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Fluoridated beverage consumption and dental fluorosis: There’s a connection
Fluoride is a mineral that protects against dental cavities; however, too much fluoride during tooth formation can lead to dental fluorosis, which is usually characterized by white streaks or splotches on the teeth. Fluoride is naturally present in well water in various concentrations, is added to many public water systems to protect against cavities, and […]
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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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Inverness quits fluoridating water supply
The city has stopped treating its water with fluoride in the wake of what one official described as a “major shortage” of the chemical throughout the country. One of the largest suppliers of hydrofluosilicic acid, commonly known as fluoride, went out of business last year, Inverness City Manager Frank DiGiovanni said. That sent utilities officials […]
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Mandatory fluoride bill loses its bite
A proposal to mandate fluoridation of most water supplies in the state was effectively killed this week when the Legislature’s Public Health committee decided not to consider it any further this session. The bill, opposed by many people concerned about the health effects of fluoride, was put into “study,” a move used to end discussion. […]
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Henlopen Acres begins water fluoridation to comply with state law
The Town of Henlopen Acres has begun adding fluoride to its public water system to comply with Senate Bill 173, passed in 1998. Henlopen Acre’s entire municipal water system of 216 hook-ups will receive fluoridated water. The completed project, funded by a grant from Delaware’s 21st Century Fund, costs $8,206. The Town of Henlopen Acres […]
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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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Juneau: City sticks with fluoridating water – for now
The majority on the Juneau Fluoride Study Commission recommends against shutting down the city’s public water fluoridation until members see a highly anticipated federal study next month, its chairman said Thursday. Mayor Bruce Botelho’s appointed commission was scheduled to make a final recommendation to the Juneau Assembly this month. The commission was appointed to make […]
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Opponent says nonfluoridated cities have safer drinking water
A leading opponent of the fluoridation of public drinking water supplies said a group of “butchers, bakers and candlestick makers” is promoting fluoridation while the FDA, the only government agency permitted to approve medicines as safe for human consumption, has never approved fluoride as safe or effective for internal use. “This is a business that […]
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Fluoridation Faceoff: Some feel tap-water additive link to rare cancer
“There’s really no problem. You just have to be careful, because if you spill it, it will eat through your skin. It’s the same stuff they use for etching glass.” Melvin Register wasn’t talking about acid he uses to clean his pool or drain cleaner to loosen gunk from his pipes. He was talking about […]
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State testing land for fluoride before Eastalco donates it
ADAMSTOWN — The 27 acres Alcoa Eastalco Works is donating to the Adamstown community for a park east of Carroll Manor Elementary is being monitored for fluoride as part of a consent order established between the state and the aluminum smelter in 1992, a state official said. “It’s a superfund site,” said Julie Oberg, communications […]
United States, Maryland Aluminum Industry