The Richland City Council will consider fluoridating city water in the wake of deep cuts to public health programs. Written information both for and against will be collected for council members, and a workshop will be scheduled on the topic. Councilman Larry Haler said he expected one or two public hearings to be scheduled in […]
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Tacoma-Pierce County health board to consider fluoridation Proposal
The Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health will consider a proposal Wednesday to mandate water fluoridation for nearly a quarter of a million county residents. The board will hear public comment on the proposal and could vote on it – though it’s also possible the decision will be postponed. It’s unusual for a health board to […]
Voters in Plainville Vote No to Fluoridation
PLAINVILLE — Voters on Monday defeated fluoridation by 90 votes, 814-724, potentially setting the stage for a court battle with North Attleboro. But North Attleboro Public Works Chairman Robert Norton said after the vote that the towns “absolutely” could negotiate an agreement to separate their water without litigation. North Attleboro residents in November 2000 voted […]
High Level of Tooth Decay Among Poor Children in Pittsburgh
When pediatric dentist Brian Martin fills teeth at a low-income clinic in the Terrace Village public housing complex, he also is filling a growing community need: treatment for children with mounting tooth decay who have no means to pay for dental care. Martin, who is based at Children’s Hospital, works one day a week at […]
“World is watching” Plainville
The world truly awaits the results of Monday’s fluoridation vote in Plainville. Individuals from Australia to Oregon have sent letters to the editor to The Sun Chronicle this winter to reinforce the critics’ campaign in town. In contrast, advocates have received written support primarily from area and state dental professionals. But advocates say the federal […]
Chemistry professor advises Oneida not to fluoridate
ONEIDA – Paul Connett, a professor of chemistry at St. Lawrence University in Canton, will speak to the Oneida Common Council about public water fluoridation, a measure which he calls both useless and dangerous to the health of city residents. Connett, who teaches general chemistry and toxicology at St. Lawrence University, has researched the issues […]
Oneida council to hear view on fluoride
An opponent of putting fluoride in water plans to air his concerns in Oneida. The Common Council will hear a presentation April 11 by a St. Lawrence University chemistry professor who has studied fluoride and the fluoridation debate for six years. Paul Connett, who teaches general chemistry, environmental chemistry and toxicology, and has a doctorate […]
Centerville offers well to those who don’t want fluoride
CENTERVILLE — Residents who don’t want fluoridated water can fill up their buckets at a special well, but they’ll still be paying for fluoridation. The City Council is raising water rates to cover costs of equipment and equipment installation to fluoridate the city’s water supply. The flat-fee rate hike represents a 10 percent increase over […]
Shaler Township in Teeth of Fluoride Debate
Shaler Township commissioners plan to decide this year whether adding fluoride to the township water supply is a good idea. The Shaler water system, which supplies more than 30,000 people in Shaler Township, Etna and portions of Hampton and O’Hara townships and Millvale, never has added fluoride to drinking water. If the commissioners conclude by […]
A Vocal Audience Speaks: No Fluoride
Water fluoridation took a thrashing in Spanaway Monday evening, along with health board members who failed to attend a public meeting on the subject. The choice of refreshments wasn’t very popular, either. About 70 people turned out for the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department’s first community meeting on the agency’s proposal to require fluoridation of all […]