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Boothbay: The Fluoride Opposition Committee
Excerpt: [In a meeting of Southport selectmen on Aug. 31}: … In other action, selectmen signed the warrant for the Nov. 8 election. There will be one local question, on fluoridation of Boothbay Region Water District’s drinking water. The Fluoride Opposition Committee, a local coalition of residents, successful lobbied Boothbay and Southport select boards to […]
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Boothbay: Fluoridation on Election day ballot
Excerpt: … In other action, selectmen held four public hearings. Six local residents spoke in favor of removing fluoride from the public water supply. Voters in Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport will decide on Election Day whether Boothbay Region Water District will continue adding fluoride into the drinking water. Boothbay residents Julie Roberts, Eve Jamieson, […]
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Lettter.Boothbay: Take fluoride out of town water
For years several of us have tried to petition for names to get three towns to meet and vote on removing fluoride from the town water. Years ago we had researched it and found it to be detrimental to our health, causing cancer. If that was not concern enough for some, it was also very […]
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Kennebec Water District: Temporary suspension of fluoridation, July 15 – Dec 3, 2022.
Due to maintenance activities at the Kennebec Water District’s (KWD) Water Treatment Plant, the fluoridation adjustment in our communities’ drinking water will be temporarily suspended. During this time, the safety of the water will not be impacted and no change in the taste, smell or color will occur. Fluoridation adjustment is scheduled to be restored […]
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Maine Board of Pesticides Control member raises a red flag over chemicals in weed killer [Oxyfluorfen]
Note from Fluoride Action Network: For information on Oxyfluorfen see here and here. The structural formula of the herbicide Oxyfuorfen is: The board approved expanding the use of Oxyfluorfen for broccoli crops in Aroostook County in February. MAINE, USA — A member of Maine’s Board of Pesticide Control is raising concerns about a pesticide being […]
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Boothbay: Fluoride removal question heading to November ballot
Boothbay region residents will vote next November on whether fluoride should remain in the local drinking water. Boothbay selectmen followed Southport selectmen’s lead in agreeing to put the question to a public vote. Boothbay and Southport along with Boothbay Harbor are members of the Boothbay Region Water District. In 2021, the Flouride Opposition Committee was […]
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Boothbay. Letter: Unethical to fluoridate everyone
Dear Editor: The fluoride added to tap water is not pharmaceutical grade, unlike that added to toothpaste. It is hydrofluorosilic acid — toxic waste from phosphate fertilizer factory chimney scrubbers, which is contaminated with arsenic, mercury and lead, etc. Fluoridation is wasteful and expensive as only around 1% of tap water is drunk by children. […]
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Boothbay. Letter: The right to clean, un-medicated water
Dear Editor: A group of concerned citizens is working to put the question of water fluoridation before the voters of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport. Our website, FluorideOC.com, explains what sodium fluoride is and how it is best used to prevent tooth decay. Studies show similar declines in tooth decay in countries that have fluoridated […]
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Letter. Boothbay: Keep fluoride in water supply
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The following comments need to corrected: …skeletal and cognitive issues… occur only at “high levels of fluoride.” Two studies funded by the U.S. Government reported cognitive defects (loss of IQ) in fluoridated communities that add 0.7 ppm fluoride into their drinking water. These studies revealed that in fluoridated communities […]
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Boothbay Fluoridation: It’s up to the voters
Recently a letter was published in the Boothbay Register advocating the removal of current fluoride levels in the Boothbay region’s public drinking water supply. The Boothbay Region Water District’s (BRWD) position concerning fluoridation is “neither for, nor against,” believing fluoridation of the public drinking water supply is a question that should be determined directly by […]
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