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Poll: Should Yorktown Keep Fluoride In Drinking Water?
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Yorktown’s Town Board will hold an informational hearing next week to consider discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to the drinking water supply, and The Yorktown Daily Voice wants to know where you stand. Reader Results as of noon on 1-17-13 Should Yorktown keep fluoride in its drinking water? Yes – 38% No […]
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Letter: Yorktown Should Continue Fluoridating Its Water
Note: Yorktown is in Westchester County Letter to the Editor: On Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m., the Yorktown Town Board will hold an information hearing on whether the town should continue its current practice of fluoridating its drinking water supply, something the town has been doing since 1965 without any controversy and without any problems […]
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Letter: Fluoride opponents should offer option
To the Editor: Marnie Eisenstadt wrote a well-researched article Dec. 9: ”Why Pulaski Pulled the Plug on Fluoride.” Pulaski Mayor Karl Hax said the fluoride was corroding the pipes. Michael Sacco, chairman of the Pulaski Water Board and others are professed disciples of Paul Connett, a retired chemistry professor from St. Lawrence University and head […]
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Yorktown Water Will No Longer Contain Fluoride Due to Maintenance
The Northern Westchester Joint Water Works will no longer be fluoridating Yorktown’s water produced at its Catskill Facility, the town announced. The facility’s fluoride feed system is in need of repair and was taken off-line as a preemptive measure, officials said. Matthew Geho, operations director, said the duration of the repairs is to be determined. Production […]
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Niagara Falls Water Board lowers fluoride level 20 percent in tap water
Most Americans take it for granted that their public water contains added fluoride. We drink, cook, and bathe in water with added fluoride, a group of compounds that are composed of naturally occurring fluorine and one or more other elements. There is ample evidence that shows fluoride works to reduce tooth decay from the outside […]
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Watertown: Treat water
An old debate over whether to protect the teeth of youngsters in the community from decay has unfortunately resurfaced in Watertown. The city began adding fluoride to the water in 1961 after a contentious debate that had lasted a decade. While the council debated the merits of using fluoride in the water to harden teeth […]
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Water fluoridation: Read the transcript of our Q&A with Paul Connett
Paul Connett, the executive director of the Fluoride Action Network, answered the questions below from syracuse.com readers about community water fluoridation. Connett, a retired professor of chemistry from St. Lawrence University, opposes the practice. Last week, Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow, who supports community water fluoridation, answered questions on the topic. The debate […]
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Transcript of live Q&A on fluoride with Onondaga County health commissioner Cynthia Morrow
Dr. Cynthia Morrow, commissioner of health for Onondaga County, answered questions about community water fluoridation and the safety of fluoride during a live Q&A session on syracuse.com today. Read the full transcript of the Q&A below. Morrow has been the health commissioner since 2005. She has an undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Swarthmore College, master’s […]
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Upstate NY: Get your fluoride questions ready
Experts on both sides of the water fluoridation debate will answer questions in separate live chats online at Syracuse.com. The village of Pulaski in Oswego County recently decided to stop fluoridating its water. Dr. Cynthia Morrow, commissioner of health for Onondaga County, will be taking syracuse.com readers’ questions Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Paul […]
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Pulaski fluoride story was biased, says head of anti-fluoride group
Editor’s note: This is an unedited letter to reporter Marnie Eisenstadt about the story she wrote Sunday on Pulaski’s decision to stop fluoridating its water. Connett gave permission for it to be published. Marnie, your pro-fluoridation connections are showing. Back in 2005 you wrote a front-page article for the Syracuse Post-Standard (M. Eisenstadt, “How Fluoride […]
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