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Rockport. Letter: Look to science, not profits on fluoride debate
To the editor: In a recent letter headlined “Don’t fall for a new fluoride hysteria” (the Times, Monday, June 26), there are some statements I considered to be odd. Twice, the author refers to fluoride as added to the water in China, and how poorly regulated their fluoride additive is. However, in China they don’t […]
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Letter: Get fluoride out of Rockport’s water
To the editor: Stop adding extra fluoride to the drinking water now! The Cape Ann Fluoride Action Network members met this week with the Rockport Board of Selectmen, and I gave the selectmen a copy of the petition we were hoping to present at September’s Fall Town Meeting. Although the town clerk, who I sincerely […]
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Fluoride on table for Rockport meetings
ROCKPORT — Ever thought about the amount of fluoride in town tap water? Many residents likely haven’t, but a group has petitioned to have an article put on the fall Town Meeting warrant for residents to consider limiting the substance in the water supply. The Rockport portion of the Cape Ann Fluoride Action Network — […]
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Oak Bluffs public hearing on water fluoridation draws few takers
The Oak Bluffs board of health held a public hearing at 10 am Tuesday morning to get the temperature of the townspeople about removing fluoride from the town water supply. Leading medical professionals consider the practice to be one of the most effective methods of preventing tooth decay. Oak Bluffs is the only town on […]
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Letter: Take fluoride out of Port water
To the editor: The presentation to the City Council on May 27 was about water fluoridation, requested by the City Council in response to a letter received from Dr. Dan Eyink, M.D. Eyink is a member of Health Roundhouse, a group of concerned citizens working to improve the health and well-being for all Newburyport residents […]
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Newburyport: Residents seek fluoride ban
Citing health concerns, opponents push officials to stop using it in city’s water Just when it appeared that the city’s water supply was adequate and flowing in the right direction, a bevy of North Shore health activists has launched a campaign to encourage city councilors to rid the city’s water of fluoride. Dr. Daniel Eyink, […]
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Newburyport councilors on fluoridation
NEWBURYPORT — City councilors last night addressed several issues that might require public hearings in the future, but for the moment they were sent to committee. … The council also sent to committee a request letter from Dr. Daniel Eyink, a local physician, who is calling for the removal of fluoridation from the city’s drinking-water […]
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Rockport Board of Health to discuss fluoridation on May 27
Municipal meetings that are open to the public and scheduled for this week in the town of Rockport: Tuesday: Board of Health, 6:30 p.m., Health office, Town Hall Annex. Agenda includes discussion of fluoride in water, trash complaint and Board of health order for 171 Thatcher Road. Print PDF
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Amherst: Board of Health discussion of fluoridation
Old Business A. Water Fluoridation Ellie Kurth, Amherst DPW explained data regarding the level of naturally-occurring fluoride in unfinished source water is limited. An in-house testing program of raw water has been implemented, but will need time in order to provide good assessment data. Ms. Kurth pointed out five wells exist in town and two […]
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Oak Bluffs mulls ending fluoridation, reigniting debate over benefits, risks
The Oak Bluffs water district has been fluoridating the public water supply since April of 1992, and is the only town on the Island to flouridate its water supply. But the board of health is considering ending the practice as soon as this summer. Last month the board voted to set a public hearing to […]
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