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Let’s Celebrate Another Victory
Dear All, I usually end my public presentations (on waste-resource management and fluoridation) with three messages. 1) To Citizens:”Don’t let the experts take your common sense away.” 2) To Politicians: “Put your faith back in people.” 3) To Activists: “Have Fun!” “Having fun” may sound a strange message since it is a pretty grim process […]
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Oneida City Council Votes No to Fluoridation
ONEIDA – Fluoridation of the city’s water supply was defeated at Tuesday night’s Common Council meeting, ending a city-wide debate that was started last year. Only Third Ward Councilman Erwin Smith voted “no” to the resolution that sought to decline the authorization from state agencies to introduce fluoride into the city’s water. The way the […]
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60 percent say ‘No’ to fluoridation in Oneida
ONEIDA – Out of the 792 Oneida City Water customers who responded to a survey on fluoridation, 40 percent were in favor of the measure, while 60 percent were opposed to the idea of the city fluoridating its water supply. The Oneida City Water Department sent out surveys to its water customers asking their opinions […]
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Oneida’s Fluoride vote may not happen
ONEIDA – Now that the public has voiced its opinion on whether or not the city should fluoridate its water supply, some common councilmen are making up their minds on the measure. At a public hearing on June 25, a small crowed showed up to express their thoughts on fluoridation. Most residents of the city […]
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Untreated cavities more common in poor children
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three- and four-year-olds in certain disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City have higher rates of untreated cavities than youngsters their same age in other parts of the US, researchers report. “When we examine the children who have dental caries–or cavities–there is a sharp disparity when a comparison is made to […]
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Professor outlines risks of fluoridation
The risks of fluoridating Oneida’s water supply greatly exceed the benefits, St. Lawrence University chemistry professor Paul Connett told an audience of about 50 people at City Hall Thursday. Connett said he has conducted hundreds of anti-fluoride presentations across the country and in Europe. He brought with him a handful of studies that examined fluoridated […]
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Chemistry professor advises Oneida not to fluoridate
ONEIDA – Paul Connett, a professor of chemistry at St. Lawrence University in Canton, will speak to the Oneida Common Council about public water fluoridation, a measure which he calls both useless and dangerous to the health of city residents. Connett, who teaches general chemistry and toxicology at St. Lawrence University, has researched the issues […]
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Oneida council to hear view on fluoride
An opponent of putting fluoride in water plans to air his concerns in Oneida. The Common Council will hear a presentation April 11 by a St. Lawrence University chemistry professor who has studied fluoride and the fluoridation debate for six years. Paul Connett, who teaches general chemistry, environmental chemistry and toxicology, and has a doctorate […]
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Oneida’s water customers have no vote, but they have a voice
Though the villages of Vernon and Oneida Castle, the town of Verona and the city of Sherrill purchase water from the city of Oneida, they will have no vote on whether or not the city will fluoridate its water supply. As the Oneida Common Council grapples with the proposal placed before them by the Oneida-Madison […]
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Madison County Board of Health backs fluoridation in Oneida
The Health Department board passed a resolution recently, acknowledging the public health benefits by the consumption of optimally fluoridated water and encouraging the city of Oneida to fluoridate its water supply. The board said that fluoridation improves dental health and is the most cost-effective method for improving dental health. President of the Madison County Board […]
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