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Group vows to go to court to keep fluoridation issue off Erie ballot
A local organization supporting the fluoridation of Erie’s public water supply vowed Wednesday to go to court to halt any attempt to place a referendum on fluoridation on the Nov. 6 ballot, co-chairman William G. Sesler said. “There will be no referendum on the ballot,” said Sesler, a lawyer who represents Citizens for Better Dental […]
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Erie council to vote on whether to add fluoride to water
Fluoride could be added to Erie’s public water supply by early 2002 under a controversial plan that had majority support from Erie City Council as of Thursday. Councilman Rick Filippi has proposed a resolution for Wednesday night’s council meeting that asks the Erie City Water Authority to modify the water treatment system to allow for […]
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2 dairy farmers sue chemical plant over fluoride in Montco
Two Montgomery County farmers who have complained for years that pollution from a nearby chemical plant caused death and disease in their dairy herds have filed suit against the company. Merrill Mest of Schwenksville and Wayne Hallowell of Gilbertsville say excessively high levels of fluoride released by Cabot Performance Materials in Boyertown were absorbed by […]
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Gilbertsville farmers suing chemical company for damage to Livestock
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year blamed poor farming practices for the illnesses that afflicted livestock on his Gilbertsville farm, Wayne Hallowell still thinks otherwise. In a lawsuit filed recently in Montgomery County Court, Hallowell and another area dairy farmer claim toxic emissions from a nearby chemical plant have slowly poisoned their animals […]
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Fluoridation Debate Surfaces in Philadelphia Suburbs
Though almost everyone agrees the compound prevents tooth decay, area water companies don’t add it to their systems. The American Dental Association endorses it. The American Medical Association endorses it. The Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Public Health Service back it. The practice itself began in some parts of this country in 1945, […]
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Bill Would Allow Pennsylvania Communities the Right to Stop Fluoridation
The following bill – the Fluoridation Choice Act – has been proposed by Pennsylvania Representative Dan Surra, D-Kersey. The bill has been proposed in response to the Fluoridation Act proposed by Rep. Tigue, which would mandate fluoridation for every water supply in the state serving over 500 people. To learn more about both of these […]
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Pennsylvania Bill Would Put Teeth in Fluoridation Push
HARRISBURG – Scientists, politicians and public health advocates around the world can’t decide whether it’s a good idea to put fluoride in public drinking-water supplies. State Rep. Tom Tigue, though, has made up his mind. Fluoridating public water supplies is “one of the least costly, most effective health care (measures) we can do,” said Tigue, […]
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Mandatory Fluoridation Bill Introduced in Pennsylvania
Less than two years after a mandatory fluoridation bill stalled in the state legislature (see – http://www.penweb.org/issues/fluoride/hb939stalls.html) , another mandatory fluoridation bill has been proposed for the state of Pennsylvania. If passed, the bill will require that every water supply in the state serving more than 500 people be fluoridated. To learn more about the […]
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EPA reports no environmental threat to farm area
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Environmental authorities found no immediate environmental threat to a rural area where farmers reported mysterious maladies that made them sick and killed their livestock, officials reported Wednesday. After a 14-month study, investigators from the federal Environmental Protection Agency found many of the problems to be associated with the way farmers manage their […]
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EPA still baffled by deformities
Investigators from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are still baffled by the cause of mysterious abnormalities showing up among animals and cropsraised on some farms in western Montgomery County. According to an interim report released by the EPA this week, investigators aren’t convinced that elevated levels of fluoride and boron areresponsible for decreased milk production […]
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