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Cape Ann: Fluoride on the agenda
An anti-fluoride organization, the Cape Ann Fluoride Action Network, has been very vocal and proactive in its opposition to the use of fluoride in the water supplies of both Rockport and Gloucester. In early August, the group conducted a two-day presentation at Rockport High School by national organization director and noted biochemist and toxicologist Dr. […]
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Cape Ann: 35 dentists sign on to back fluoridation
Nearly three dozen Cape Ann dentists, in a rare show of professional unity, have signed onto a letter urging officials in both Rockport and Gloucester to continue adding fluoride to the drinking water of both communities. The letter, crafted by orthodontist Dr. William Bebrin, who maintains an office in Gloucester, comes amid a growing push from […]
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Rockport selectmen hold off stand on fluoride
ROCKPORT — The town’s selectmen have decided to endorse all articles on the upcoming fall Town Meeting warrant — with one very notable exception. Article L, which deals with whether fluoride should be in the town’s drinking water, has yet to garner the selectmen’s support or a call for voters’ rejection. The choice to delay […]
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Rockport. Letter: Why no live questions over fluoride science?
To the editor: Dr. Paul Connett’s lectures on fluoride and fluoridation given at the Rockport High School on the weekend of Aug. 2-3 were inspirational and informative. As Dr. Connett predicted, those in the audience who did not agree with him — although given ample time to refute his scientific facts right there on the […]
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Rockport. Letter: Fluoride presenter welcomes challengers
To the editor: It’s interesting that, in his letter (the Times, Wednesday, Aug. 13) Arthur Thomas chastised Paul Connett, PhD.. for not having the credentials to talk about the effects of fluoride on the body, yet Mr. Thomas feels that a dentist does possess those credentials. A dentist specializes in teeth. Dr. Connett, a bio-chemist […]
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Residents petition for removal of fluoride from water in Topsfield
Topsfield resident Jeffy Demeter believes there is a toxin in the water—fluoride. Demeter is part of a growing coalition of people in Massachusetts, and throughout the country, who are questioning the addition of fluoride to public water supplies. Fluoride has been in the Topsfield water supply since 1953, when Town Meeting voted to add it […]
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Rockport. August 2nd: Presentation by Dr Paul Connett
Cape Ann Flouride Action Network free presentation, 7 p.m. with Dr. Paul Connett, Ph.D in bio-chemistry and toxicology, at Rockport High School, Jerdens Lane. All welcome to learn the latest findings on fluoridation and how it affects us. Print PDF
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Midsummer Cambridge city council meeting
Policy Order Resolution COUNCILLOR MAZEN WHEREAS: Water fluoridation is the practice of adding industrial-grade fluoride chemicals to the public water supply for the purpose of preventing tooth decay; and WHEREAS: The Cambridge Water Department has fluoridated its public water supply at a level of 1.0 ppm for more than 20 years; and WHEREAS: Most developed […]
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Rockport: City health chiefs back continuing fluoride use
Gloucester’s public health leaders support the continued addition of fluoride to the city’s drinking water, but a local anti-fluoridation group is trying to have the mineral removed. The debate surfaced earlier in Rockport, where voters at an upcoming Town Meeting will decide whether to put a fluoride question on a ballot for the next local […]
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Rockport: Fluoride on the tonight’s agenda
ROCKPORT — A total of 14 potential articles are listed on the town’s fall Town Meeting warrant, and the Board of Selectmen is set to sort them out during a meeting tonight. … As for the fluoride-related article, members of the Cape Ann Fluoride Action Network hope to have the substance removed from town water […]
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