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Proposed bill to eliminate the mandate for fluoridation in Connecticut
Proposed Bill No. 256 General Assembly January Session, 2015 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: SEN. BYE, 5th Dist. An ACT CONCERNING THE ADDITION OF FLUORIDE TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 19a-38 of the general statutes be repealed […]
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Berlin. Commentary: Water fluoridation a one-sided debate
The Berlin Water Control Commission was given an award recently by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – the Water Fluoridation Award of Recognition. “This award recognizes public water systems that adjust the fluoride concentration in drinking water and achieve a monthly optimum fluoride level for 12 […]
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East Lyme: Water Fluordation Survey
Did You Know There Is Fluoride in Your Water? Please take a short survey to help us with your opinion and thoughts. Consistent with recommendations of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health to reduce tooth decay, East Lyme fluoridates the public drinking water. Water fluoridation has been Town policy since 1974. The East […]
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LETTER: Propaganda On Fluoridation?
The Courant editorial “Bad Argument Then And Now” [July 4] offered none of the “more credible science” it claims rebuts the numerous reports of fluoridation‘s dangers I offered during state Sen. Joe Markley’s meeting. Instead, it cites the CDC’s 1999 quote that “fluoridation is one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century” […]
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The Hartford Courant editorial: Anti-Fluoridation Movement Still Misguided
Still crazy after all these years Established scientific evidence to the contrary, some don’t want fluoride in drinking water. In the mid-1950s, a group called the Keep America Committee denounced the fluoridation of water as a Communist plot to weaken America. Several years later, in the movie “Dr. Strangelove,” an obviously insane military officer raged […]
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Connecticut Health Foundation: Our Stance on Water Fluoridation
Since the late 1960s, the state of Connecticut has fluoridated its public water supply. Why? Fluoridation is the single most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay. Water fluoridation helps prevent dental disease. It is the most efficient way to prevent one of the most common childhood diseases – dental decay. It is both […]
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Critics Slam Adding Fluoride To State’s Public Water Supplies
Saying the practice takes away the right of consumers to make medical choices and possibly inflicts serious harm on children, opponents of adding fluoride to public water argued Wednesday that a glass of water should contain water — and nothing else. At an informal hearing at the state Capitol called by state Sen. Joe Markley, […]
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Markley To Convene Informational Hearing on Fluoride in Drinking Water
Do we need fluoride in our drinking water? For most public health officials, the answer is yes. But state Sen. Joe Markely wants to make sure. Markley was recently compiling a list of unfunded state mandates on municipalities when he learned about the state’s water fluoridation policy, which requires fluoride levels of between 0.8 mg per […]
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Senator Swears He Has Nothing Against Teeth
In January, contributing columnist Susan Bigelow looked at a number of bills on tap for this session, including one from Sen. Joe Markley who wants to scrap mandatory fluoride in the water supply. She asked “What does he have against teeth?” Well, CTNewsJunkie caught up with Markley last week. It turns out his answer is […]
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Markley balks at fluoride on principle, not science
SOUTHINGTON — When Republican state Sen. Joe Markley proposed a bill on Jan. 11 to eliminate the state mandate of adding fluoride to the public water supply, he was bombarded by negative reactions. The basic response to S.B. 131 was “How can you be against good teeth?” Markley said. “It’s a more complicated question than […]
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