Modesto voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure to fluoridate the city’s water supply. City voters approved advisory measures that could lead to annexation of 480 mostly vacant acres in the northeast and two unincorporated neighborhoods in west Modesto. With all precincts reporting at 10 p.m., 60.6 percent of voters opposed the fluoridation proposal, Measure […]
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Sutherlin keeps fluoride out of water
SUTHERLIN – Keeping those pearly whites in good shape will remain the personal responsibility of Sutherlin residents, following Tuesday’s trouncing of a measure asking voters whether fluoride should be added to the municipal water supply. With a resounding “no” on Measure 10-24, Sutherlin voters remain among the vast majority of Oregon residents whose drinking water […]
Worcester votes no to fluoridation
WORCESTER — There will be no fluoride in the city’s water supply. Voters once again blocked plans to begin adding fluoride to the city water supply, voting yesterday 56 percent to 44 percent against fluoridation. The victory came despite a $400,000 campaign aimed at convincing residents that fluoridation would reduce dental decay among children. Opponents, […]
Access, cost hinder dental care
As the dentist in charge of the clinic at Detroit’s Crockett Career and Vocational Technical Center, Dr. Bridget Merritt-Brooks sees a lot of things that cause her as much pain as her mostly African-American patients feel. “It is most disturbing to me when I see 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-year-old patients whose parents have never […]
Flagstaff Voters Flush Fluoride
Out of 11,545 valid ballots received by 7 p.m. Tuesday, 6,717, or 58 percent, opposed fluoridating the water supply, vs. 4,828, or 42 percent, in support. Turnout was 44.4 percent of the city’s 26,530 registered voters — 12 percentage points higher than the turnout for the May 2000 City Council election. Another 244 ballots were […]
Congresswoman Diane Watson (D – California) Introduces Bill to Ban Mercury Amalgams
In times like these, there are toxins that we don’t know much about – how to control them, their source, and their impact. But there are toxins that we DO know about — toxins that we know do not belong in our bodies, toxins that we can do something about. My bill addresses that very […]
Help Educate the Boston Globe
Dear All, Over the past few days I have been thinking a lot about the outrageous editorial that appeared in the Boston Globe on November 1 ( see below). I am outraged for several reasons: 1) It is unprofessional. This paper has gone to the public on a serious public health issue and made pronouncements […]
Erie residents say yes to fluoride
The majority of residents in Erie say they would support the town adding fluoride to the town’s water supply, according to a survey. In the poll, which was sent to residents along with their September water bill, 547 residents replied yes to fluoride, 273 said no and 51 said they had no opinion on the […]
Boston Globe Editorial on Fluoridation
FLUORIDATION OF WATER is one of the great public health successes of the past 50 years. Voters in Worcester have an opportunity on Tuesday to bring this improvement in dental health to the residents of their community. Fifty-seven percent of the people in Massachusetts have access to fluoridated water, but many are reluctant to treat […]
Fluoride foes call rival’s claims misleading
WORCESTER– Fluoridation opponents yesterday said the Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative has been “disseminating misleading and false information” in an attempt to persuade voters to approve fluoridation of the city’s water supply. Fluoride proponents defended their positions and contend that the measure’s opponents are singling out individual studies instead of “the preponderance of scientific evidence.” […]