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Health board advocates fluoridation of Independence water
The Independence Advisory Board of Health recommended Monday night that the city raise the fluoride level in its water in an effort to fight dental disease. Mayor Ron Stewart directed Independence City Manager Larry Blick in two weeks to outline the city’s options on the issue. Blick said those options could include the approval of […]
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New York City Suspends Fluoridation
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has suspended fluoridation for approximately four months while they “complete critical system repairs,”(1) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Fluoride added to NYC’s drinking water is ineffective at reducing tooth decay in modern times(2), wastes millions […]
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Shaler water panel set to make fluoride recommendation
Shaler resident Linda Ludwig says the township should not add fluoride to its water supply because of health risks. Christine Kulbacki, a dental hygienist, says fluoridation would reduce cavities. The debate over adding fluoride resumes tonight when Shaler commissioners hear the township water committee’s recommendation on which path to take. After 10 months of reviewing […]
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Forget Fluoridation
‘Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?” asks General Jack D. Ripper, the character in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 movie, “Dr. Strangelove.” “On no account will a commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.” There was a time when fear of […]
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Fluoride vote gets new life in Utah
A bill that would give fluoride opponents yet another opportunity to remove the treatment from their water systems passed the House on Friday. After lawmakers amended HB64 to allow citizen-driven initiatives for either the removal or addition of fluoride to be placed on any general election ballot, the measure passed on a 63-10 vote. Before […]
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Stockton seeks input on fluoride
To fluoride or not to fluoride? That is a question the Stockton Board of Aldermen will consider at its meeting Monday night, Jan. 27. Like many other cities across the country, Stockton has been adding fluoride to its public water supply since the 1970s. Studies that began in 1945 have shown that fluoride helps prevent […]
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Utah fluoride debate back on the hill
SALT LAKE CITY — The flap over fluoride found a new platform Tuesday when a Centerville lawmaker introduced a bill that would let voters vote again and again on whether they want the compound in their water. Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, is sponsoring a bill that would allow county or city voters the opportunity to […]
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New York City Suspends Fluoridation of Water for Four Months
By the time you read this, there may be no fluoride in your New York City drinking water. Don’t panic. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection shut down the fluoridation system last night for four months to replace equipment at the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester. But officials gave assurances that the interruption would have no […]
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Terrace may stop fluoridation
A REFERENDUM to end the fluoridation of drinking water may be coming to Terrace. City council voted Jan. 13 to explore the idea after several councillors called fluoride an unnecessary poison in the drinking water. Councillor Rich McDaniel said recent research indicates the health hazards of fluoridation outweigh the benefits. “Terrace is one of only […]
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Judge rules farmers’ suit against chemical company can proceed
DOUGLASS — A federal court judge’s ruling this week will allow two farmers who claim a local chemical plant caused deformities in their dairy cows to pursue a trial. Farmers Wayne and Suzanne Hallowell of Bechtelsville and Merrill and Betty Mest of Schwenksville in August 2001 filed a civil suit in Montgomery County Court against […]
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