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Chemist blasts fluoride
BENNINGTON – Five years ago, if you asked Dr. Paul Connett about the fluoridation of community water supplies, Connett would’ve told you that he didn’t want or need another issue with which to contend. But now is another story, where Connett vehemently opposes fluoridation because of its negative effects on the human pineal gland, on […]
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Bennington considers water fluoridation
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A state official says that dental decay at the high school serving Bennington can be attributed to a lack of fluoride in public water supply. A 1994 survey of nine high schools found that students at Mount Anthony Union High School had an average of seven decayed, missing and filled surfaces […]
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Bennington considers adding fluoride to water
BENNINGTON – After nearly approving the measure on its own, the Select Board has called a public hearing to gauge reaction to a plan to fluoridate the town’s water supply. A group of local dentists and nurses led by Dr. Michael Brady urged the board Tuesday to support fluoridation, calling it one of the 20th […]
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Brattleboro voters reject fluoridation of drinking water
Voters have decided not to add fluoride to the town’s drinking water. The measure was defeated Tuesday by a vote of 2,859-2,276. Select Board member Newell “Russ” West said the board would abide by the vote. “We were smart enough to say it was going right to the people, who were more vehement about this […]
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Fluoride foes unswayed by prospect of healthy teeth
Fluoridating the municipal water supply got another public hearing in Brattleboro, the last forum on the issue before voters take on the issue Nov. 7. Both supporters and opponents of the practice, common in most municipal water systems for decades, packed the Gibson-Aiken Center for the meeting. “I live in Vermont for a very good […]
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Supporters, foes of fluoridation gear up for public forum
Supporters and foes of a plan to fluoridate the town’s water supply to improve dental health are gearing up for a public forum next week. That discussion will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Brattleboro Union High School gym, according to Town Manager Jerry Remillard. “Probably there will be presentations […]
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Fluoride question to be put to voters in Brattleboro
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Residents here will be voting in a referendum Nov. 7 on whether the town should add fluoride to its drinking water. The select board voted unanimously Tuesday to put the issue to the voters in a referendum. The board also set two public forums on the issue — Sept. 27 and […]
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Brattleboro weighs fluoridation of water
The long-dormant issue of fluoridating Brattleboro’s water has been pushed to the forefront with a healthy shove last week from Gov. Howard Dean. Brattleboro recently applied for a $300,000 state grant to establish a free dental clinic for children, but selectmen said they hoped that Dean’s comments had nothing to do with the grant application. […]
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Dean says Brattleboro needs to fluoridate its water
Vermont’s doctor governor has a prescription for the people of Brattleboro: Put fluoride in your public water system. Gov. Howard Dean said Monday that studies have shown that Brattleboro residents have about twice as many cavities as residents who live in towns that add fluoride to water supplies. He said by not fluoridating the water, […]
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