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Water fluoride could be cause for dracaena’s browning
Dracaena fragrans – Photo courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden Q • What’s causing the tips of my dracaena to brown? A • Brown tipping on leaves is typically a sign of an environmental or abiotic issue, rather than an insect or disease. It could have been caused by the plant becoming too dry over a certain period, […]
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Tablet fluoridation. Letter: Something to chew on regarding fluoride
I disagree with Rob Goren’s letter, “Missouri should support fluoride” because it implies that fluoridated water has been proven to be safe and effective in fighting tooth decay. Many doctors and scientists throughout the world claim that adding fluoride to our drinking water has not been proven to be safe or effective. In 2016, the […]
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Letter: Missouri should support fluoride
As the Missouri House and Senate consider the fiscal year 2023 budget for the state of Missouri, Delta Dental of Missouri, a non-profit and the state’s dental benefits leader, strongly encourages the support of $825,000 for the Office of Dental Health Fluoridation Pilot Program. This funding will initiate the Innovative Technology Pilot Project with a […]
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Letter: Community water fluoridation protects Missourians’ oral health
As the Missouri House and Senate consider the fiscal year 2023 budget for the state, Delta Dental of Missouri, a nonprofit and the state’s dental benefits leader, strongly encourages the support of $825,000 in Section 10.740 of House Bill 3010 for the Office of Dental Health Fluoridation Pilot Program. This funding will initiate the Innovative […]
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Local Dentist Initiates Push to Put Fluoride Back Into the Clarence Cannon Service Area
Excerpt A local dentist, Dr. Lisa Bosch of rural Knox County, is pushing the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission (CCWWC) to return to adding fluoride to the water sent to customers throughout the region… “Shortly after I moved here, I started looking to make sure that there was community fluoridation in the water here… I […]
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CDC awards Missouri public water systems for fluoridation quality
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced that 26 community water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective for preventing tooth decay. The award recognizes those […]
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Two local water suppliers recognized for water fluoridation
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced this week 26 community water systems, including two in Cole County, have been awarded a water fluoridation quality award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The two systems honored in Cole County are Jefferson City and Cole County Public Water Supply District No. […]
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Park Hills Water Department awarded for fluoridation quality
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We add this article to our site for historical reasons only. (EC) JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced today that Park Hills Water Department has been awarded a 2020 Reaffirmation Award from the American Dental Association (ADA), Association of State and Territorial Dental […]
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CDC awards Missouri public water systems for 50 years of fluoridation quality
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We add this article to our site for historical reasons only. (EC) JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced today that Poplar Bluff Municipal Utilities and Charleston Water Treatment Plant have been awarded the 2020 Community Water Fluoridation 50 Year Award from the American […]
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Ebb and flow of fluoride debate reaches Columbia
COLUMBIA — A dial spins slowly clockwise on a basement pump at Columbia’s water treatment plant in McBaine. Outside, in the cold late-autumn air, millions of gallons of water roar in massive, swimming-pool size softening tanks. A gurgle rises from three-feet deep channels built under zigzagging walkways, carrying water to filters. With each revolution of […]
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