WOODS CROSS — In a first in the county, the City Council here has said no thanks to fluoridation, because its own water system is independent of outside water sources. And Davis County plans to challenge the city”s new ordinance. In a 4-1 vote, the council members took the action Tuesday after a citizens” group […]
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Davis County revote on fluoridation will move forward
FARMINGTON — Fluoride opponents have won a big battle in the Davis County fluoridation feud. A county attorney shot down Tuesday a legal argument by proponents that the process to force a revote was unlawful. As a result, voters will be given the opportunity to revote on the fluoridation issue in the Nov. 5 general […]
Fluoridation Promises
The effectiveness and safety of fluoridated water will be debated until the taps run dry, but Salt Lake County health officials have ensured that the stuff will never be associated with a truth serum. To sell voters on fluoridation last year, they promised it would be cheap and easy to implement. Now they have pushed […]
Don’t assume fluoride is in your drinking water
Just when Laura Gilmore had gotten used to having a new baby she found out there was another thing she had to worry about: fluoride. “I always thought we had fluoride in the water,” said Gilmore, a resident of Treasure Island. “But when Evie (her first daughter) was born the pediatrician said since we live […]
Cumberland prepares to fluoridate its water
CUMBERLAND – After decades of debate, an engineer will turn on a small electric pump this week or next to begin fluoridating this city’s water – an event that is being welcomed by dentists but will be hard to swallow for a steadfast citizens group still wary of science’s leading answer to cavities. “I won’t […]
Fluoridation Debate Surfaces in Philadelphia Suburbs
Though almost everyone agrees the compound prevents tooth decay, area water companies don’t add it to their systems. The American Dental Association endorses it. The American Medical Association endorses it. The Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Public Health Service back it. The practice itself began in some parts of this country in 1945, […]
NIDCR program announcement: Research on Fluorides to Improve Oral Health
This Program Announcement expires on July 31, 2004, unless reissued. RESEARCH ON FLUORIDES TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH Release Date: July 27, 2001 PA NUMBER: PA-01-121 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov) THIS PA USES “MODULAR GRANT” AND “JUST-IN-TIME” CONCEPTS. MODULAR INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE USED FOR RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS UP TO $250,000 PER YEAR. […]
Watsonville city council votes to fluoridate
The Watsonville City Council voted “yes” on water fluoridation in a special meeting Tuesday night. The vote was 5 to 2. City Council members Betty Bobeda and Judy Doering-Nielsen were the only ones to say “no” to fluoridation, both expressing that there was still research that needed to be done on the issue and there […]
Oregon Mandatory Fluoridation Bill Officially Defeated
Please forward appropriately to friends and colleagues… To Oregon Safe Drinking Water Advocates, Finally, the 2001 legislature has closed, and, with it, the immediate threat of statewide mandatory fluoridation comes to an end. Please congratulate yourselves on our accomplishment. Looking back, SB 99 had tremendous momentum, and its passage was seemingly a fait accompli: July […]
Fluoride Release Leads to Evacuation of Texas Neighborhood
Yesterday, July 9, an explosion occured at a Texas oil refinery which resulted in the release of an unspecified, but potentially large amount of hydrogen fluoride. According to the article which appeared in today’s Corpus Christi Caller Times, a seven block area adjacent to the plant was soon evacuated after winds blew the HF gas […]