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North Attleboro dentist joins effort to seek fluoride probe
NORTH ATTLEBORO — A North Attleboro dentist has signed an international petition urging a congressional investigation into safety and health concerns about fluoridation. Dr. David Satloff said Thursday he signed the Statement of Concern on Fluoridation because he believes the subject deserves a more thorough scientific review. Studies have shown some or no advantage to […]
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When public officials refuse to obey voters
Here’s a riddle for the times: When is a binding referendum not binding? Answer: When government officials don’t want to obey the voters. This shameful situation has arisen in Plainville, where townspeople said they don’t want fluoride in their water, but officials keep delivering fluoridated water to their homes. Fluoridation continues 11 months after voters […]
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Massachusetts Dental Society “Honored” with Dirty Dozen Award
Southborough – The Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) today received a 2002 Dirty Dozen Award spotlighting it as one of the twelve top polluters in the Commonwealth for unregulated mercury discharges. In the process of restoring teeth with so-called “silver” fillings – actually 50% mercury – dentists nation wide use approximately 40 metric tons of mercury […]
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Methuen voters keep town fluoride-free again
METHUEN — When the question is fluoridating public water, no still means no in Methuen. Voters decided to keep their water fluoride-free in 1981, 1997, and emphatically again yesterday. The referendum on adding fluoride to the water was rejected 56.6 to 43.4 percent, with 7,742 votes against it and 5,939 votes in favor. “We worked […]
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Fluoride on ballot for 3rd vote in Methuen
It’s deja vu for most city residents as they prepare for the third time in 21 years to vote on whether or not they support fluoridation of the Methuen water supply. The question, which will be posed to voters as part of a special city election in conjunction with the statewide election Tuesday, was put […]
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Activists pressing to stop fluoride in Plainville
Six months after voters chose fluoride-free water, residents still have a 50 percent chance of getting fluoridated water every time they turn on a tap. About half of the town’s water goes through a treatment facility that Plainville shares with neighboring North Attleborough, which adds fluoride to its water. The two towns received four options […]
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Fluoride going on November ballot in Methuen
METHUEN — For the third time in 21 years, residents will vote on fluoridating the town’s water. Town Council voted unanimously last night to attach a referendum to November’s state elections ballot, asking simply, “Do the inhabitants of the city of Methuen support the fluoridation of the Methuen water supply system?” The town has answered […]
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Fluoridation hearing in Woburn
The city will be holding a public hearing next Tuesday on whether to fluoridate the rest of WoburnÕs water, a topic that has been controversial in many communities across the state. The state Department of Public Health lists 135 communities in Massachusetts that have at least partial fluoridation. The result is that about 6 out […]
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Methuen’s Board of Health rescinds vote for fluoridation
METHUEN — Three weeks after a controversial Board of Health vote to fluoridate the town’s drinking water — a vote that cost the health director his job and one board member her post — a new board reversed the decision last night. The 20 or so people who filled the small, second-floor conference room of […]
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Fluoridation decision angers Methuen leadership
METHUEN — Mayor Sharon M. Pollard wants the Board of Health to rescind its vote to fluoridate the town’s drinking water, saying the decision was made without properly informing the public. Few people even knew of the vote until more than a week after it happened, a delay that angered the mayor, councilors and fluoridation […]
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