kids combines the cleaning power of toothpaste and mouthwash in a bubble gum flavor that will make kids want to brush longer. There is a huge opportunity for a kid’s […]
Medicine copes with changes in direction
When researchers last week dropped bombshells debunking long-held beliefs about hormones and knee surgery, it was stunning – but hardly surprising. The history of medicine is pocked with reversals, yesterday’s panacea branded as today’s poison. Witness this swatch of advice, resounding with the august authority that Americans had come to expect from the white-jacketed high […]
60 percent say ‘No’ to fluoridation in Oneida
ONEIDA – Out of the 792 Oneida City Water customers who responded to a survey on fluoridation, 40 percent were in favor of the measure, while 60 percent were opposed to the idea of the city fluoridating its water supply. The Oneida City Water Department sent out surveys to its water customers asking their opinions […]
Oneida’s Fluoride vote may not happen
ONEIDA – Now that the public has voiced its opinion on whether or not the city should fluoridate its water supply, some common councilmen are making up their minds on the measure. At a public hearing on June 25, a small crowed showed up to express their thoughts on fluoridation. Most residents of the city […]