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BF residents get conflicting reports on fluoride
BELLOWS FALLS — Bob Carton, an environmental scientist who has done work for the federal Environmental Protection Agency, stood in front of a small crowd at Town Hall, Wednesday, and said that a recent report on fluoride in water showed conclusively that the chemical poses serious health risks. A few minutes later, Alida Lund of […]
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Bellows Falls awash in fluoride additive debate
BELLOWS FALLS — This village will be the third community in the state this year to question whether fluoride should be added to municipal water supplies. Residents are scheduled to tackle the controversial topic in May. Bellows Falls voters who attend the annual village meeting May 15 will be asked if the municipality should continue […]
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Residents vote to keep fluoridated water
Voters in Burlington overwhelmingly endorsed keeping fluoride in the municipal water supply. About 70 percent of the city’s Town Meeting Day voters defeated a measure that asked the City Council to stop fluoridation, one of several ballot items before residents. Critics of fluoridated water have argued that the practice is unsafe, can cause health problems […]
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Anti-fluoride group says city didn’t play fair
Safe Water Advocates of Burlington, an anti-fluoride group, has asked Chittenden Superior Court to instruct the city to change the wording of question nine on the March 7 ballot to the wording that was on a petition signed by approximately 1,250 Burlington voters. Monday morning the court had not received proof that the city had […]
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Fluoride issue on Burlington ballot
Burlington voters will decide March 7 whether they want the city water supply to be fluoridated, as it has been for more than 50 years. Fluoride is added to public water supplies in the United States to reduce tooth decay. The issue, debated before the Board of Health and the City Council last spring and […]
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Communities debate fluoride in tap water
MONTPELIER, Vt. –A letter to the editor in a newspaper describing fluoride as a poison prompted two local dental hygienists to shoot back. “Community water fluoridation is the number one way to prevent dental decay,” Terri Weinstein of Marshfield and Michele Feccia of Barre wrote. “Sixty years after the first community (Grand Rapids, MI) adjusted […]
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Council passes resolution urging reduction of fluoride
Water fluoridation has become an issue in Burlington, and the City Council on Monday took note of the debate. After lengthy debate, and by a divided vote, it passed a resolution urging that the amount of fluoride in the city’s water be reduced to the minimum level recommended by state and national authorities. The final […]
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Fluoride: How much, if any, is a good thing?
BELLOWS FALLS — Whether or not the village water is safe to drink depends, according to the Trustees, if you see the glass as half-empty or half-full. The public water meets all state standards and people who drink it are in no immediate danger, Municipal Manager Shane O’Keefe said at the Trustee meeting this week. […]
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Bellows Falls fluoride debate in voter’s hands
BELLOWS FALLS — It will be up to voters to decide next year if the village should continue its 30-year practice of fluoridating its water after some local officials raised concerns over its alleged health implications. Bellows Falls Village President Charles Jarras said Thursday that an Australian ballot question before village voters at the annual […]
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Burlington fluoridating water with hydrofluorosilicic acid
The Safe Water Advocates of Burlington (SWAB) urged the Burlington City Council last week to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water, charging that it was “toxic waste” and a “by-product of the phosphate fertilizer industry.” Burlington has been fluoridating city water since 1952, using a chemcial called hydrofluorosilicic acid. In June, the Burlington Board […]
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