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Amesbury Health Dept. launches fluoride program
The Amesbury Health Department, in cooperation with the Amesbury Department of Public Works and the Mayor’s Office, has announced the implementation of a fluoride program for eligible residents. This program is being implemented due to the discontinuance of fluoride in the public water supply, which resulted from a problem with the fluoride product purchased from […]
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Fluoridation is still a hard sell in Mass.
Excerpt: SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts, the birthplace of public health, has long led the nation in disease-fighting crusades, vaccinating children at high rates and crafting antismoking campaigns exported around the world. But it ranks 36th when it comes to providing residents with fluoridated water. Nearly 150 cities and towns that could add the substance don’t, a […]
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Walden: Dentists urge Walden board to keep fluoridating water
WALDEN — Village officials are taking a second look at a decision to eliminate fluoride from Walden’s drinking water after an outcry from local dentists. Last month, the village board voted to stop flouridating the water upon a request from water department employees. Mayor Brian Maher said the staff had concerns about the safety of […]
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Somerset. Chairman: Water is completely safe
SOMERSET — Because of a question that was asked at last Thursday’s candidates’ forum for the annual town election, Somerest Water and Sewer Commission Chairman Charles Fisher II and Water Superintendent Robert Lima said they wanted to address any concerns there might be about fluoride being in the public drinking water supply. “We don’t want […]
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Hudson Water Department discontinues use of Chinese fluoridation chemical
Title: Fluoride use discontinued at two of Hudson’s five wells Hudson – The Hudson Water Department announced recently that it has discontinued the use of fluoride manufactured in China to treat the town’s water supply at two of its five wells. Because Hudson uses an alternative liquid fluoride product at its three remaining wells, as […]
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Massachusetts Water Resources Authority: Uses hydrofluosilicic acid from North Carolina
MWRA’s Fluoride Source: USA You may have seen recent media reports about fluoride from China being used in some local drinking water systems. The fluoride MWRA adds comes from North Carolina. Fluoride is added to drinking water to promote dental health. The type of fluoride added to MWRA’s water is hydrofluosilicic acid and is a […]
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Chinese fluoride In Mass. water raises concern
Excerpt: … Team 5 Investigates found the Amesbury Water Department pulled fluoride from its system amid concerns about its supply from China. Department of Public Works Director Rob Desmarais said after he mixes the white powder with water, 40 percent of it will not dissolve… The New York company that supplies the fluoride said it […]
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Amesbury: Feds note fluoride problems
AMESBURY — Communities across the nation have found the same mysterious residue in their fluoride systems that caused Amesbury to shut down its water fluoridation program, but a federal health agency said the residue is safe. Kip Duchon, national fluoridation engineer for the federal Centers for Disease Control, said residents shouldn’t worry about the safety […]
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Amesbury: Fluoride concerns are worth probing
Title of editorial:Flouride [sic] concerns are worth probing It’s clearly a controversial thing to do, but Amesbury’s Robert Desmarais deserves credit for taking the path of caution when it comes to public health. Desmarais, the director of the town’s Department of Public Works, has been concerned about residue left over in the town’s water system […]
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Amesbury: Town halts use in water supply, seeks solutions
AMESBURY — Citing problems with the quality of sodium fluoride flooding the American market, Department of Public Works director Rob Desmarais said Amesbury has no current plans to resume its practice of adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. Though the health benefits to children in adding it to the water supply are well documented, […]
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