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Plainfield, Vt., bans fluoride from tap water
The town of Plainfield voted Tuesday to remove fluoride from its drinking water after residents expressed concern about potential negative health effects. The vote was part of an annual town meeting that included debate about setting up a hydroelectric dam, library funding and what to do about an aging road grader. Fluoride is added to […]
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Burlington: Board urges city to stop fluoridation
Burlington’s Board of Health recommended Monday by a 3-2 vote that Burlington cease fluoridating its water supply. The recommendation moves to the City Council, which has the authority to regulate chemicals in the water supply “so long as we remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations,” City Attorney Ken Schatz said. […]
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Future of Fluoride in Burlington’s Drinking Water Unclear
A resolution to cut fluoride out of Burlington’s public drinking water supply was passed Monday night in a 3-2 vote by the Burlington Board of Health. The final decision now rests with the Burlington City Council. “Everybody believes fluoride is a good thing. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing,” Allen Soucie, a registered nurse […]
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Randolph: Water Fluoridation Is an Issue
A challenge to the fluoridation of the Randolph village water supply may become the subject of a public information meeting of the water district, in the aftermath of a selectboard discussion of the issue Aug. 5. Selectman Joe Voci, according to the minutes, questioned whether there would be any follow-up to an earlier public information […]
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Rutland: Fluoride issue off the ballot
The city aldermen on Monday brushed aside a proposal to ask voters whether they wanted the city to continue adding fluoride to its water supply. By a vote of 8 to 2, the aldermen defeated a motion that would have asked city voters to decide the issue in November. Aldermen Roy Thomas and Tom DePoy […]
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EDITORIAL: Something to chew on
The Rutland City Board of Aldermen’s recent debate over fluoridation of city water borders on the Twilight Zone. First, it’s as close as we’re likely to get to a settled argument in the convoluted world of public health policy: • Fluoridation of municipal water supplies has a 60-plus year history, having begun in Michigan in […]
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Rutland Aldermen consider shutting off fluoride
The city aldermen want to know how much Rutlanders value their teeth. The aldermen’s Public Works Committee decided Monday they want to hear next week what city residents think about cutting fluoride out of their diet. For 26 years, the city has added fluoride to its water supply to help reduce tooth decay. But faced […]
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Rutland: Aldermen consider shutting off fluoride
The city aldermen want to know how much Rutlanders value their teeth. The aldermen’s Public Works Committee decided Monday they want to hear next week what city residents think about cutting fluoride out of their diet. For 26 years, the city has added fluoride to its water supply to help reduce tooth decay. But faced […]
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Health dept. issues fluoridation warning
BELLOWS FALLS — The Vermont Department of Health is warning parents not to give any fluoridated water to infants under 12 months of age. The recommendation comes on the heels of a recent statement from the American Dental Association that also asks parents not to mix infant formula with fluoridated water because of the risk […]
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Bellows Falls will continue to fluoridate water
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. –Village voters decided by a wide margin to continue adding fluoride to the public water supply. The vote came at a village meeting on Monday. At a series of hearings, some residents challenged the long-held assumption that fluoride was a safe way to reduce tooth decay. They claimed that new research showed […]
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