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Coahoma County’s water fluoride-deficient, health officials say
Residents of Coahoma County don’t get the amount of fluoride in tap water recommended by the state Health Department. They join more than half of the state’s residents in that category. Fluoride is a naturally occurring chemical put in public water supplies since the 1950s to help protect teeth from decay. Between 0.8 and 1.2 […]
United States, Mississippi -
Modesto City Council has next move on fluoride
Rosalie Redenbaugh’s grandson is 4, an age when some health professionals believe ingesting fluoride promotes a lifetime of strong teeth. But Redenbaugh could not have been happier with voters’ emphatic rejection Tuesday of Measure M, a proposal to add fluoride to Modesto’s water supply. “I’m so thrilled that it failed,” she said Wednesday. “I didn’t […]
United States, California -
Modesto rejects plan to fluoridate city water supply
Modesto voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure to fluoridate the city’s water supply. City voters approved advisory measures that could lead to annexation of 480 mostly vacant acres in the northeast and two unincorporated neighborhoods in west Modesto. With all precincts reporting at 10 p.m., 60.6 percent of voters opposed the fluoridation proposal, Measure […]
United States, California -
Redding poll finds mixed support for fluoride
Two-thirds of Redding residents surveyed favor water fluoridation if they don’t have to pay for it, a Shasta County Department of Public Health-commissioned poll shows. Only 44.4 percent of those sampled would swallow a $1.50 monthly water rate increase to pay for the cavity-fighting strategy. In September, the City Council endorsed a fluoride program, which […]
United States, California -
Intel Ireland Seeks Less Stringent Fluoride Regulations
INTEL Ireland is seeking changes in nine conditions proposed by the Environment Protection Agency in its proposed pollution control licence for FAB 24 plant at Leixlip. In most some cases the company wants to raise permissible limits being proposed by the EPA which wants more conditions on the company than existed for its previous licence. […]
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Flagstaff Voters Flush Fluoride
Out of 11,545 valid ballots received by 7 p.m. Tuesday, 6,717, or 58 percent, opposed fluoridating the water supply, vs. 4,828, or 42 percent, in support. Turnout was 44.4 percent of the city’s 26,530 registered voters — 12 percentage points higher than the turnout for the May 2000 City Council election. Another 244 ballots were […]
United States, Arizona -
Access, cost hinder dental care
As the dentist in charge of the clinic at Detroit’s Crockett Career and Vocational Technical Center, Dr. Bridget Merritt-Brooks sees a lot of things that cause her as much pain as her mostly African-American patients feel. “It is most disturbing to me when I see 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-year-old patients whose parents have never […]
United States, Michigan -
Worcester votes no to fluoridation
WORCESTER — There will be no fluoride in the city’s water supply. Voters once again blocked plans to begin adding fluoride to the city water supply, voting yesterday 56 percent to 44 percent against fluoridation. The victory came despite a $400,000 campaign aimed at convincing residents that fluoridation would reduce dental decay among children. Opponents, […]
United States, Massachusetts -
Sutherlin keeps fluoride out of water
SUTHERLIN – Keeping those pearly whites in good shape will remain the personal responsibility of Sutherlin residents, following Tuesday’s trouncing of a measure asking voters whether fluoride should be added to the municipal water supply. With a resounding “no” on Measure 10-24, Sutherlin voters remain among the vast majority of Oregon residents whose drinking water […]
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Congresswoman Diane Watson (D – California) Introduces Bill to Ban Mercury Amalgams
In times like these, there are toxins that we don’t know much about – how to control them, their source, and their impact. But there are toxins that we DO know about — toxins that we know do not belong in our bodies, toxins that we can do something about. My bill addresses that very […]
United States, California