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Littleton: Hearing to consider fluoridated water
Littleton – The Board of Health is holding an open meeting this month to hear from the public about adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. The meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Littleton Light and Water Department, 39 Ayer Road. Board Vice Chairman Ted Doucette said […]
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Ashland: Fluoridation hearings on horizon
Town officials plan to hold public hearings early in the new year to discuss adding fluoride to Ashland’s public water supply, which is drawn from the Hopkinton reservoir. “We want to offer public hearings for those in favor and against it,” allowing the Board of Health to take all sides into consideration, said the town’s […]
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Needham: Fluoride in the water again
The town began adding fluoride to the water supply again on Nov. 8, according to local officials. Needham had been unable to get fluoride for several weeks because of a shortage experienced by its supplier, LCI Ltd. Officials had expected not to receive any fluoride until January, said William Wanberg, the town’s water treatment manager, […]
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Fluoride treatment suspended in Needham
Needham officials have recently stopped adding fluoride to the water because of a nationwide shortage of the substance, said William Wanberg, the town’s water treatment manager. Needham is searching for another fluoride supplier because its original supplier – LCI Ltd. – could not fulfill the town’s needs, he said. The town’s water, which usually has […]
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Harwich: Startup Costs For Fluoride In Town Water Would Be $300,000
HARWICH – The lead proponent of a board of health study on the use of fluoride in the town’s public water system is backing away from his initial position. Health board member Dr. Alfred Hurst said Monday night he has read the comments made to the health department since recommending the study and has listened […]
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Ashland considers fluoridating water
ASHLAND – Would adding fluoride to the town’s drinking water make residents smile or gnash their teeth? Town health officials intend to find out as they weigh whether Ashland should join the majority of towns in MetroWest with fluoridated water. Ashland last considered fluoridation about a decade ago, when a dentist sat on the Board […]
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Harwich Health Board Examining Fluoridation Of Town Water
HARWICH —The board of health is weighing the benefits of fluoridating the public water supply as a means of improving, promoting and protecting the oral health of the community. For five decades the American Dental Association has endorsed fluoridation of community water supplies to prevent tooth decay, said Dr. Alfred Hurst, a member of the […]
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South Yarmouth could face fluoridation vote
SOUTH YARMOUTH — The town’s plan to fluoridate its water supply could be challenged in a referendum. Opponents say they have enough resident signatures to force a town vote next May. They have not yet turned in the signatures to the town clerk’s office. Two months ago, the town’s board of health voted 3-2 in […]
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Island Towns Found Lacking on Flouride in Water Supplies
The town that is home to the largest number of nonprofit institutions may also have the fewest cavities. Oak Bluffs is the only town on the Island that fluoridates its public water supply. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) also adds flouride to the well water that serves the tribal housing project in Aquinnah. […]
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Opponents vow to fight fluoridation decision in Yarmouth
Some Yarmouth residents are promising to continue their fight after the board of health voted to approve fluoridation of the town’s water. A group of residents went to Town Hall to obtain the papers required for a petition of the board’s vote early Tuesday morning. “We went there bright and early,” said Vi Pacitto of […]
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