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Collier County residents petition for fluoride-free water
NAPLES, Fla. – Hundreds of Collier County residents are asking commissioners to take fluoride out of their drinking water, despite a local dentist insisting that the U.S. Surgeon General called water fluoridation one of the ten greatest health achievements of the 20th century. Listen to TV broadcast Print PDF
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Sulfuryl fluroide: Palm City tragedy spurs review, toughening of Florida’s fumigation laws
The McCaughey family had been told it was safe to reoccupy their Palm City house. It wasn’t, as the reports cited below show. The chemicals used to eradicate termites by Sunland Pest Control Services Inc. of West Palm Beach — a subcontractor of Terminix International Co. — had not dissipated from their home. Consequently, after […]
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Port Orange leaders seek to wrap up fluoride debate
… In a workshop Tuesday night at City Hall, the City Council decided to make a push to wrap the subject up with a possible vote at a February council meeting. The update added to a number of city meetings that have broached the subject since around 2012, including a heated November workshop featuring Dr. […]
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Much ado about fluoride: Collier debates its effects
Tuesday marked the first Collier County Commissioners meeting of 2016, and commissioners didn’t waste any time getting down to business… … Collier County may also seek to alter the future of its public drinking water. Naples resident Camden Smith spoke for 10 minutes on the harmful effects of fluoride, and a half-dozen Neapolitans, who all […]
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Water fluoridation debate making waves in Collier
There’s a new debate in Collier County surrounding the fluoridation of drinking water and whether it causes adverse health impacts. Some people say it should end. Others laud its benefits. And thousands of people across the county come in contact with it every day without realizing it’s there or understanding its intended purpose. Barry Fuss, […]
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Collier citizens petition to end water fluoridation
NAPLES, Fla. – A controversy over 70 years in the making was brought before Collier County commissioners Tuesday, when one commissioner’s assistant petitioned the board to stop fluoride from being added to the county’s water supply. The additive has been in the county’s drinking water since the 1940s… This isn’t the first time the issue […]
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Collier County commissioners set to hear petition to stop putting fluoride in county drinking water
A debate over fluoridation may rear up once again in Collier County commission chambers Tuesday. Commissioner Tom Henning’s assistant, Camden Smith, is set to petition commissioners to stop fluoridation of the county’s drinking water. Smith said she will raise issues about the health and safety of using cavity-preventing fluoride in drinking water and ask commissioners […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride. Family of poisoned 10-year-old: ‘This can never happen to another family’
Peyton McCaughey, 10, suffered brain damage from toxic gas after his family’s Palm City home was fumigated in August. His parents now say pest control practices need to change. A state investigation determined a number of things went wrong in order for Peyton to be poisoned. In fact, Florida’s Department of Agriculture revoked the license […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride. McCaughey exclusive: ‘We’re angry towards Terminix. Our son is the one who has to suffer’
For the first time since their 10-year-old son Peyton was poisoned by pesticides, the McCaughey family is sharing their story. They sat down exclusively with the Contact 5 Investigators. “This is a kid who played baseball, played hockey, was learning to surf and for the doctors to tell us, well, pretty much all of that is more […]
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Port Orange fluoride debate has some grinding teeth
Anti-FLUORIDATION advocate applauded; dentists concerned PORT ORANGE — City officials asked to hear from an anti-fluoridation voice. Tuesday night, they got their wish. Paul Connett, Ph.D., former director of the Fluoride Action Network and lead author of “The Case Against Fluoride” addressed the City Council at a nearly full workshop. Connett said that poor education […]
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