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Health dangers of fluoride to be conference topic
CORNWALL ISLAND – F. Henry Lickers remembers the once-thriving cattle herds in Mohawk country and how fluoride fumes from nearby metal factories weakened their bones, decayed their teeth and wiped them out. Almost 30 years have passed since the toxic gas began pumping out of aluminum smelters in Massena. And while Reynolds Metals Co., now […]
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Canton Stops Fluoridation – Spurred by College Faculty, Staff & Students
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Village trustees voted, on February 18, 2003, to halt fluoridation in Canton, New York. One hundred and thirty faculty and staff members of Canton’s St. Lawrence University and 300 students petitioned the village trustees to ban fluoride from its water supply, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
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Canton rids its tap water of fluoride
CANTON – The village Board of Trustees turned the taps off Monday on fluoridation of the water supply. The 3-1 decision caps months of public discussion and private research on whether it was in the best interest of village residents to have fluoridated water, which is widely used to fight dental decay but suspected of […]
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Victory in Canton
Dear All, Raise your glasses. Tonight we stopped fluoridation in Canton, NY, our home town. The Village Trustees voted 3 to 1, with the Mayor abstaining, to halt fluoridation. The fluoridation was discontinued in July, 2001 for technical reasons – the equipment needed replacing. This provided us a window of opportunity to halt fluoridation permanently, […]
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New York City Suspends Fluoridation
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has suspended fluoridation for approximately four months while they “complete critical system repairs,”(1) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Fluoride added to NYC’s drinking water is ineffective at reducing tooth decay in modern times(2), wastes millions […]
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Forget Fluoridation
‘Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?” asks General Jack D. Ripper, the character in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 movie, “Dr. Strangelove.” “On no account will a commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.” There was a time when fear of […]
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New York City Suspends Fluoridation of Water for Four Months
By the time you read this, there may be no fluoride in your New York City drinking water. Don’t panic. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection shut down the fluoridation system last night for four months to replace equipment at the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester. But officials gave assurances that the interruption would have no […]
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Legacy of pain
Donald F. Metzen looks back with anger when thinking about his career, remembering all the chemicals he says he watched his company dump into Two Mile Creek. For years, he suspected those chemicals caused his wife’s death and his ailments. Today, he suspects the wastes from the defunct telephone equipment manufacturing company, Western Electric, also […]
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Canton village board delays fluoridation decision, explores referendum
CANTON – The village Board of Trustees delayed a decision Monday on whether to fluoridate the water system and will investigate whether a public referendum is possible. “We’re not sitting on our heels on this one,” Mayor Robert N. Wells Jr. said. “We just need some time.” The village has fluoridated its water since the […]
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Sides of fluoride debate are vocal in Canton
CANTON – About 50 critics and advocates of a fluoridated water system packed the municipal building Thursday to try to persuade the Canton village Board of Trustees to adopt their position. The board is scheduled to vote Monday on whether the village will resume fluoridation, but a decision may be delayed because trustees David P. […]
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