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Anti-fluoride group charges deception; Nonexistent report, conflict of interest
A classic toothpaste commercial featured the line, “Look, Ma, no cavities!” An organization that is fighting a mandatory fluoridation law is now claiming, “Look, Ma, no cavities report.” Secure Arkansas, a self-described grassroots organization, has charged that a former official for the Arkansas Department of Health (AHD) used deception in getting the passage of Act […]
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Speakers spar over fluoride at Port Angeles forum
PORT ANGELES — Health care professionals and local residents took part in a lengthy battle over fluoridation of city water at a special City Council forum. More than 60 speakers expounded for three minutes each Thursday night in the packed City Council chambers, commenting on the positives and negatives of continuing the 10-year practice of […]
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Eureka: Public Works director outlines concerns about fluoride
In an email to Eureka Springs Alderman David Mitchell, Public Works Director Dwayne Allen cited a list of concerns about the state’s policies for training workers handling fluoridation systems and for notifying cities about the amount of fluoride being injected into the city’s water supply. “The training is vastly inadequate and had to be rushed […]
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PR firm Miller Geer & Assoc. Case Study: California Fluoridation Task Force
Situation During the mid-1990s, with California’s dental decay rates for children and adults resisting decline compared to the majority of other states in the country, state public health officials sought solutions to reverse those statistics, forming the California Fluoridation Task Force (CFTF). The Task Force is comprised of the California Dental Association, The California Department […]
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Once-Defeated Fort Smith Fluoride Contract Approved
A once-defeated contract for engineering services related to the addition of fluoride into Fort Smith’s drinking water was approved Tuesday night in a 5-2 vote. Two weeks ago, the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a $1.5 million construction contract with Goodwin & Goodwin for fluoride feed systems at the city’s Lake Fort Smith and […]
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Fort Smith To Revisit Fluoride Contract Vote
For the second time, Fort Smith leaders will be asked to approve a contract for engineering services related to the addition of fluoride into the city’s drinking water. Two weeks ago, the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a $1.5 million construction contract with Goodwin & Goodwin for fluoride feed systems at the city’s Lake […]
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Fluoridation advocacy: Pew’s contributions and lessons that emerge
The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) was commissioned to prepare this report by The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is intended to summarize Pew’s efforts over six years to support and strengthen advocacy for community water fluoridation. CDHP is among the more than 100 local, state and national organizations that comprise the Campaign for Dental Health, […]
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Port Angeles’ fluoridation advisory ballot has strange twist for election system [Corrected]
Corrected to reflect that the City Council held an advisory vote in 1975 but fluoridation didn’t begin until 2006. PORT ANGELES — The City Council’s insistence on expanding the reach of a Nov. 3 fluoridation advisory ballot election beyond the city limit has created one of the more unusual twists in the county’s election history. […]
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Eureka Springs: Lawmakers make last-minute push against fluoride
State Rep. Bob Ballinger and State Sen. Bryan King are not giving up their fight against fluoride, which is scheduled to be added to Eureka Springs’ water supply beginning Wednesday, July 15. King told the Lovely County Citizen that he met with Arkansas Department of Health officials last week regarding Delta Dental’s business contracts and […]
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Fluoride goes in your Carroll Boone drinking water Wednesday
Harrison Public Works director Wade Phillips said he was informed Tuesday that the Carroll Boone Water District would begin adding fluoride to water beginning Wednesday, July 15. Carroll Boone officials said they received a call from one dentist Tuesday in Harrison asking when fluoride would be added to the water. When the dentist was told […]
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