On Monday June 12, 2000, San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno received the support he needed from other Members of the San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors for his motion that directs the Legislative Analyst to report on research of revised American Dental Association (ADA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for controlled-dose […]
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San Francisco Supervisors request legislative analysis of fluoride exposure levels
On Monday June 12, 2000, San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno received the support he needed from other Members of the San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors for his motion that directs the Legislative Analyst to report on research of revised American Dental Association (ADA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for controlled-dose […]
San Antonio fluoride task force stating its case
Behind the dentist, photographs of toothless mouths hung agape, while before her a group of residents weighed the merits of fluoridated water. Linda Altenhoff, a dentist with the Texas Department of Health, spent her Wednesday evening at the end of May explaining to 25 members of the District 9 Neighborhood Alliance why they should support […]
San Francisco Supervisor Revives Fluoride Concerns
A decade after ex-Supervisor Wendy Nelder’s long-fought and eventually unsuccessful battle to get San Francisco to remove fluoride from its drinking water, Supervisor Mark Leno is resurrecting the idea as something at least worthy of study. “It’s time San Francisco revisited the issue,” Leno said Monday. “There’s a lot more information since (Nelder’s) efforts.” He […]
Fluoride without a fight
CORNISH — Debbie McKnight remembers boasting as a child to classmates in neighboring Lewiston that she had no cavities. “They thought that was pretty cool. I nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah’d them right to death,” says Mc- Knight, now 42 and the mother of three children who, like their mother, have nearly cavity-free teeth. McKnight believes there is a […]
Utah a national leader by not fluoridating
Utahns consistently reject fluoride because we cut through the enormous endorsements and weigh the facts. We are not behind the times, but ahead of the 60 cities that bucked the system and rejected fluoride in the 1990s. We’re unique because we vote. Most cities are fluoridated by executive order. The task of unmasking this fluoride […]
San Diego County Grand Jury Recommends Fluoridation
SAN DIEGO — The county grand jury recommended yesterday that local cities and water districts fluoridate their drinking water, saying the ever-controversial treatment is “safe and effective in reducing tooth cavities.” San Diego County is the most populous county in California with no fluoridation. The county lacks it even though a 1995 state law requires […]
Floridation’s time has come in Cache Valley
What’s all the fuss about fluoridation? For a process that was embraced by the rest of the country 50 years ago, with no audible regrets, it’s stirring up a cauldron of controversy here in Utah. Opponents pin everything from hip fractures to cancer to brain damage on fluoride, but numerous studies since the 1950s reveal […]
Chemicals and Crime: A Truly Toxic Effect
Rates of violent crime can vary tremendously between American counties. For example, one community may experience only 100 crimes per 100,000 people, while another of about the same size and population may have more than 3,000 per 100,000. Why such a huge difference? Conventional thinkers blame poverty, lack of education and opportunity, and bad role […]
Fluoride Salesmen Use Apples versus Oranges to Sell Their Case
Recent reports of an epidemic in tooth decay in California children is a prime example of science by press release. No viable study shows that California children have more tooth decay than the rest of the nation. The 1994 study, cited as proof of this epidemic, has never been published, and until just recently, has […]