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Littleton voters reject fluoridation
Excerpt from article: Wilkinson and Karr are selectmen-elect … Question 7 on the ballot concerned adding fluoride to the public water supply. It was defeated 759 to 324. • See background article Fluoride question may be on May ballot Print PDF
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Yarmouth re-elects Groskopf, says no to override, fluoride
Yarmouth selectman Bud groskopf won re-election to a second term Tuesday night in the annual town election, defeating two challengers. Groskopf got 2,590 votes to Tracy Post’s 2,193 and Curt Sears’ 1,324. Yarmouth voters elected a former selectman as moderator. Dan Horgan received 2,016 votes to 1,747 for David Reid and 1,675 for Paul Holmquist. […]
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Ashland group ready to contest fluoride
ASHLAND — A group of residents is banding together to urge the Board of Health not to add fluoride to the town’s water and may press for a ballot referendum if officials vote to act otherwise. About a dozen people were involved in a group calling itself Ashland for Pure Water before a public forum […]
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Ashland public forum on March 13 will focus on fluoride use
ASHLAND — Fluoride opponents and supporters will argue the potential benefits and hazards of adding the chemical to the town’s drinking water in a public forum next Thursday. The Board of Health is organizing two panels, one on each side of the sometimes controversial question of whether fluoridation safely reinforces developing teeth or can be […]
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Massachusetts Presstek faces $125k EPA fine for release of 750 pounds of hydrofluoric acid
Presstek faces a fine of more than $125,000 for alleged environmental violations relating to a 2006 chemical spill at its plant in South Hadley, Mass. In an administrative complaint, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that the Hudson-based provider of printing equipment released some 750 pounds of hydrofluoric acid — “an extremely hazardous chemical,” according […]
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Presstek hit with $125k fine over ’06 leak at Mass. plant
Hudson-based Presstek faces $125,000 in environmental fines for a 2006 chemical spill at its South Hadley, Mass., plant. The spill evacuated neighbors within a mile radius and caused next-day school closings. Presstek is accused of violating federal Environmental Protection Agency laws when it failed to report the hazardous chemical spill Oct. 30, 2006, according to […]
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Littleton: Fluoride question may be on May ballot
Littleton – Whatever Littleton residents do to take care of their and their children’s oral health, they should keep it up. That’s the message from the Nashoba Boards of Health, an agency that monitors public health in towns in the area. Despite no fluoride in its public water supply, studies show that the town stacks […]
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Study finds financial, racial disparities in dental care
Although more Massachusetts children are getting needed dental care than in the past, low-income and nonwhite children lag behind their peers, according to a report released today by Delta Dental of Massachusetts, an insurance company. Nearly two-thirds of third-graders from low-income families suffer from tooth decay, roughly twice the rate of children from higher-income families. […]
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Littleton: To fluoridate water or not
Littleton – The Board of Health heard arguments for and against fluoridating Littleton’s public water supply at their public hearing held on Jan. 15. The crowd was evenly balanced with proponents and opponents of the idea, all waiting to add opinions to the debate. Leading the push to fluoridate the water supply were Littleton dentist […]
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Ashland library to show films critical of fluoride
Two films critical of the health effects of fluoride will be screened at the Ashland Public Library next week, spurred by a developing discussion on whether to add the chemical to the town’s water. The Friends of the Ashland Library’s documentary film series will present two 30-minute films from a DVD called “Drinking Water: Let […]
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