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Some oppose fluoride in water
Some public health advocates are saying, “Don’t drink the water” — if it’s supplemented with fluoride. Once viewed as a Communist conspiracy to brainwash America, fluoridated water has become a hot-button issue again. Anti-fluoridation Internet sites are flooding the Web and voters in some parts of the country have even rejected legislation introducing water fluoridation. […]
United States, West Virginia -
The cost of no cavities
Is fluoridated water good for you? Or is it a poison that causes young boys to die of bone cancer? For 60 years, U.S. cities and towns have been adding fluoride to tap water, and for 60 years pro-fluoride advocates have been unable to forge a scientific consensus in favor of the practice. Those who […]
United States, Massachusetts -
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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Fluoridation fight will go to state Supreme Court
WATSONVILLE — The city will take its nearly three-year fight against fluoridation to the state Supreme Court. The decision, made by the City Council in closed session at the end of a lengthy meeting, came after nearly an hour of public testimony on the issue earlier in the evening when the Council Chamber was packed […]
United States, California -
Golden voters give fluoridation a big ‘No’
Following weeks of debate and discussion, Golden citizens voted overwhelmingly in Saturday’s referendum to discontinue fluoridation of the Town’s water system Of 887 total votes cast, 611 said ‘No’ while only 272 answered ‘Yes’ in response to the referendum question: Are you in favour of the Town of Golden continuing to fluoridate the Town’s drinking […]
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Rockland: Fluoride free for 60 years
When most New Yorkers drink water from their faucets, they take part in a public health initiative that is marking its 60th anniversary this year. Fluoride, a naturally occurring element, is added in small amounts to 73 percent of the drinking water in New York state, including 90 percent of public water in Westchester. Nationwide, […]
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Say no to fluoridation, say medics
Water fluoridation is wrong, according to a group of Wanganui medical professionals. They have been providing the Wanganui District Council with up-to-date scientific information explaining their position. They say it will enable the council to accurately present the anti-fluoridation stance in next year’s referendum document. Ear, nose and throat surgeon PJ Faumui, osteopath Nigel Brooke […]
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Fluoride issue splits city
The vote on fluoridating Bellingham’s drinking water shows a divide in the city. Fluoridation, which is failing with 47 percent of the vote, is getting its strongest support in areas with more affluence and new homes, including Edgemoor, South Hill, Samish Hill and Cordata. The strongest opposition comes from older, west-of-the-freeway neighborhoods, including Sunnyland, the […]
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Alcoa will pay $40,000 for emitting too much fluoride
MASSENA – Alcoa announced Thursday that it will pay the state Department of Environmental Conservation $40,000 for an air-quality violation recorded earlier this year. The Massena Operations East Plant registered a reading in April of 2.66 pounds of fluoride per ton of aluminum produced, which exceeds the state minimum fluoride emission of 2.4 pounds per […]
United States, New York Aluminum Industry -
Kennedy on fluoridation: Don’t trust dogma from trade groups
Environmental Activist and Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on the Hutchinson Community College campus on Nov. 16 as part of the Dillon Lecture Series. During a pre-lecture press conference, Kennedy spoke with the media about both local and national topics such as wind farms in McPherson County, fluoridation, the Bush Administrations actions in the […]
United States, Kansas