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Full vetting of fluoride plan needed
The state Assembly health committee seems to be in an awful hurry to force municipalities in New Jersey to fluoridate their public water supplies. A bill to require the fluoridation of water was introduced on Feb. 5 and unanimously approved by the committee less than two business days later on Monday afternoon. Did we miss […]
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State legislators find merit, concerns in fluoridation bill
TRENTON – A bill that would mandate the fluoridation of the state’s water supply still faces questions as it awaits approval from the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The bill was approved 10-0 by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee this week, but Assemblyman Vincent J. Polistina, R-Atlantic, abstained, saying he needed to research the issue […]
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Fluoride measure advances
An extra 6 million people in New Jersey would get water treated with fluoride under a bill that cleared an Assembly committee yesterday. The measure, approved by the Assembly Health Committee, was strongly pushed by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies. Committee chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) made it clear […]
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Assembly committee clears bill to add fluoride to N.J. drinking water
Supported by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies, a plan to require all of New Jersey’s public water supplies be treated with fluoride cleared an Assembly committee today. Assembly Health Committee Chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway made it clear from the outset of today’s hearing that the bill would be approved […]
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Mandatory fluoridation bill to be discussed in State Assembly
Excerpt: Legislation (A-3709) sponsored by Assemblymen Herb Conaway Jr. and Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) to require the fluoridation of all public water supply systems in New Jersey will be considered by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee. The “New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act” would require all public water systems in the state […]
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Lack of fluoride in Sea Isle water has some gritting their teeth
SEA ISLE CITY – Fluoride, the chemical sometimes added to public drinking water to help prevent tooth decay, has some in Sea Isle City not smiling. Or, rather, the lack of fluoride in the water is what’s leaving a sour taste in the mouth of some residents. The city quietly stopped the practice at least […]
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Atlantic City: Fluoride to be added to water supply
The resort’s Municipal Utilities Authority will begin adding fluoride to the city’s water supply in February after years of its absence. The authority’s installation of a new fluoridation system will allow fluoride to be put back into the city’s water after about five years without it, according to a news release from the authority. The […]
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Beach Haven votes to remove fluoride from water supply
BEACH HAVEN — The Beach Haven Board of Commissioners has declared an ordinance, one that required the intentional addition of fluoride to the borough’s drinking water supply system, to be null and void. In November 1962, it was believed that fluoride added to the drinking water supply system would help prevent tooth decay. In recent […]
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Adding fluoride to water may pose health risks
Scary news travels fast. Within weeks after the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences released a study citing adverse health effects of fluoride in water supplies, the Hightstown Board of Health introduced a draft recommendation to the Borough Council supporting a ban on water fluoridation. Dylan Ross, an alternate Board of Health […]
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Borough water fluoridation ban seems imminent
HIGHTSTOWN — After months of debate, the Board of Health seems poised to recommend that the borough stop adding fluoride to its water supply. A draft recommendation to the Borough Council was introduced during Wednesday’s board meeting, with several members speaking out in favor of stopping the fluoridation of water until its potential benefits and […]
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