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State dental head will discuss fluoride with Watertown City Council
Dr. Jayanth V. Kumar, a dentist for 30 years and the director of the state’s Bureau of Dental Health, went to Walden, Orange County, last week to persuade officials there to put fluoride back in the public water supply. On Monday, he will travel from Albany to persuade the Watertown City Council to keep the […]
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CDC awards contract to Hager Sharp to promote fluoridation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded two contracts to DC-based Hager Sharp. The two multi-year contracts worth an estimated $6.2 million include support for the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) and the Division of Oral Health (DOH), both based in Atlanta. The two contracts awarded to the agency include a […]
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Dunedin Must Decide on Fluoride: Should it Stay or Go?
Fluoride in the drinking water — friend or foe? The subject is bound to touch a nerve. It was a hot-button issue after city officials released the projected 2012 budget in June. Officials proposed eliminating the city’s more-than-20-year fluoridation program as a cost-cutting measure. Doing so would save an estimated $13,000 from the budget and […]
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CDC: U.S. oral health improvements mixed
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is once again putting the country’s oral health disparities in the spotlight. The report, issued May 31 by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, found that while the presence of tooth decay has declined over the last two decades, more than […]
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CDC Reveals Fluoridation Fails Alaskans but Touts Fluoridation Anyway, reports Fluoride Action Network
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 91% of rural Alaskan Native adolescents have cavities whether their water is fluoridated or not. (1) The CDC acknowledges that poor diets and lack of dental care are the probable culprits but, without evidence of need, CDC is recklessly recommending more fluoridation, reports the Fluoride Action […]
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New CDC report on tooth decay in rural Alaskan villages concludes: Less soda, more fluoride
Has Alaska lost it’s war on soda pop? A report released today by the state Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control, says soda drinking and lack of fluoridation of village water are key factors in the widespread tooth decay among children in rural Alaska. Read the report here. It’s based on oral exams […]
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Plattsburgh: CDC’s efforts to continue fluoridation in 2009
Defending Water FLUORIDATION in New York Community water fluoridation was named by CDC as one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. It is an ideal preventive measure that has been shown to reduce tooth decay by about 25% in children and adults across the lifespan. Water fluoridation now reaches 72.4% of […]
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Documents prove dentists controlled CDC stance on water fluoridation
EXCERPT: ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – Opponents of water fluoridation say they have evidence that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has failed to consider its potentially harmful whole-body health effects. …Opponents wonder what else fluoride is doing to rest our bodies. And now, questions have been raised about conflicts of interest within the […]
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New evidence confirms dentists controlled statements by CDC on fluoridation toxicity concerns
Ellijay, GA – Swirling questions about conflicts of interest and improper influence grew rapidly today as Freedom of Information Act documents showed that since the 1970s, dental health professionals alone in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have controlled the agency’s stance supporting water fluoridation. A response to a request for the names and job […]
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Fond du Lac fluoride levels are reduced after CDC warns of health risks
The City of Fond du Lac has reduced the level of fluoride added to its municipal drinking water following a recent health alert from the Centers for Disease Control. Fluoride in the U.S. water supply should contain the lowest amount of the mineral recommended while the Environmental Protection Agency reviews the maximum level allowable, the […]
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