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Bill would lower fluoride levels
HARTFORD — Lawmakers are considering legislation that would marry the state’s water fluoridation standards with a federal recommendation issued last year, in turn lowering the maximum amount of fluoride that could be placed in the state’s public drinking water. During a hearing on the bill last week, some advocates were pleased that the threshold would […]
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Bill would lower fluoride levels in state’s public drinking water, per federal recommendation
HARTFORD — Lawmakers are considering legislation that would marry the state’s water fluoridation standards with a federal recommendation issued last year, in turn lowering the maximum amount of fluoride that could be placed in the state’s public drinking water. During a hearing on the bill this week, some advocates were pleased that the threshold would […]
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Connecticut, with mandatory fluoridation, has significant problems with dental decay
Excerpt: Susan Peters, director of New Haven Public Schools school health centers, said … this past June New Haven Public schools screened 484 Troup students, from kindergarten on up to grade 8, and found that 35 percent had moderate to severe dental needs. A 2012 report on the status of oral health in Connecticut also […]
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Studies show fluoridated tap water can have negative effect on health
Most toothpaste boxes have a portion that reads drug facts on the back. Underneath that it states sodium fluoride. Elsewhere on the box it states if you swallow more than used for brushing teeth, get medical help or contact Poison Control right away. According to the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, New Haven has […]
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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by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 19a-38 of the general statutes be repealed […]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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