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Massena will keep fluoride In village water
MASSENA – Fluoride will remain in the village’s water supply for the foreseeable future. The village Board of Trustees unanimously voted to keep fluoride in its water supply Tuesday night. The village will revisit the issue down the road as more studies and research are done about the long-term effects of fluoride, Trustee Patricia K. […]
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Massena trustees set public hearing Feb. 15 on fluoride in village water
MASSENA —The village Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing Feb. 15 before it decides whether to eliminate fluoride from the village’s water supply. The village already is taking its fluoridation level down from 1 part per million to 0.8 ppm, according to Department of Public Works Superintendent Hassan A. Fayad. Totally ending the […]
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NYC. Vallone: Fluoride – If In Doubt, Keep It Out
Did you know that the government is putting toxic chemicals in our water which come from the scrubbing systems of the fertilizer industry and are classified as “hazardous wastes” (sodium fluorosilicate and fluorosilicic acid). Are you concerned? You should be. Unfortunately, when these chemicals are called “fluoride,” safety concerns go down the drain. There is […]
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Potsdam Reducing Fluoride
POTSDAM – Village officials plan to reduce the dosage of fluoride in the municipality’s drinking water supply from 1 part per million to .8 ppm. The change comes following a recommendation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to Potsdam Village Administrator David H. Fenton Jr. […]
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NYC: Pol wants fluoride flushed after fed study rips city’s water
New York may be putting too much fluoride in its drinking water, a new federal review has found – and one councilman hopes that will prompt the city to stop using it altogether. New York puts 1 milligram of fluoride into every liter of water to prevent tooth decay, but the U.S. Department of Health […]
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NYC. Vallone: Better safe than sorry
Astoria: Re “Something in the water” (editorial, Dec. 29): There is a growing body of evidence that fluoride does more harm than good. One need only do a modicum of research to find many anti-fluoride studies. Most recently, a study published by the National Institute of Environmental Health linked fluoride in water – at levels […]
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NYC. Editorial: Councilman Peter Vallone defends our precious bodily fluids from evils of fluoridated water
The latest government conspiracy is so nefarious, so underhanded, that it’s being conducted right under your nose: They’re trying to head off tooth decay by putting fluoride in your drinking water. Yes, the same fluoride you spread over your toothbrush twice daily. On second thought, that doesn’t sound very devious, does it? Well, it does […]
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NYC: City pol wants to remove fluoride from New York’s drinking water, citing safety concerns
Four decades after New York started adding fluoride to its water, a city councilman armed with new research is launching a campaign to stop the practice. “This amounts to forced medication by the government,” said Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens), who plans to introduce fluoride-removal legislation at the next Council meeting. “What’s next? They decide we’re […]
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NYC. Peter Vallone, Fluoride-Hating Councilman, Wants Your Teeth to Rot
A city councilman from Queens apparently wants your your teeth to rot and fall out. The Daily News says Councilman Peter Vallone is planning to introduce a bill that would end New York’s 45-year practice of adding fluoride to its tap water, citing safety concerns and comparing the mineral to prescription anti-depressants. Via the News: […]
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NYC. Vallone: Fluoride Out To Sap Our Precious Bodily Fluids
While waiting for the city to come plow his neighborhood, city Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. is taking up another crusade: the fluoridation of water! Vallone is attempting to stop the decades-old practice of putting fluoride in the drinking water, something the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called one of the 10 greatest public health […]
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