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Water district that dropped fluoride reconsidering after outcry
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Oral surgeon Jonathan Hanson was reading a routine water quality report produced annually by the local water district when he noticed the fluoride level seemed unusually low. So Hanson, who helped persuade officials to start fluoridating the water in the 1980s, began calling around. What he learned shocked some dentists, doctors […]
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After much contention, Joplin to begin getting fluoride in water
JOPLIN, Mo. – Despite continued objections from some citizens, Joplin’s water system will begin getting fluoride next week, the city’s water supplier said. Missouri-American Water Co. is sending notices about the upcoming fluoridation in bills mailed to customers, saying it will begin putting fluoride in the water in August. A spokeswoman for the water company, […]
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Two fluoride votes split
Neosho voters sent a proposal to add fluoride to the water supply to a crushing defeat, but Carl Junction residents overwhelmingly approved a similar plan. In Neosho, voters on Tuesday rejected the proposal, with 1,223 opposed and 509 in favor. In Carl Junction, the tally was 813 “yes” and 477 “no” votes. Last year, city […]
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Neosho awash in fluoride debate
NEOSHO, Mo. – Advocates say the substance helps prevent tooth decay, while opponents contend it’s toxic and can damage human tissue if ingested. Voters in Neosho will have the final say April 5 on whether to add fluoride to the municipal water supply and increase water bills to pay for it. The City Council voted […]
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Tea-drinking habit led to rare bone disease
This is a tale of a Missouri woman, a mysterious bone disease, and too much of a good thing. The year was 1998. The 52-year-old suburban St. Louis woman with a stiff spine and aching back had already been to several doctors. Most told her she had disc disease. But Dr. Michael P. Whyte, a […]
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Forsyth officials argue over fluoride
Doing away with fluoride in the city water system was the topic of discussion during Monday’s Forsyth Board of Aldermen meeting. Mayor Karl Smith said the city is currently using the last of its supply to fluoridate the system. He told the board he would like the ordinance requiring water fluoridation to be repealed because […]
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City yet to address issue of residents allergic to fluoride
Melvin Pierce remembers the day when he got the call that his daughter, April, had been rushed to the hospital. “She was at school and suddenly got extremely ill, throwing up and her skin getting red,” Pierce said. Pierce said doctors determined the culprit was a fluoride treatment that April, now 14 years old, had […]
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Neosho council puts fluoride issue on ballot
NEOSHO, Mo. – The people of Neosho are destined to hear plenty of talk about fluoride in their future. The Neosho City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to put the question of adding fluoride to the public water system on the April 2005 ballot. People on both sides of the issue said they plan to try […]
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Fluoride an issue with Neosho residents
Concerned Neosho residents are starting to talk about the recent city council meeting in regards to Operation Smiles and their proposal to put fluoridation into the water system. Fluoridation is the process of adding fluoride to drinking water to help reduce tooth decay. “Fluoride came into prominence in the mid ’40s with the Manhattan Project, […]
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Whirled Peas
Medical experts say that putting fluoride in city water supplies is the best method of preventing tooth decay in children. Let’s take that reasoning a step further and prevent and/or aid a number of other common ailments by putting other chemicals in the public water supply. For instance, I have diabetes, osteoarthritis and dandruff. Hundreds, […]
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