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Corning: City council puts halt on fluoride
Corning, N.Y. – The City Council called a time-out Monday night on the fluoridation project. The council voted 7-2 instructing City Manager Mark Ryckman not to spend any time, money or resources on the project until after a November public vote on the issue. Councilman Hilda Lando, D-3, and Betty Coccho, D-6, cast the dissenting […]
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Corning Fluoride Vote Rescinded
CORNING — Fluoridating Corning’s water supply is no longer an issue — at least for now. Monday night the Corning City Council voted 7-2 to rescind its November 2006 vote to fluoridate the water. That means everything fluoride-related the council has worked on since then is null-and-void. City Manager Mark Ryckman will no longer work […]
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Poughkeepsie: Water board to discuss fluoride use
The Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board Tuesday is expected to discuss whether to reinstate fluoride to drinking water used by about 80,000 residents in four Dutchess County communities. The board has come under fire from local health officials, doctors and dentists after it voted in January to remove fluoride from the water system, which serves the […]
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City revisits manager’s role on issue of fluoride
CORNING — The Corning City Council will decide Monday whether City Manager Mark Ryckman should continue planning for fluoridation of the municipality’s water supply. The council, which meets at 7 p.m. at Corning City Hall, will consider a proposal that Mayor Tom Reed says is designed to clarify Ryckman’s fluoridation role prior to a referendum […]
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Fluoride vote in Corning
CORNING, N.Y. — Corning city leaders are set to take another vote on fluoride. In May, council members voted to add fluoride to city water. But in November, bound by a petition, they voted again to put fluoride to a referendum. That second resolution also instructed the city manager to pursue fluoridation but not spend […]
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Poughkeepsie: Fluoride removal rejects scientific data
It was with great distress that I have followed the decision by the Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board to remove fluoride from the water supply. The introduction of fluoridated water a generation ago had a huge impact in decreasing cavities and promoting dental health. Fluoridation of public water systems began in 1945 and has resulted in […]
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Cobleskill: Health experts push to keep fluoride
COBLESKILL — It’s likely no minds were changed Tuesday as dentists, doctors and other health care professionals urged village officials to reconsider their decision to halt the fluoridation of village water. “I think it better framed the issue,” commented Deputy Mayor Sandy MacKay after the informal committee meeting at Village Hall. Dr. Gary Surman, a […]
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Fluoride debate rages at Poughkeepsie council session
POUGHKEEPSIE — Though typically a chemical that enters one’s mouth when drinking water or visiting the dentist, fluoride seemed to be something coming out of everyone’s mouth during Tuesday night’s City of Poughkeepsie Common Council meeting. Frank Mora, vice chairman of the city and town’s Joint Water Board has been criticized for supporting the decision […]
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Board takes fluoride out of water
It was in Poughkeepsie’s drinking water for years. Several years ago it was taken out. Last June, it returned. Last month it was removed again. Confused? So are some city leaders who want to know why fluoride has again been removed from the water system, which serves about 80,000 residents in four Dutchess County communities. […]
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NY State Health Commissioner: Water fluoridation reduces tooth decay
The Feb. 8 article “Officials considering removal of fluoride from Schenectady water” did not explain that fluoride in drinking water greatly reduces cavities and is recommended by the state Health Department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote good dental health. According to the CDC, for a community similar to Schenectady, […]
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