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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: Fluoride point of contention as election day draws near
YORK COUNTY — Believe it or not, it’s almost election day, and while many may be breathing a collective sigh of relief, voters within the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District have a difficult choice to make come Nov. 8. Voters in those towns — in addition to Ogunquit and parts of Arundel, York and […]
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Another View: Dentist unfairly dismissive of concerns about fluoride
They may not be scientists, but residents of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District raise valid issues. In his Oct. 12 Maine Voices, Joseph R. Kenneally, DMD, is disturbed by people whom a headline writer called “anti-fluoridation activists.” He’s disturbed that the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District board and superintendent won’t accept the […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: Water fluoridation set for November vote
Voters in the seven communities served by the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District will vote next month on whether to continue adding fluoride to drinking water. The push to put the issue to voters is backed by a small group of residents who say adding fluoride to drinking water amounts to mass medicating and […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: To fluoridate or not to fluoridate
KENNEBUNK – Experts on both sides of the water fluoridation debate squared off in a public forum Monday night, ahead of the referendum vote on Nov. 8 facing residents in seven York County towns. Residents of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel, Biddeford Pool & Fortune’s Rocks and the Cape Neddick section of York will vote […]
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Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Wells: Speakers spar in fluoride fight
KENNEBUNK — Now that the question is destined for the general election ballot Nov. 8, the long fight over whether to add fluoride to the public water supply has entered a new advocacy phase. At a public hearing before the Arundel Board of Selectmen on Monday, Sept. 26, Kennebunk resident Jan Hanson and other members […]
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Community water fluoridation forum to be held in Kennebunk on Monday
KENNEBUNK — On Nov. 8, residents of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel, Biddeford Pool, Fortune’s Rocks and the Cape Neddick section of York will vote on a referendum question concerning fluoridation of the public drinking water. The public is invited to attend an educational forum presenting scientific information and discussion of community water fluoridation on […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: Dentists, doctors support continued water fluoridation
BIDDEFORD – In a public hearing, Biddeford area residents discussed November’s referendum on stopping fluoridation of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells Water District (KKW) water. The hearing took place at the Sept. 20 Biddeford City Council meeting. The referendum would affect coastal Biddeford water consumers. The areas that will be voting on the referendum will […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water: Residents, officials weigh in on fluoride referendum
Voters within the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District will decide via referendum on Nov. 8 whether or not to keep fluoridating their drinking water. At a public forum at the Biddeford City Council meeting on Tuesday, representatives from the company, dental health professionals and members of the public aired their opinions about the referendum. […]
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Wells to decide whether to remove fluoride from drinking water
The Town of Wells met to discuss the future of its public water supply, specifically discussing if fluoride should be removed from the town’s drinking water. The big endorsement of the proposal came from the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District, saying fluoride in drinking water is an outdated practice. Tuesday night at town hall, […]
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Letter: Water district superintendent speaks out on fluoridation
This letter is in response to a letter to the editor from Dianne Smallidge published on Aug. 31, in which she was critical of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Water District’s position to stop its current practice of adding fluoride to the water it serves its customers. Also, her characterization of distributing “misinformation” is severely […]
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