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Yellow Springs: Council says no to fluoride
At their meeting Tuesday, Jan. 18, members of Village Council voted to discontinue the practice of putting fluoride in Yellow Springs water. The vote was 3–1, with Lori Askeland, Judith Hempfling and Rick Walkey voting to discontinue adding fluoride to local water, Karen Wintrow dissenting and John Booth, who is out of the country, absent. […]
United States, Ohio -
Calgary: Committee recommends city eliminate use of fluoride
CALGARY – With doctors touting research to promote fluoridation and a few dozen citizens touting research against fluoridation, a council committee voted to end Calgary’s use of the tooth decay-fighting additive and paved the way for a final decision next month. Only five aldermen sat through to the end of a 10 -hour public hearing […]
Canada, Alberta -
Fluoride’s benefits trump any debate
Calgary’s new city council reopened the fluoride debate this week, throwing the floor open to the public to weigh in. Luckily, I’m not on city council and therefore obliged to listen to the conspiracy theorists who flock to such meetings in tinfoil hats, swearing they are receiving radio messages from the ether. It continues to […]
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Portsmouth: Fluoride opponent pleads his case for referendum article
PORTSMOUTH — City resident Rick Horowitz is concerned about his drinking water. He is concerned for the well being of his 4-year-old daughter. Horowitz presented to city residents the discoveries he has made during his research of fluoride in drinking water on Tuesday night at Portsmouth Public Library. “There’s very strong evidence fluoridated water can […]
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Urbana to place $3.3 million sewer, water bond issue on ballot
The Urbana Board of Aldermen voted at its Jan. 12 meeting to place a $3.3 million bond issue for a new water and sewer system on the ballot for the April 5 election. Alderman Debra Glass made the motion, which was seconded by Sara Cooke. Earlier in the evening SSE engineers had presented a proposal […]
United States, Missouri -
Keizer: Setting lower fluoride levels will save city money
A recent federal government announcement about fluoridation has prompted immediate change in Keizer. And the decision could lead to a slim monetary benefit for Keizer residents in the future. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, discussed new standards and guidelines in water fluoridation this month. Keizer […]
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Santa Clara County cities still debate water fluoridation
More than 65 years after the United States began fluoridating its water, Santa Clara County is just now beginning a debate over whether to offer fluoridation for many of its 1.8 million residents who do not already have it. Todd Hansen, chief operating officer of the HealthTrust in Campbell, Calif. has been working to get […]
United States, California -
Newton: Water fluoride levels adjusted
On Tuesday, Newton WaterWorks adjusted dosage levels of fluoride so that the final concentration is 0.7 parts per million (ppm) in finished water. The previous dosage was in the range of 1 to 1.2 ppm, while natural levels of fluoride in Newton’s well water is .4 ppm. The adjustment is in accordance to recent recommendations […]
United States, Iowa -
Calgary: Fluoride issue affects neighbouring towns
The decision aldermen make next month on fluoride will directly affect more than 65,000 people who will have no say on the issue because they live outside Calgary’s borders. Residents in Airdrie, Chestermere and Strathmore have their tap water piped in from Calgary’s system, which means the future of their fluoridation rests on the judgment […]
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Calgary: City begins fluoride debate
CALGARY – It’s been talked about plenty, debated in the pages of newspapers, and discussed over the airwaves and online, with opinions often split between keep it, ditch it and I don’t care. Today comes the first big event of Calgary’s latest debate over whether the city should be adding fluoride to the drinking water […]
Canada, Alberta