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Bradford, Vt., Commission Reaffirms Decision to End Water Fluoridation
Bradford — Water and Sewer Commission members have voted to reaffirm their May decision to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply. Commissioners initially voted in May to end fluoridation, a decision that flew under the radar for months before sparking a backlash from dentists and residents. On Tuesday, the commission took another vote, and […]
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Column. Bradford: Keep the Ban on Fluoridation
When getting my Ph.D. at Dartmouth, I relied on the Valley News for well-informed opinion; thus, I was deeply shocked to read its Dec. 2 editorial on water fluoridation. Having researched this issue for 16 years, first as a professor of environmental chemistry and then as director of the Fluoride Action Network, I believe this […]
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Editorial: Bradford Regresses
While the rest of the world is fretting about electromagnetic waves, genetically modified food and other perceived health threats associated with contemporary living, the town of Bradford, Vt., has taken a step back in time by rekindling a public health debate that we thought had been settled long ago — whether fluoride should be added […]
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Fluoride Debated in Bradford After Commission Ends Water Treatment
Bradford — Opponents and supporters of fluoridating the town’s water supply came out in force last night as commission members defended and explained their recent decision to no longer fluoridate the water. Supporters of the decision by the Bradford Water and Sewer Commission cited concerns over negative health effects and involuntary ingestion of a chemical […]
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Bradford Stops Fluoridating Water Supply, Upsetting Dentists
A decision by Bradford Water and Sewer Commission officials to stop fluoridating the public water supply — after doing so for more than three decades — has prompted strong opposition from an Upper Valley dentist who wonders why the five-member water board did not seek medical advice before making that move. Chairman Robert Nutting, who […]
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Vermont responds to lower fluoridation recommendation
Federal agencies announced Friday they are planning to lower the recommended concentration of fluoride in drinking water, prompting at least one major Vermont water supplier to follow suit and re-igniting questions about the use of fluoride in the state’s largest city. Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental […]
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Burlington: City panel recommends halting fluoride
The issue of whether Burlington’s drinking-water supply should be fluoridated has risen again, almost five years after city residents voted overwhelmingly to continue the practice. A subcommittee of the Public Works Commission this week unanimously recommended that the fluoridation of the city water supply be “deferred” until further scientific studies consider health aspects raised in […]
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Burlington: Public Works subcommittee says No to water fluoridation
Commissioners at tonight’s Public Works meeting in Burlington, Vermont, voted unanimously to accept the recommendations of commissioners Margret Gundersen, Jared Wood, and Assistant Director of Water/Waste Water Treatment Laurie Adams. In January of 2010 the three were asked to review the most current information concerning fluoride. Citing the 2006 National Research Council’s review of fluoride […]
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Proctor: residents to vote on fluoridation March 1.
PROCTOR — The Vermont Health Department and the state’s oral health director are petitioning Proctor voters to vote up article 7 this Town Meeting Day — allowing the town to continue the practice of adding fluoride to the public drinking water supply. The practice of adding fluoride to the water in town began in 1963 […]
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Newbury retains fluoride after vote
NEWBURY–While the budget articles passed without discussion, the question of fluoride in their water was a hot topic at the Newbury Village Annual Meeting. The two-hour gathering, attended by 42 residents was held May 26 at the Newbury Town Hall. Article 6, which asked residents to consider if they wanted to continue adding fluoride to […]
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