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Sign-on Petition: End Water Fluoridation in Massachusetts (H. 895)
Petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma-fluoride To: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture From: [Your Name] More than half of Massachusetts residents receive fluoridated water, including Boston. Statistics: https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-communities-receiving-communities-water-fluoridation/download [url] Many residents have often sought to remove fluoride from municipal water supplies after examining the research. In Wilmington, the Director of Public Health in 2000 recommended […]
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Massachusetts Community Water Fluoridation Census 2021
Original pdf for Massachusetts Community Water Fluoridation Census Partially Fluoridated Population 28,975 Total MA Population Receiving Fluoridated Water 4,290,218 * – Receives fluoridated water from the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) + – Site fluoridates water, but community water supply is not fluoridated # – Receives fluoridated water from neighboring fluoridated community ^ – Receives fluoridated […]
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Natick Taps Wellesley Fluoride Supply To Avoid Disruption
Natick was set to run out of fluoride for the water supply on Saturday until a gift from neighbors. NATICK, MA — Natick will avoid a potential tooth ache. The town was set to run out of fluoride for the drinking water supply on Saturday citing a supply chain disruption. That would’ve left the town […]
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Fluoride shortage not affecting Wellesley water supply
Natick has given residents a heads up that it expects the town in mid-October will run out of the sodium fluoride it adds during water treatment to help improve oral health in kids. It hopes to have the issue resolved in December. The town says drinking water suppliers nationwide are running into such issues due […]
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Natick Will Run Out Of Fluoride For Drinking Water In October
The town is citing a shortage of sodium fluoride, an additive that helps teeth but is not necessary to keep water drinkable. NATICK, MA — Natick will run out of sodium fluoride for the town’s drinking water by Oct. 9 amid a nationwide shortage, the public works department is reporting. Natick adds small amounts of […]
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Boston Hospital recommends fluoride “Once your baby cuts their first tooth”
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The following advice comes from Boston Children’s Hospital ranked the number one “children’s hospital” by U.S. News and World Report in 2021. Does anyone know how much fluoride the infant will receive from “a dab of fluoride toothpaste” used twice a day? Or how much fluoride the infant will receive […]
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Letter: Fluoridation is a policy, not a science
To the editor: In his June 12 letter to the editor, (“Don’t dismiss all critiques of critical race theory”) Ralph Hamman writes, “Fluoridation is science.” It is not. It is a public policy. Michael F. Dolan, Belchertown *Original letter online at https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/letter-fluoridation-is-a-policy-not-a-science/article_ecfd6db0-ceb8-11eb-ac72-23040c23c3f0.html Print PDF
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Fluoride Free Dr. Sheffield’s toothpaste named official toothpaste of the Boston Red Sox
NEW LONDON, Conn., March 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — New London, Connecticut-based Dr. Sheffield’s Certified Natural Toothpaste has been named the “Official Toothpaste of the Boston Red Sox” for the 2021 baseball season, it was announced today. The Dr. Sheffield’s-Red Sox sponsorship package includes exclusive naming rights, fixed Fenway Park Center Field signage for the 2021 […]
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Mansfield’s vote on fluoridation not taken due to lack of a quorum
Excerpts: MANSFIELD … A proposal by a resident to stop fluoridation of local drinking water was not voted on during the Town Meeting due to a lack of a quorum at the end of the meeting. A total of 208 registered voters turned out to the meeting, held in a windy and cool parking lot […]
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Mansfield faces votes on budget, fluoridation at town meeting
Excerpt MANSFIELD — Residents at Monday’s annual town meeting decide on spending for the fiscal year starting July 1, along with a host of other requests, including a proposal by a resident to stop fluoridation of local drinking water. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the parking area of the Xfinity […]
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