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Plattsburgh: City flap over fluoride continues
The debate over fluoride in the City of Plattsburgh turned ugly Thursday night. Former councilor William Provost appeared at the council meeting to tell councilors and Mayor Donald Kasprzak that he believes fluoride is harmful and should be removed from the city’s water supply. Provost and Gerald Carpenter have been appearing before the council for […]
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Corning: Mayoral candidates face off on TV
Excerpt: … Both candidates also said they would not reintroduce efforts to fluoridate the city’s water supply. “One of the things I voted for is having the people decide,” Negri said. “It’s decided and that’s good enough for me.” Print PDF
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Plattsburgh: Fluoridation vote delayed
PLATTSBURGH — After debating whether to continue fluoridating the City of Plattsburgh’s water supply for nine months, councilors almost made a decision Thursday night. Almost. But in the end, councilors agreed to take up the issue and vote on it at the Nov. 19 meeting, to put an end to the debate one way or […]
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Canandaigua: Hydrofluosilicic Acid cost = $26,565 for 2009
MINUTES OF THE CANANDAIGUA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009, 7:00 P.M. City Council Chambers Excerpt: Resolution #2009-102: Councilmember, Ward 1 Whitcomb read the following Resolution and moved for its adoption. Councilmember, Ward 2 Fenti seconded the motion. A RESOLUTION AWARDING A MATERIAL SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY WHEREAS, the Water Treatment […]
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Town of Halfmoon will receive fluoridated water until the Fall of 2009
The following announcement was sent out sometime in May 2009 to the residents in the Town of Halfmoon: From Mindy A. Wormuth, Town Supervisor Town of Halfmoon 2 Halfmoon Town Plaza, Halfmoon, NY 12065 County of Saratoga mwormuth@townofhalfmoon.org Important Announcement Please be advised that the Town of Halfmoon is receiving water from the City of […]
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Hamilton: To fluoridate or not fluoridate
HAMILTON — Officials in the Village of Hamilton held an informational meeting to hear the pros and cons of continuing to fluoridate the municipal water supply on Tuesday evening, April 28 in the Hamilton library. For approximately two hours village board members, members of the Municipal Utilities Commission (MUC) and several interested village residents listened […]
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Hamilton brings fluoride debate to library
An ongoing and heated debate over the benefits and harmful effects of fluoridating public water came to Hamilton April 28. To present both sides of the discussion, the village brought Paul Connett, a retired chemistry professor and anti-fluoridation advocate, and Jayanth Kumar, director of oral health surveillance and research at the Bureau of Dental Health […]
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NYC: Fluoride costs to be increased $1.1 million for Fiscal Year 2009
Excerpt from The City of New York Executive Budget Fiscal Year 2009 Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Office of Management and Budget Mark Page, Director Message of the Mayor Page 161 • the Department [of Environmental Protection] will increase its budget for FLUORIDE by $1.1 million due to rising costs. ————————————————————————- See also: Fiscal 2009 Executive […]
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Cobleskill: Surprise! Village votes to put flouride back
In a surprise unanimous move, with no discussion, the Village of Cobleskill has agreed to put fluoride back in its water. For the second time in two meetings, dentist Gary Surman, a passionate advocate for fluoridated water, asked the village to reconsider its August 2007 decision to remove it. With no discussion, Trustee Bob LaPietra […]
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Plattsburgh: Group Asks City To Remove Fluoride From Water
Representatives from the Fluoride Action Network asked Plattsburgh city councilors Thursday to take fluoride out of the city drinking water. Network representative Paul Connett said fluoride is to blame for long list of of health problems, and he wants it removed from the water. “Fluoride also has other things like lead in it”, said Connett […]
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