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Yarmouth will hear more on fluoridation
The Yarmouth Board of Health will gather more information from both sides as it decides whether or not to recommend fluoridation of town drinking water. At its Monday meeting, the board decided to postpone any recommendation until it had heard from an expert in the field who opposes fluoridation. It also will ask Dr. Myron […]
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Fluoride ready to flow in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD — Fluoride will flow into the city’s water supply first thing tomorrow morning, the final step in a debate that has taken more than three years to resolve. It marks the first time the city’s water will have fluoride since 1980, when fluoride was added for a few short months. Ronald Labelle, superintendent […]
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Acushnet health chief to address fluoride concerns
ACUSHNET — Health Board Chairman Thomas Fortin hopes to meet with New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang today or tomorrow to discuss the city’s pending fluoridation of its water supply, which also serves the town. “We’re most definitely still opposed to the fluoride,” Mr. Fortin said last night. “We haven’t changed our minds, and we’ve told […]
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Dental Experts: Too Much Fluoride Is Bad For Babies
BOSTON — Dental experts are warning that too much fluoride could be a bad thing for babies. NewsCenter 5’s Liz Brunner reported Wednesday that if you’re a parent, you may have noticed Nursery Water. It’s fluoridated water and bottled for babies. It’s marketed as a way to help prevent tooth decay. Dental experts said there’s […]
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Board of Health hopes to halt fluoridation
ACUSHNET — The Board of Health is sending a letter to New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang this morning asking that the city meet with town officials and halt its pending fluoridation of the shared water supply. Thomas Fortin of the health board advised selectmen last night that the intent is to stop the fluoridation […]
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Acushnet moves to clog city fluoridation
ACUSHNET — In a move to block New Bedford from fluoridating the water supply, selectmen voted unanimously last night to ask town counsel about taking legal action against the city, and are trying to enlist Fairhaven’s and Dartmouth’s support in the ensuing fight. “Does New Bedford not have any responsibility to Acushnet and Dartmouth just […]
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New Bedford OKs fluoridation
NEW BEDFORD — Voters approved fluoridation of the municipal water supply in yesterday’s election, giving proponents a victory they never expected after abject defeats of similar measures in Worcester and Springfield. The hotly debated ballot question passed 10,893 to 9,638. At the headquarters of the anti-poverty agency PACE Inc., about a dozen supporters who were […]
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New Bedford Mayor opposes fluoride in water
NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Scott W. Lang has announced his opposition to fluoridating the city’s water supply, and will call for a binding referendum on the November ballot so voters can decide the issue. “I am against introducing fluoride into the city’s water supply. I do not think the inherent risk to the population of […]
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The risk of fluoride is outweighed by the benefit
In the late 1990s, New Bedford’s anti-poverty agency, PACE, found that the single most important form of health care that many poor people in our community wanted and needed was dental care. At that time, PACE found that of the 88 dentists practicing in the New Bedford area only two were accepting patients who had […]
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The evidence that fluoride is harmful is overwhelming
Dr. Limeback was one of the 12 scientists who served on the National Academy of Sciences panel that issued the 2006 report, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of the EPA’s Standards.” Dr. Limeback is an associate professor of dentistry and head of the preventive dentistry program at the University of Toronto. ### The […]
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