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Xylitol: A Healthier Way to Prevent Tooth Decay
Gum and candy aren’t allowed inside the carpeted classrooms at Stanley Elementary School. But every morning and afternoon, third-graders in Dorothy Gray’s class line up and stick out tiny cupped hands for their daily dose of gum and mints. These aren’t just any gum and mints. They’re made from 100 percent xylitol — a natural […]
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Gilbert, Arizona votes for fluoridation
Gilbert may have lost its standing as the last major Valley municipality not to fluoridate its water, but residents aren’t likely to get the cavity-fighting chemical through their taps until late next year. Councilman Dave Crozier said it will take months to install and test fluoridation equipment, and he predicts it will cost more than […]
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Abilene, Texas to add fluoridation in summertime
Abilene?s fluoridation measure passed in the middle of a winter storm, but it?ll probably be in the summer heat before the city begins adding the chemical to the water supply. City water director Dwayne Hargesheimer said Tuesday it will take about seven months for the city to acquire state funding to pay for the fluoridation […]
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Fluoride gets the brushoff in Spokane
Spokane voters rejected fluoride again. But the effort to fluoridate the city’s water came closer to succeeding than in 1969 or 1984. The latest proposal trails by 1,339 votes with some mail-in ballots still to be counted. Supporters vowed to try again in a future election. Voters who favored fluoride in Tuesday’s election tend to […]
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A Mysterious Cavity
SO WHO SPENT big money trying to influence the outcome of our state government races in this past week’s election? Well, the usual suspects, of course: Weyerhaeuser, U S West, the trucking industry, developers, public employees’ unions, the dentists. The dentists? Yes, by gum. Those mild-mannered individuals with their face masks, scrapers, and drills appear […]
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Ithaca votes no to fluoridation
Excerpt: Barring an absentee-ballot miracle, fluoride is dead in the water in Ithaca. Undoubtedly thousands are happy to see this issue laid to rest, but we appreciated the efforts of Mayor Alan Cohen and Common Council members, who allowed city voters to have a long-needed say on the issue. People voted against fluoridation and two […]
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Wooster voters say no to fluoride
For the fourth time in the city’s history, voters have turned down a ballot issue that would provide for the fluoridation of Wooster’s water supply, a measure that dentists and physicians claim would help fight tooth decay. Issue 11 failed by more than 1,000 votes with 5,353 citizens, or 55.91 percent, casting a ballot against […]
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Fluoride to stay in Las Vegas valley’s water supply
Fluoride proponents declared victory Tuesday night in their battle to keep the cavity-preventing chemical additive in the Las Vegas Valley’s public water supplies. Supporters gathered in a West Sahara Avenue dentist’s office and toasted early returns indicating that more than 57 percent of voters had decided to keep fluoride in the valley’s drinking water. That […]
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Pequannock New Jersey votes against fluoridation
Voters narrowly defeated a non-binding ballot question that asked if they favored putting teeth-protecting fluoride into the municipal water system. The all-Republican Township Council now has the final say in the matter and will use the defeat, by a vote of 2,858 to 2,607, as a guide to public sentiment. Three years ago, a panel […]
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Ozark Voters Reject Fluoridation
If Ozark aldermen follow the results of Tuesday?s nonbinding vote on fluoridation, the chemical won?t be added to the city?s water supply. With 5 of 5 precincts involved in the election reporting, the final unofficial vote was: Yes 1,925 No 2,818 As the deciding votes from the West Finley precinct were tallied just after midnight, […]
United States, Missouri