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The NY State Department of Health announces the availability of funding for Drinking Water Fluoridation.
NYSDA [New York State Dental Association] and its charitable arm, the New York State Dental Foundation (the Foundation), have long been strong advocates for an infrastructure funding program to implement fluoridation of community water systems and to replace aging water fluoridation equipment in communities throughout New York State. This essential initiative removes the possibility of […]
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Fluoridation May Be Doing More Dental Harm Than Good, Researchers Report, Using US Statistics
70% of Children Now Afflicted with Dental Fluorosis NEW YORK, July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Federal data reveals “even low levels of water or plasma fluoride exposure was associated with increased risk of dental fluorosis [white spotted, yellow or brown splotched teeth],” writes Dong, et al., reflecting 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in […]
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Study: “Safe” Water Fluoride Levels Linked to Hip Fractures
Natural water fluoride levels (ranging from 0 to 1 mg/L), considered safe in the US, are linked to hip fractures in Swedish elderly women when total fluoride intake is calculated, concludes a new study published in the Journal, Environmental health Perspectives (April 2021), by Helte, et al., reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
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PFOA, PFOS Levels At A Few Hudson Valley Schools Prompt NYS DOH Advisories
Three schools in the Hudson Valley have “Do Not Drink” advisories after two PFAS chemicals were found above New York state’s contamination limits. These are among the first schools with the higher levels since the state adopted new maximum contaminant levels for PFOA and PFOS over the summer. The New York state Department of Health […]
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Yorktown. Letter: Don’t Force Fluoride on Me
The debate about adding a toxic substance, fluoride, to our drinking water has its pros and cons. Yorktown has been without water fluoridation for a long time now. I have not heard of any problems with an increase of cavities, have you? If there are people who want fluoride treatment for their teeth, there are […]
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Dr. Arthur Bushel “launched one of the first campaigns to prevent cavities by fluoridating the New York City water supply”
The title of the article: Dr. Arthur Bushel, dental health pioneer, dies Dr. Arthur Bushel, a retired dentist who taught at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and was an expert on fluoridation, died of complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus Nov. 21 at the North Oaks Retirement Community. He was 99. Born in […]
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Yorktown’s Over-Budget Fluoride Project Runs into More Problems
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Nearly eight years ago, the Town Board voted to keep fluoride in its drinking water. The town later received a $901,050 grant from the state to build a town-operated fluoride system—a place to dose its water with the naturally occurring mineral, which is said to protect and strengthen tooth enamel, thereby reducing […]
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NY WIC webinar to discuss fluoridation in context of infant oral health.
5.) Teeth for Two: An Overview of Perinatal and Infant Oral Health December 17th, 2020 9:30AM -11:30AM Click here to register Increases in interprofessional training and state and federal efforts have led to a greater emphasis on perinatal and infant oral health education and practice. WIC programs play a critical role in educating and encouraging participants to […]
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DOD is spending millions, getting rid of toxic foam by burning it near where people live
Best to read this good article, with video clips, online at https://wjla.com/news/spotlight-on-america/dod-is-spending-millions-getting-rid-of-toxic-foam-by-burning-it-near-where-people-live COHOES, N.Y. (SBG) — The military stopped using firefighting foam that contains toxic PFAS chemicals because of documented health risks. To get rid of its massive stockpile, Spotlight on America discovered the Department of Defense is spending millions of taxpayer dollars, burning the […]
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Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Awards More Than $2 Million in Grants to New York Nonprofits
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has given grants to 19 organizations, totaling more than $2 million, in New York to provide relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These unrestricted grants were intended to help the Foundation’s nonprofit partners continue to provide vital services to the most vulnerable members […]
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