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Testimony of Mike Ewall on Resolution #080288
Testimony of Mike Ewall Director of ActionPA before Philadelphia City Council Committee on Public Health & Human Services Public Hearing Concerning the Safety of the City’s Drinking Water Resolution #080288 April 14th, 2008 Hi, my name is Mike Ewall and I’m the Founder and Director of ActionPA, a statewide environmental group based here in Philadelphia. […]
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Fluoridation sound health, fiscal policy
For the past 60 years, one scientific study after another have proven that adding fluoride to water supplies is a safe and effective method to significantly reduce tooth decay for those who consume the water. The time is now for Pennsylvania to join other states in requiring water systems to fluoridate their supplies to the […]
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Why force fluoridation?
Recent news reports revealed plans to put fluoride into Westmoreland County’s drinking water to prevent dental cavities (“Bill to force fluoridation spurs debate,” Feb. 11 and PghTrib.com). I became the dental expert for the city of Johnstown in 1989 after the local water authority unexpectedly voted to fluoridate without any research or public discussion. Since […]
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Bill to force fluoridation spurs debate
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County won’t be adding fluoride to its drinking water unless a bill in the state Legislature becomes law. The measure would require all public water suppliers with 500 or more customers — such as the Westmoreland authority — to add fluoride. It is the first time in nearly 20 years […]
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Site lists homes in Lancaster County with too little fluoride
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. – Some Lancaster County communities have too little fluoride in their water to effectively fight cavities. St. Joseph Health Ministries, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children’s health, has created a way for people to learn whether they live in one of them. The group Thursday launched the “Fluoride Finder” interactive […]
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Harrisburg Considers Fluoride In Water
Support is building for an initiative to add fluoride to almost all drinking water in Pennsylvania, with proponents billing it as a safe and effective way to improve dental health across the state. Though some are suspicious of adding any chemicals to public water supplies, widespread scientific consensus supports the belief that adding fluoride to […]
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Fluoride in water pursued
Is adding fluoride to the water supply one of the all-time great public health initiatives? Or is it a plot to weaken the population or perhaps dispose of industrial waste? There’s a new push in Pennsylvania to require that fluoride be added to all public water systems, based on widespread agreement among scientists that it […]
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Fluoride debate flares anew
Is fluoride a tooth-and-bone-damaging water pollutant or one of the top 10 public health successes of the past century? The answer depends on who you ask, but the question is taking on more urgency in Pennsylvania, now. Few communities in Bucks and Montgomery counties receive fluoridated water, but that would change if a new law […]
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Mandatory fluoridation – poor science/bad law
EDITOR: In a recent article in the Nov. 2 issue of The Daily Review it was noted that I was in opposition of mandatory fluoridation for public water systems. That is absolutely correct, and I am not alone in my opposition. The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association has also taken a […]
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Pennsylvania discusses mandatory fluoridation bill
TROY — A House bill for the fluoridation of public water has set the teeth of some Troy Borough officials on edge. House Bill No. 1649 calls for the Community Water Fluoridation Act. It would apply to the fluoride content of public water from public water suppliers with 500 domestic water connections or more. “Hello […]
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