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Water fluoridation: A debate with teeth
BANGOR – The debate over adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies, a practice that gained broad national support in the 1950s and is still going strong today, never seems to be completely settled. At this year’s November election, voters in two northern Maine communities found fluoride on their local ballots — one measure seeking […]
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Flouride in tap water a health risk, doctor warns
BANGOR — A Bangor pediatrician told members of the City Council on Monday evening that it’s time to revisit the longtime practice of adding fluoride to the city’s public water supply. Fluoride, which occurs naturally in some water sources and is monitored as an environmental contaminant, also is added in small quantities to many public […]
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Lincoln voters reject fluoridation
LINCOLN – Incumbent Rod Carr, former Councilor Bruce Albert and David Whalen were elected to the Town Council Tuesday night by voters who also rejected buying a new street sweeper or fluoridating town water. With 1,479 and 971 votes, respectively, Carr and Whalen defeated challenger Byron Sanderson, who received 733 votes, Town Clerk Lisa J. […]
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2 Maine towns to vote on fluoridation
JACKMAN — After about 35 years of having fluoride added to their drinking water, residents of Jackman and Moose River are being asked whether they want to continue with the tooth decay preventative. A referendum on the ballot for the Nov. 7 election asks residents: Shall fluoride be added to the public water supply for […]
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Mercury bill sparks bizarre fight
Did the American Dental Association threaten to limit dental care in Maine if state lawmakers ban mercury fillings? The Chicago-based group says it never made such a threat. But two advocacy groups claim otherwise and have filed an antitrust petition with the Federal Trade Commission and the Maine attorney general. The groups — Consumers for […]
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Fluoride wins in Wells area water district
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Water District customers will soon drink fluoridated water. Residents of the seven towns served by the water district – from York to Biddeford Pool – voted Tuesday to add the chemical to the water supply. The measure won in each town and passed with 61 percent of the vote. Overall, fluoride […]
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Water fluoridation plan on ballots in York County
Seven communities in York County will vote Nov. 5 on a controversial proposal to fluoridate their water. The communities are Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Arundel, Ogunquit, the coastal section of Biddeford and the Cape Neddick portion of York. A group of dentists in southern Maine is urging voters to approve fluoridation. The American Dental Association says […]
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Kennebunk dentist leads fight for fluoridation
Lisa Howard has seen both sides of the tooth. As a Minnesota dentist, she practiced in one town where residents drank fluoridated water, and another where they drank untreated well water. In the well-water town, her patients had many more cavities, she said. “It proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that (fluoride) […]
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Fluoridation on fall ballot in Boothbay Harbor
“I’m dealing with a lot of people in their 20s with severe cavities” said Boothbay Harbor dentist Dr. Doug Bevins. “Am I an advocate of fluoridation? Absolutely.” Fluoridation of public water supplies will be on the ballot in November in Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay and Southport. Selectmen in each town have voted in favor of a […]
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Fluoridation considered for KKW water
A proposal to fluoridate water in the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District has begun making its way toward a November ballot vote. Unanimous selectmen’s votes May 13 in Kennebunk and May 23 in Kennebunkport gave the proposal two of the four town votes necessary to qualify for the ballot. A Kennebunk group, many of […]
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