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Milwaukee: Free dental care available to MPS students at 46 schools
NOTE FROM FAN: Milwaukee has been fluoridated since July 1953 and the state of Wisconsin fluoridates 89.4% of its public water supplies. Two tiny kindergarten students reclining in portable dental chairs set up in the art and music classroom at the Henry David Thoreau Elementary School received free dental hygiene services one morning last week.Dental […]
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Board approves ordinance that defines Holmen fluoridation process
The Village of Holmen Board approved an ordinance that defines why and how the city fluoridates their water Thursday night, according to Village Administrator Scott Heinig. “Fluoridation is now required by law in the Village of Holmen,” he wrote in an email to News 19. Since June, the village has treated water with fluoride. Holmen’s […]
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Holmen board rejects second fluoride referendum
There will be no fluoride referendum in Holmen this spring. The Holmen Village Board voted 4-3 against holding a second fluoride referendum at its Dec. 12 meeting, with Village President Nancy Proctor casting a rare tie-breaking vote. The board then voted 6-1 for a resolution affirming the 2008 referendum on fluoridation as binding. Board member […]
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Holmen looking at second fluoride referendum
The Holmen Village Board has a big decision on the future of fluoridation, choosing either to hold another referendum or to reaffirm the first referendum as binding and continue the village’s fluoridation program. … Fluoridation in Holmen began this summer. It had been postponed while board members waited for new national standards for lower fluoride […]
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Holmen proposing referendum on fluoride treatment
The Village of Holmen will decide Thursday if voters should get a say in continuing its fluoride treatment program. Currently the village is treating their water with fluoride, but they want to ask the public if they should continue. Thursday night, the Public Works Committee will vote on whether or not to add a question on […]
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Sept 27 in Green Bay: The Case Against Fluoride by Paul Connett
On Friday, Sept 27, at 10:30am at the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay a powerpoint presentation and lunch with environmental chemist and toxicologist Paul Connett, PhD, author of “The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There.” Green Bay […]
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Bangor: Board OKs fluoride program for elementary
The Bangor School Board has approved a program that will provide a weekly fluoride mouth rinse to first- through fifth- graders whose parents have consented. The approval came after a presentation by Charity Kocimski, a public health nurse with the La Crosse County Health Department. Kocimski said Bangor was a good candidate for the program […]
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Holmen fluoridation to begin June 25
The Holmen Village Board’s approval June 13 of a contract to supply fluoridation chemicals paved the way to restart fluoridation June 25. The board unanimously approved awarding the contract for fluoridation supplies to Hawkins Chemical, which had the low bid of 46 cents per pound. The other two bidders were at 53 cents and 76 […]
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Star Prairie denies fluoridation system
Star Prairie residents need not worry about a change in their water. The Village of Star Prairie Board denied the installation of a fluoride treatment system for the village. About 35 people – residents and public health officials – attended last Wednesday’s regular board meeting to voice their opinions on the matter. Robbyn Kuester, the […]
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Falls’ Council reinstates water fluoridation
Debate over restoring fluoride to the water supply in the City of St. Croix Falls culminated in a split council vote, with Mayor Brian Blesi casting the deciding vote in favor of reinstating the divisive practice. The April 8 vote reverses the Council’s February 11 decision to discontinue community water fluoridation. At that time, Blesi […]
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