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Amherst health board to hear resident’s concerns over water fluoridation program
For more than 25 years, fluoride has been added to Amherst’s water supply to promote oral hygiene and thwart tooth decay, but one town resident has expressed concern about possible detrimental health effects. Health Director Julie Federman said Friday that board members will respond to the issues raised and she will provide information on the […]
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Yankee Dental Conference. Fluoridation: A Continuous Challenge
January 30, 2014, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM The Internet and social media have confused the American people about fluoridation with misleading and alarming information, scaring the public to discontinue or not implement fluoridation. Fluoridation is being challenged in Massachusetts and across the nation, even though 204 million Americans and 4 million state residents live […]
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Wayland Board of Health votes to reduce fluoride in water
After over three hours of debate, the Board of Health voted Monday night to lower the amount of fluoride in the town’s water supply. By a 3-1 vote, with Chairman Thomas Klem opposed and board member Elisabeth Brewer having left the meeting early, the board agreed to reduce the target concentration of fluoride in the […]
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Wayland: Board of Health Plans to Take Up Fluoride Question Sept. 9
A Wayland dentist is circulating a petition asking the Board of Health to continue fluoridating the town’s water. The Wayland Board of Health introduced the topic of Wayland’s Community Fluoridation Program about two months ago and are gearing up to next discuss the topic in September. Wayland Director of Public Health Julia Junghann’s said the Sept. […]
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Brayton Point Report: Power plant costs high
The organization Coal Free Massachusetts has released results of an analysis that found that the emissions from Brayton Point power plant has caused premature deaths and millions of dollars of health care costs that burden the economy. According to the organization, 15 to 39 premature deaths in 2012 were caused by emissions from the power […]
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Wayland board discussion on fluoride cancelled on Monday
WAYLAND — Pediatric dentist Leonard Carapezza of Wayland expressed his displeasure with the Wayland Board of Health at the board’s meeting on Monday night over a lack of notice of a cancelled discussion on water fluoridation. According to Carapezza, a number of people were planning to attend the discussion, some of them even upending their […]
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Guest column: Misgivings on fluoride in Wayland’s water
I am writing this letter in response to your article “Public favors fluoride in water” (July 11). The purpose of the hearing we held on July 8 was to solicit public comment regarding Wayland’s Community Water Fluoridation program. In no way did it represent a comprehensive poll of town opinion. Only a handful of people […]
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Wayland: Fluoride Proponents Speak Up at Board of Health Hearing
The Wayland Board of Health is taking a look at whether to continue the 13-year-old Community Fluoridation Program in Wayland, and a public hearing this week brought nothing by fluoride proponents to the microphone. In particular, a number of dentists — two of whom practice in Wayland — spoke up in favor of continuing the Community […]
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Upcoming hearing in Wayland on adding fluoride to water
WAYLAND — The following was submitted by the Board of Health: The town of Wayland has been adding fluoride to town water for the past 13 years. This practice, known as Community Water Fluoridation, has been recommended by the Division of Oral Health at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as an effective way to […]
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Wayland. July 8: Board of Health to hold public hearing on fluoridation
The question will be the topic of an upcoming Board of Health public hearing. For 13 years, the Town of Wayland has been adding fluoride to the town’s water, but times could be changing. According to a press release, Community Water Fluoridation has been recommended by the Division of Oral Health at the Centers for […]
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