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Letter: No good reason to add fluoride to Alpena water
When was the last time you read the label on your toothpaste tube and the warning: DO NOT SWALLOW. Do you know why? Fluoride is a toxic chemical! If swallowed in large amounts at one time, you should go to the emergency room immediately. Unfortunately, small amounts of fluoride swallowed over a long period of […]
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Grand Rapids Was the First U.S. City to Add Fluoride To Its Water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is outdated as it doesn’t present information on the • US Government studies on fluoride’s neurotoxicity • The 76 Fluoride IQ studies Because of the lack of sharing this important information with its readers, we add this article to our misinformation category. (EC Fluoride has been a part […]
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City Council considers Fluoride additive in Alpena’s drinking water
In this week’s segment of “Minute with the Mayor”, Mayor Matt Waligora discussed the potential additive of Fluoride to Alpena’s drinking water. Watch interview on YouTube *Available at http://www.wbkb11.com/city-council-considers-fluoride-additive-in-alpenas-drinking-water Print PDF
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Some communities in Michigan opt out of fluoridation
LANSING — Even as community water systems are praised by the state for maintaining fluoride levels, others are still holding out. Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by about 25% in children and adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around 6.5 million people, or 89.2% of Michiganders, have access to fluoridated […]
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New Baltimore City Council votes to keep fluoride in drinking water
Incident involving mislabeled acid prompts urge to discontinue use The New Baltimore Water Plant. (MediaNews Group file photo) Fluoride will remain in the city of New Baltimore’s drinking water supply following a recent vote by the city council. Council members voted 4-2 Jan. 10 to deny a recommendation from the public utilities, roads & […]
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Letter: On the effects of fluoride in city water
As of December 2021, a total of 81 studies have investigated the relationship between fluoride and human intelligence. Of these investigations, 73 studies have found that elevated fluoride exposure is associated with reduced IQ in humans, while over 60 animal studies have found that fluoride exposure impairs the learning and/or memory capacity of animals. The […]
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Alpena City has enough dry fluoride to last until about June
It turns out the Alpena City Council doesn’t need to hurry to make a decision on whether to continue adding dry fluoride into the drinking water system. Due to an issue or issues in the supply chain, the city’s supplier is having a difficult time securing dry fluoride. Council must now decide whether to find […]
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Alpena: Water fluoridation tabled at City Council meeting
ALPENA, Mich.–Monday nights city council meeting drew in more attendees than usual. The hot button water fluoridation topic caused public commenters to come out in droves to express their opinion on weather to keep or ditch the fluoridation process. Marie Fielder said, “The center for disease control has called community water fluoridation one of the […]
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Alpena: Supply chain issues may force city to stop using fluoride in drinking water
Residents who for years have been complaining about the City of Alpena’s water management company adding fluoride to the drinking water may not have to argue their viewpoints much longer. SUEZ has been operating the city’s water/wastewater utility since July, 2008. It has been adding fluoride to the drinking water since the beginning. Adding fluoride […]
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Ironwood authorizes fluoridation of water system
Ironwood City Commission authorized adding fluoridation to the city’s water system and applying for a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services fluoridation equipment grant at their regular meeting on Monday. City Manager Scott Erickson said the city is designing a water treatment plant in the city of Ironwood and one of the topics that […]
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