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NYU Dentistry students to bring free clinic to Machias
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: Machias is a fluoridated community in Washington County in Maine. The majority of the population on municipal water in Washington County are fluoridated – see more info below ______________________________________________________________________ MACHIAS, Maine (WABI) New York University students are returning to Machias to offer free dental care for one week in […]
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Cave Hill School: Officials say elevated fluoride in school’s water not cause for alarm
FRANKLIN — Parents at the Cave Hill School in Franklin received notification yesterday that there were elevated fluoride levels in the school’s water. Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Business Manager David Bridgham, however, said that the matter is mostly a precautionary one. “This is not anything new. We’ve had a treatment system in place […]
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Year in Review: Fluoride removed from KKWWD water supply
KENNEBUNK – Fluoride was a hotly debated topic from Arundel to York in 2016 after the citizen’s group Campaign to Reconsider Water Fluoridation gathered enough signatures to put the issue before voters on the November ballot. Voters in the communities of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel, Biddeford Pool and Fortune’s Rocks and the Cape Neddick […]
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Kennebunk-area voters decide to cease water fluoridation
Voters have decided to stop fluoridating water in the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District. Residents of seven towns in the district voted to stop treating drinking water with fluoride, 9,922 votes to 5,625 votes. Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel and parts of Biddeford and York get their water from the district. Fluoride is commonly […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells Water District: Voters say no to fluoride
KENNEBUNK — Customers of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells Water District voted Tuesday to stop adding fluoride to the public water supply. Janice Hanson, chairperson of Campaign to Reconsider Water Fluoridation, the citizen’s group that sought signatures to put the issue on the ballot, said, “Voters in seven Maine communities sent a loud and clear message […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: Fluoride point of contention as election day draws near
YORK COUNTY — Believe it or not, it’s almost election day, and while many may be breathing a collective sigh of relief, voters within the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District have a difficult choice to make come Nov. 8. Voters in those towns — in addition to Ogunquit and parts of Arundel, York and […]
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Another View: Dentist unfairly dismissive of concerns about fluoride
They may not be scientists, but residents of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District raise valid issues. In his Oct. 12 Maine Voices, Joseph R. Kenneally, DMD, is disturbed by people whom a headline writer called “anti-fluoridation activists.” He’s disturbed that the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District board and superintendent won’t accept the […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: Water fluoridation set for November vote
Voters in the seven communities served by the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District will vote next month on whether to continue adding fluoride to drinking water. The push to put the issue to voters is backed by a small group of residents who say adding fluoride to drinking water amounts to mass medicating and […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells: To fluoridate or not to fluoridate
KENNEBUNK – Experts on both sides of the water fluoridation debate squared off in a public forum Monday night, ahead of the referendum vote on Nov. 8 facing residents in seven York County towns. Residents of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel, Biddeford Pool & Fortune’s Rocks and the Cape Neddick section of York will vote […]
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Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Wells: Speakers spar in fluoride fight
KENNEBUNK — Now that the question is destined for the general election ballot Nov. 8, the long fight over whether to add fluoride to the public water supply has entered a new advocacy phase. At a public hearing before the Arundel Board of Selectmen on Monday, Sept. 26, Kennebunk resident Jan Hanson and other members […]
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