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Whitehall & Montague Targeted with Fluoridation
“Not in my water,” was the battle cry in the 1970s when Whitehall and Montague considered adding fluoride to municipal water supplies in order to save the teeth of the citizenry. And now, after all these years without the chemical tooth decay inhibitor, the Muskegon County Health Department is encouraging the cities to rethink their […]
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Colorado Springs City Council Votes No to Fluoridation
Colorado Springs residents will have to rely on the old-fashioned method of getting extra fluoride: brushing with fluoride toothpaste. That’s because the city, after nine months of sometimes acrimonious debate, has decided not to add fluoride to drinking water. The Colorado Springs City Council, acting as the Utilities board, voted 5-3 after another public hearing […]
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Kennewick Council Rejects Fluoridation
The city council has decided Kennewick will remain fluoride free. More than half the people filling the council chambers erupted in cheers and applause Tuesday night after a 4-3 vote rejected a $450,000 grant to help pay for putting the substance in city water as an agent to fight tooth decay. “God bless you all,” […]
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France Bans Use of Fluoride for Treatment of Osteoporosis
16/01/02 – The AFSSAPS, France’s safety regulator for health products, has suspended the sale of products containing fluoride salts as a treatment for osteoporosis. The agency said that its most recent assessment of the efficacy of sodium fluoride compared to its potential risks showed that it performed unfavourably compared to alternative treatments such as biphosphonates, […]
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Florida Institute of Phosphate Research Accused of Whitewashing
BARTOW — Charging a “whitewash,” a local environmental activist has resigned from a state phosphate research agency’s environmental education panel. Marian Ryan, a Winter Haven resident active in the Sierra Club, resigned Jan. 5 from the Educational Advisory Committee run by the Bartow-based Florida Institute of Phosphate Research. But institute officials dispute that charge, saying […]
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Lanai Drinking Water Will Not be Fluoridated
WAILUKU >> Lanai Water Co. has decided against fluoridating the island’s drinking water supply, despite encouragement otherwise >from state health officials. Company President Vince Bagoyo said the residents do not support fluoridation. “It’s always been our decision that the residents should make that decision, and for Lanai there’s no fluoridation,” said Bagoyo, also vice president […]
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Spotlight turns to Maui County in fluoride battle
WAILUKU, Maui – With fluoridation of drinking water a hot issue on Lana’i and Moloka’i in recent months, a member of the Maui County Council hopes to settle the issue and circumvent further debate. Jo Anne Johnson is proposing a ban on fluoridation in private water systems used for public purposes. In addition, she’s offering […]
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Fort Collins group formed to weigh pros and cons of fluoridation
Nearly eight months after the city’s water board unanimously recommended that Fort Collins stop fluoridating its water supply, a nine-member study group is in place to help sort through the pros and cons and science of fluoridation. The “technical study” group includes individuals on both sides of the issue, as well as technical expertise in […]
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Scottish Consumer Council urges ministers to scrap ‘risky’ fluoride plan
Ministers were yesterday urged to scrap plans for the fluoridation of Scotland’s water supplies in favour of ‘less risky’ schemes to cut tooth decay. Watchdog body the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) warned that pressing ahead with the proposals could expose the public to ‘adverse health effects’. The Scottish Executive is currently carrying out a consultation […]
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Fluoride bill draws spirited testimony
CONCORD — A bill before the state House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee to establish a study committee to reevaluate the benefits and risks of fluoridated water drew spirited testimony yesterday, most of it opposing fluoridation. But the bulk of testimony was in favor of the idea of forming a study committee that […]
United States, New Hampshire