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Sonoma council to take up fluoridation issue Wednesday
Sonoma city officials could consider joining Cotati in opposing fluoridation of the county’s drinking water. City Council members will dive into the issue Wednesday night after anti-fluoridation activist Dawna Gallagher-Stroeh urged them to take action against a proposal to add fluoride to water supplied by the Sonoma County Water Agency. The city gets about 95 percent […]
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Sonoma council split on fluoride
A divided Sonoma City Council is going to continue its discussion in March on whether to publicly oppose adding fluoride to the county’s drinking water. Mayor David Cook put forward the issue Wednesday night, asking fellow council members to consider sending a letter to Sonoma County supervisors to show their opposition to fluoridation. After listening […]
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Explosion at Torrance ExxonMobil refinery injures 4; spike in gas prices expected
An explosion and fire in a gasoline-processing unit rocked the ExxonMobil refinery Wednesday in Torrance, injuring four workers, sending flames and ash into the sky and fueling fears that gas prices will quickly rise. Homes shook in the city when the blast occurred about 8:50 a.m. Caltech’s earthquake researchers in Pasadena said the explosion was […]
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Sonoma: Council may bite back on fluoridation
The Sonoma City Council is looking to sink its teeth into the fluoride debate, as city officials Wednesday will consider whether to publicly oppose the county’s proposed plans to add fluoride to the water system. But, while water watchdogs salivate over the merits of state-mandated fluoridation, Sonoma officials seem to prefer more of a legal […]
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Petaluma fluoride debate heats up
As the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors continues to research the idea of adding fluoride to the county’s water supply, activists are raising questions about issues of safety, effectiveness and consumer choice despite what county leaders call an “oral health crisis.” Sparked by a 2009 report called the Sonoma Smile Survey, which found discouraging dental […]
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Extreme Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found in State’s Fracking Wastewater
On the heels of reports quantifying for the first time how often California oil drillers use fracking and injection wells to blast into the Earth and deposit accompanying wastewater back into the ground, new analyses of data are finding dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals. The Center for Biological Diversity said its analysis found benzene levels […]
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OpEd – Sonoma County Fluoride Action Committee Meeting Review
Last Tuesday (Jan 27, 2015) was a public meeting of the FAC (Fluoride Action Committee) at the Sonoma County Health Dept. This committee is the next step in the county’s headlong journey down the path of adding more things to the mix in order to save the public from itself. It was noted that not one […]
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Study: California using fracking in up to half of new wells
Hydraulic fracturing unlocked oil at about half of the new wells launched in California over the last decade, and the practice will likely expand in a chunk of the San Joaquin Valley, according to a new study required by the 2013 law to regulate the practice. Few topics have galvanized environmentalists in California like the […]
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Rethinking Water Fluoridation for the Economically Disadvantaged
Our public health officials claim water fluoridation is an effective way to prevent the high rates of tooth decay now found in low-income children. Here are four problems with this idea: 1) There are oral health crises in low-income areas that have been fluoridated for decades. Fluoridation has not prevented low-income neighborhoods from suffering what […]
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Santa Rosa NAACP opposes water fluoridation as greater risk for people of color
Resolution of the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Opposing Fluoridation of Our Public Water Supply Whereas, studies have found that in fluoridated communities, African-American and Latino children are at greater risk for dental fluorosis (discolored teeth from damaged tooth enamel caused by fluoride exposure) and, Whereas, a blue-ribbon […]
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