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A Cavity in the Budget
The controversy over fluoride has long centered on health, but this week in Salem, the tough questions will be about its cost. Senate Bill 99 would require towns of 10,000 or more to add the cavity-fighting chemical to their drinking water. Most of those towns, through the League of Oregon Cities, are bristling at the […]
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Panel to study case for fluoride in Bennington
BENNINGTON – The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint a committee of prominent citizens to consider the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the town’s public water supply. Meeting for the first time since an emotional public hearing on the issue last month, the Select Board called for a rational, comprehensive study of […]
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Bennington Select Board to form panel to study dental health
BENNINGTON — A committee of “prominent impartial citizens” created by the Select Board will study dental needs and possible solutions in Bennington. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday night to create the committee and to undertake a survey of the dental problems among school children and the elderly. The committee will be composed of impartial, […]
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Just Shut Up and Drink: Public Health Officials “Violated Public Trust”
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department’s announcement Tuesday that it isn’t close to developing a water fluoridation plan should concern voters, because health professionals and elected officials were united last year in their assurance that the process would be cheap and easy. “The major water companies in Salt Lake and Davis counties have done careful […]
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Flagstaff council says yes to fluoride; referendum likely
FLAGSTAFF (AP) – The City Council’s 4-3 approval of adding fluoride to the city’s water may lead to a voter referendum. The council had given the proposal tentative approval two weeks ago, and nothing changed in Tuesday’s vote and the reasoning lead to it, officials said. About 50 people addressed the council before the vote, […]
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McPherson voters soundly reject fluoride
McPHERSON — The water in McPherson won’t contain fluoride anytime soon, after voters soundly rejected the proposal in Tuesday’s election. City residents rejected the proposal by a nearly 5-to-1 ratio. Tuesday’s vote follows two votes against fluoride in the 1960s, the last in 1968. McPherson Mayor Vernon Dossett said the citizens chose voluntary individual treatment […]
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Sister Rachel acts to rid Dublin pints of fluoride
GUINNESS gives you a good pint and fluoride, much to the annoyance of a Dublin nun spearheading an anti-fluoride campaign. Guinness Ireland has disclosed that Dublin stout can have as much as six times the fluoride level of stout brewed in London. The reason: the Park Royal Brewery in London uses unfluoridated water in a […]
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Guinness gives you fluoride!
Guinness Ireland recently admitted that Guinness brewed in St. James Gate, Dublin, has high levels of fluoride. In a recent response, to a request for information, they clearly stated that, “Dublin stout has 6 times the fluoride level of London stout.” Moreover, the Guinness website (www.guinness.com) declares that, “the water used in the brewing process […]
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Workers share stories about health woes
JOLIET – Larry Kelman of Naperville knew for the 45 years he worked at the University of Chicago and later Argonne National Laboratory that the dust swirling around him and other employees probably was not a good thing. But he didn’t know it would cost him the use of his lungs. Barbara Bush of Joliet […]
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Bill Would Allow Pennsylvania Communities the Right to Stop Fluoridation
The following bill – the Fluoridation Choice Act – has been proposed by Pennsylvania Representative Dan Surra, D-Kersey. The bill has been proposed in response to the Fluoridation Act proposed by Rep. Tigue, which would mandate fluoridation for every water supply in the state serving over 500 people. To learn more about both of these […]
United States, Pennsylvania