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State dental head will discuss fluoride with Watertown City Council
Dr. Jayanth V. Kumar, a dentist for 30 years and the director of the state’s Bureau of Dental Health, went to Walden, Orange County, last week to persuade officials there to put fluoride back in the public water supply. On Monday, he will travel from Albany to persuade the Watertown City Council to keep the […]
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NHANES Survey: Mobile site takes Saratoga County’s pulse
A new 1,600-square-foot medical facility opens its doors Saturday in Luther Forest. Blood will be drawn, dental exams will be given, bone density will be checked. But only for seven weeks. And you can’t walk in, or even make an appointment, unless you’re invited. The facility is a mobile examination center put together here by a medical team […]
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How is fluoride affecting Springville citizens’ health?
SPRINGVILLE — Although a group of community members had asked the Springville Village Board of Trustees to form a committee to re-evaluate the necessity and safety of putting fluoride into the village water system, the board looked into the matter and determined that such a move was not necessary. That decision was formally announced, during […]
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Watertown: Council to hear fluoride flip side
Pro-fluoride forces are taking their turn to go on offense. After weeks of hearing an anti-fluoride group lobby for its side, the Jefferson-Lewis County Dental Society and other supporters are ready to make their case for keeping the colorless and tasteless chemical in the city’s water supply. Dr. Andrew E.C. Crossley, president of the Jefferson-Lewis […]
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Potsdam: Letter to Mayor Steve Yurgartis and the Board of Trustees
Dear Mayor Yurgartis and Members of the Board of Trustees, Cancer Action NY has become active in an effort underway in Watertown to bring an end to fluoridation of city water. We are a member of Watertown Anti-Fluoridation Action. Please visit the Facebook page for this group. The page provides access to a great quantity […]
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Springville will continue its municipal fluoridation
The village of Springville Board of Trustees voted to not form a committee to examine the municipal water fluoridation, after each board member and eight community members spoke about the subject, at the May 20 meeting. Mark Maussner, a town of Concord resident, who initially brought the issue to the board, first spoke out against […]
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Watertown City Council could be leaning to get rid of fluoride
Could the Watertown City Council end up voting to take fluoride out of the city’s water supply? Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham thinks so. If a vote was held now, Mr. Graham said, he believes there would be a “50-50” chance that the City Council would vote to get rid of the colorless, tasteless chemical that […]
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Watertown: Water Super Says Fluoride Can Be OK
Watertown water superintendent Mike Sligar is speaking out after an anti-fluoride author and chemist argued that fluoride in public water may be harmful to the public’s health. Dr. Paul Connett addressed city lawmakers last week, arguing that adding fluoride to drinking water may lower IQ scores, cause dental problems, and even cause cancer in some […]
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Watertown City Council Ponders Benefits, Risks Of Fluoride
Every time you turn on the faucet and every time you pour a glass of water in Watertown, it’s there: fluoride. It’s intended to improve the dental health of the public, but a group of citizens have been rallying to stop the city from adding the chemical, saying it’s actually hurting people. Anti-fluoride speaker and […]
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Watertown: Fluoride concerns voiced by activist
The man who successfully lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago offered a simple challenge — debate him and his anti-fluoride views. After speaking before the City Council on Monday night, Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, […]
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