The chairman of a Senate committee has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to review its standard for fluoride in drinking water because of renewed concerns over potential adverse health effects. In a July 25 letter to the agency, Sen. Bob Smith (R.-N.H.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote that “recent scientific […]
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Delaware, Ohio, accepts fluoridation, but challenge possible
DELAWARE, Ohio — After 31 years, city residents are one step closer to getting cavity-fighting fluoride added to their water supply. The City Council unanimously approved fluoridation this week. Still, residents will have to wait at least 27 days before it’s a sure thing. Sept. 13 is the filing deadline for a Nov. 7 referendum […]
Fluoridated Water Starts Trickle of a Debate
Most dentists aren’t about to discourage people from drinking fluoridated water. After all, fluoride is credited with preventing an untold number of cavities and related tooth decay-at an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion savings in annual dental bills-since it was first added to public drinking water supplies more than 50 years ago. The American […]
Health Officials ‘On the Ropes’ Over Fluosilicic Acid Coverup
Recent successes by campaigners against artificial water fluoridation on both sides of the Atlantic were boosted today when correspondence, dated 4 April, between senior environmental and public health officials came to light. During a bitterly fought campaign to prevent fluoridation in Wellington, Florida, the Palm Beach County dental director and promoter of water fluoridation, Robert […]
Wakefield: Facing criticism, DPW chief details recent fluoride woes
WAKEFIELD — In a report, DPW Director Stephen Casazza has linked the cause of the elevated fluoride levels in the water system on Friday, July 28, to the apparent failure of a feed valve and the resulting “back siphon” of fluoride from the chemical feed system into the water supply at the Broadway Water Treatment […]
Fluoride foes wield new clout via Internet
The small Western Massachusetts towns of South Hadley, Granby, and Ludlow have been like peas in a pod for as long as anyone there can remember. So it was a surprise to South Hadley officials when the other two towns rejected a push earlier this year to add tooth decay-fighting fluoride to their shared water […]
The Fluoride Debate: Should It Be Added To Our Water?
Many public water supplies throughout the United States contain fluoride that has been added to the water by the water supplier. Of course, fluoride is not naturally found in drinking water. It is placed there by many companies that sell us our drinking water. The popular, although not ONLY, opinion today is that it is […]
Spokane pro-fluoride group pays $2 for each signature
Spokane — Hard work and $25,000 guaranteed that Spokane residents will be able to vote on adding fluoride to their water. People for Healthy Teeth delivered 12,742 signatures to City Hall on Tuesday, 50 percent more than state law requires to place an initiative on the ballot. While the city clerk’s office will have to […]
Residents vote against fluoridating city’s water in referendum
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. – Voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to fluoridate the city’s water system, 54 percent to 46 percent. Although the proposal was in a nonbinding referendum, members of the city’s Board of Aldermen expect to vote on the issue in coming weeks. How the board will vote is still in question, however. […]
Fluoride Malfunction in Massachusetts Water Plant
The difference between Wakefield and Norfolk is roughly 30 miles. But in terms of notifying residents about problems with the water system, it’s about 24 hours. “They tried to poison us and they didn’t even bother to tell us,” said Linda Collins of Wakefield after an overdose of fluoride seeped into the town water supply […]