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Fluoride face-off in Cortland
Experts dueled about the chemical’s merit CORTLAND – The pro-fluoride guy drank water from a gallon jug. It was fluoridated to 0.7 parts per million. The anti-fluoride guy drank spring water from West Seneca. It has naturally occurring fluoride at 0.22 parts per million. About the only thing they agreed on was that water is […]
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Mr Fluoride (Get the F out of our water) Battle Hymn
Leslie Thresher of the New York City Coalition Against Artificial Fluoridation first sang this song as her testimony at a public hearing on NY Medicaid on May 4, 2016. She has now transformed it into this creative production. Print PDF
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Norwich: City eyes grant for fluoride system upgrades
The City of Norwich may be pursuing grant opportunities that will allow it to update the fluoride treatment in the municipal water system. According to Norwich DPW Superintendent Carl Ivarson, the $301,400 grant through the NYS Department of Health, yet to be approved by the Office of the NY Comptroller, would allow the city to […]
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Fluoridation Spokesperson Training (Buffalo)
On Wednesday, August 10, the Fluoridation Spokesperson Training will be held at the Spring Student Center, Room 109 on the Erie Community College North Campus in Williamsville. The training will take place from 10:00AM-3:00PM. Attendees should arrive at 9:45 for sign-in so we can begin promptly at 10:00. Instructors for the course are Meg Atwood, […]
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In New York, some new activists take up old war on fluoride
Protests take on green hue At a public meeting in New York City last month, the topic was supposed to be the state’s $8 billion Medicaid waiver program. But when 13 anti-fluoride activists took the microphone to protest the use of Medicaid funds for fluoride, it became something unexpected. A 16-year-old high school student skipped […]
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May 4 Public Hearing in NYC on using Medicaid to pay for new fluoridation schemes
With the aim to improve the dental health of poor children, over 2 million New Yorkers are targeted for new water fluoridation schemes. May 4 Meeting in New York City at the NYU Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square Park South 9:30am – 2:30pm 9:30 – 9:45: NY State Department of Health Program Presentation 9:45 – […]
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Fluoridation Spokesperson Training-Albany
Registrations are closed On Saturday, April 9, the Fluoridation Spokesperson Training will be held in Albany in the NYSDA offices. The training will take place from 9:00AM-3:00PM. Please arrive at 8:45 for sign-in and so we can begin promptly at 9:00. Instructors for the course are Meg Atwood, RDH, MPS, Associate Professor in the Department […]
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Hoosick Falls: Lawsuit filed against companies in PFOA crisis
Another class-action lawsuit heads to court because of the water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls. This time, the man behind it is Michael Hickeythe same man who helped discover the PFOA contamination in the first place. Hickey is widely credited for blowing the lid off the PFOA problem in Hoosick Falls. His water tests shed […]
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PFOA folk hero files lawsuit over Hoosick Falls water
Michael Hickey, an insurance underwriter credited with discovering a toxic chemical in the Hoosick Falls water system two years ago, filed a federal class-action lawsuit this week against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell International, which both operated manufacturing plants that are a focus of the contamination. Hickey, 37, filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself […]
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Gloversville and Johnstown: Fluoride issue affects water plan
Fulton County wants Gloversville and Johnstown to resolve a fluoride issue before the county spends money on a $255,000 water-connection project involving the cities. The project would benefit a planned regional business park. … [County Planning Director] Mraz said C.T. Male’s evaluation of the city of Johnstown water system determined that in order to supply […]
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