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Athens water fluoridation controversy stays afloat
The controversy regarding water fluoridation is not a new one in Athens and residents continue to speak out against the addition of fluoride to city water systems. Law Director Patrick Lang issued a statement to city council Monday night stating that water fluoridation is required in Ohio, and that city council does not have the […]
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New Jersey fluoridation plan draws detractors in Warren County
A bill working its way through the New Jersey Legislature would require adding fluoride to the state’s water supplies. The state Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee last month approved a measure requiring water companies across New Jersey to add the element. Proponents say the New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act — A1811 in […]
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Dentist: Fluoridated water no panacea for New Jersey
I have been a practicing dentist for over a quarter of a century. While I am all for fluoride and cavity prevention, I disagree with the Star-Ledger editorial board that water fluoridation is the right public policy for New Jersey. Yes, statistically, fluoridated water will reduce dental caries in some children. Yes, it is the […]
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Watsonville. Op/Ed: Fluoride and Political Ambitions
In the attempt to keep it simple, this op-ed is about fluoridation and related political ambitions. According to the law, California cities do not have to fluoridate unless an entity (somebody) like the California Dental Association (CDA) funds all of the costs. A city cannot be legally forced to fluoridate if they have to use […]
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Amherstburg: Town council passes moratorium on putting artificial fluoridation into drinking water
Artificial fluoridation will stay out of Amherstburg’s drinking water after town council passed a moratorium against adding fluoride Monday night. Town council was unanimous in passing a motion put forward by Councillor Carolyn Davies that called for the moratorium to be put into place. Her motion read “that a moratorium be put on future purchase […]
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Port Macquarie: Fluoride added to water in two weeks
Fluoride will be added to Port Macquarie’s water supply in two weeks. The NSW Ministry of Health has directed Port Macquarie-Hastings Council to commence fluoridation of the district’s water supply from Tuesday, February 21. Wauchope residents will be the first to receive fluoridated water in the reticulated water supplies servicing the Wauchope, Beechwood, Rawdon Island, […]
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Western Springs: Blending water may diminish fluorosis concern
A concern expressed by some Western Springs residents about the fluoride level in the village’s water during the rehabilitation of the water plant could be eliminated by Feb. 11. The concern is about fluorosis, a condition that could affect adolescent children. This condition occurs in developing permanent teeth before they erupt from the gums, according […]
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Watsonville: California Dental Association pulls funding to fluoridate Watsonville’s water
WATSONVILLE — Fluoride won’t be flowing from city taps — at least not in the foreseeable future. Thursday, the California Dental Association Foundation announced it would not pay to install a water fluoridation system as the price tag escalated well beyond original estimates. That effectively ended a decade of often bitter debate over the project […]
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Bozeman: Fluoride debate bubbles up
Charlie Graff wants Bozeman to stop putting fluoride in its drinking water. “No one really knows for sure if it’s safe or not,” he told Bozeman City Commissioners earlier this month. “There are some of us out here who are really concerned.” Graff, a sophomore at Montana State University, won’t drink or bathe in unfiltered […]
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Editorial: Fluoridating water is good public health policy
Opposition to fluoride in public water supplies began in the 1950s and the connection to the Red Scare is no coincidence — when true-blue Americans were trained to see “red” conspiracies and Commie spies hiding under every rock. Those who feared fluoride believed that Communist cells had infiltrated our public works departments and convinced our […]
United States, New Jersey