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Donella Meadows on Fluoridation
Back when I was a chemistry major, my professors told me in no uncertain terms that water fluoridation is a boon. It prevents millions of children from getting cavities. People who oppose it are hysterical know-nothings. We budding chemists absorbed both the specific and the general lesson. Fluoride is good. Scientists know best. At just […]
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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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In Honor of Dr. John Yiamouyiannis
On October 8, 2000, a man of true honor and integrity passed away. Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, (known to friends and activists as “Dr. Y”), worked tirelessly for many years to expose the poor science supporting fluoridation, and will, we believe, be remembered as one of those rare kind of scientists who has the courage and […]
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Tompkins Board of Health against adding fluoride in water
ITHACA — To take a stance, or not to take a stance, was the main question involving water fluoridation that was finally answered at the Tompkins County Board of Health’s lengthy meeting Tuesday afternoon. After listening to 14 comments from the public against fluoridating, and one comment in favor from an Ithaca dentist, the board […]
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Minister Martin’s “Fluoride Fiasco”
Minister Micheal Martin announced the establishment of a “Forum on Fluoridation” on May 29, 2000. The forum was set up “to review the fluoridation of public piped water supplies” and to investigate the growing public concerns of health damage from fluoride. However, the forum has become a “fluoride fiasco”. This “fluoride fiasco” claimed to have […]
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Water Fluoride: As Much Harm as Good
The report of the Systematic Review of the scientific evidence on the benefits and hazards of water fluoridation was published on 6th October. This was commissioned from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at York University by the Department of Health eighteen months ago, to resolve for once and for all the heated controversy […]
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Few smiling about USA’s dental health
The USA’s supposedly winning smile earned a lackluster C-minus on the nation’s first Oral Health Report Card, to be released today. The report card was issued by the non-profit advocacy group Oral Health America. It offers a state-by-state glimpse at the causes of a “silent epidemic” of oral diseases described by Surgeon General David Satcher […]
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British Medical Journal Editor: Now opposed to fluoridation
Fluoridation was a controversial topic even before Kubrick’s Base Commander Ripper railed against “the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids” in the 1964 film Dr Strangelove (www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/films/strangelove/). This week’s BMJ shouldn’t precipitate a global holocaust, but it does seem that Base Commander Ripper may have had a point. The […]
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Associated Press article on ‘York Review’
LONDON (AP) – The first examination of 50 years of research on the safety of adding fluoride to drinking water found no evidence of harm, and some experts said the findings should allay lingering fears it could cause cancer, osteoporosis or Down Syndrome. The review, published this week in the British Medical Journal, involved 214 […]
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Fluoride Spill in Oregon
COOS BAY — At least 3.5 million gallons of partially treated sewage has spewed into the Coos Bay during the past four days after concentrated fluoride flowed into a sewage treatment plant, killing its bacteria-munching organisms. Workers at the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Treatment Plant allowed a tank holding the fluoride, used in drinking water […]
United States, Oregon