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Orillia: Fluoride concerns voiced
Orillia’s anti-fluoridation movement has garnered the support of a veteran of the dental profession. Tammy Gouweloos, a registered dental hygienist for the past 30 years, says the higher rate of decayed teeth in Orillia’s children “has nothing to do with whether or not we have fluoride in our water.” Gouweloos is urging council not to […]
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Chatham CVS may have mixed cancer drugs with fluoride pills
The CVS Pharmacy on Main Street in Chatham may have recently mixed tablets of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen with fluoride tablets for children. Parents who have filled fluoride prescriptions since Dec. 20 should check the pills for the letters “SCI” stamped on one side and the numbers “1007” stamped on the reverse side. The […]
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Orillia: No budging on opinions
Greeting visitors to Orillia’s first public forum on fluoride with signs reading “Fluoride is the new F word,” Orillia Citizens Against Fluoride made a show of their presence. Even before the public forum began, members of the group had made up their minds: They were there to stop fluoride from finding its way into Orillia’s […]
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Windsor Utilities Commission urges moratorium on fluoridation
The Windsor Utilities Commission voted in favour of recommending that the city stop water fluoridation for five years and redirect any money saved into oral hygiene and nutrition education. “This (fluoridation policy) has been in place for 59 years. It deserves a review – a thorough review,” said Coun. Bill Marra, who stepped down from […]
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Port Macquarie-Hastings region: Fluoridation has started
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council says fluoridation of the public water supply began on Monday. The council said it had approval from the NSW Office of Water, that its standard operating procedure for the plant met the requirements of the NSW Code of Practice for Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies 2011. Construction of the fluoridation plant funded […]
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Athens City Council hears fluoride comments
After weeks attending and delivering speeches during Athens City Council, a group of anti-flouridation [sic] activists saw the body take up their issue during a committee meeting Monday night. City Council invited in a couple of experts, who provided counter-views to the anti-flouride [sic] position that council had been hearing for numerous weeks. Dr. James […]
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Englishtown officials challenge state proposal to mandate fluoridation
The Englishtown Mayor and Council discussed how to oppose the newly proposed state legislation that would require flouride in all public community water systems in New Jersey at their workshop meeting last week. The NJ Senate Bill, entitled the “New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act”, and it’s companion Assembly Bill are currently being considered […]
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Forcing it down our throats
Excerpts: Editor, … Eureka Springs has voted twice against it [fluoridation]. They were lucky, other member cities councils voted for them rather than letting people decide for themselves. Hot Springs city council decided for their citizens, but their citizens demanded a referendum and voted against fluoridation. Oh, the top dog dentist for the state says […]
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Children’s cavities on the increase in Oregon
SEASIDE – Laurie Johnson spends a lot of her time looking inside the mouths of children at schools across Oregon. Johnson, school oral health programs coordinator with the Oregon Health Authority, looked at dozens of children’s teeth during a four-day screening and sealant program Feb. 23 – 28 at Seaside Heights Elementary School, one of […]
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Sonoma County supervisors back fluoride study; criticism called ‘off the charts’
United States, California