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Oneida fluoride referendum idea called illegal
A public referendum on community fluoridation would be illegal, Oneida City Attorney Neal Rose told common councilors this week. Rose researched the matter after some city officials said they wanted residents to decide whether Oneida should add fluoride to the city water supply as a way to curb tooth decay. Fluoridation has divided the city […]
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Fluoride issue resurfaces in Oneida
An emotional public health debate that shook Oneida a generation ago is about to reopen. One of the most crowded public meetings in city history took place June 20, 1978, the last time the common council seriously considered fluoridating city water. The proposal failed after a 3-3 vote in which then-Mayor Herb Brewer declined to […]
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Oneida councilmen debate water fluoridation
ONEIDA – The debate over whether or not the city’s water supply should be fluoridated has begun, and the city Common Council will soon discuss the benefits and concerns of the measure. The Oneida-Madison County Preventive Dentistry Coalition has brought the discussion of public water fluoridation back before the council. While the measure is provided […]
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Group urges fluoridation of water in Rome & Oneida
A local advocacy group will soon urge the Common Council to approve fluoridation of city water, a move that has prompted protest in the past from opponents who fear health problems and government interference. Though no date has been set, Oneida-Madison County Preventive Dentistry Coalition wants to address the council as part of the group’s […]
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Ithaca votes no to fluoridation
Excerpt: Barring an absentee-ballot miracle, fluoride is dead in the water in Ithaca. Undoubtedly thousands are happy to see this issue laid to rest, but we appreciated the efforts of Mayor Alan Cohen and Common Council members, who allowed city voters to have a long-needed say on the issue. People voted against fluoridation and two […]
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Ithaca’s Fluoridation Debate
It’s been called everything from one of the top 10 public health advances in the 20th century to a toxic industrial pollutant linked to reductions in IQ and increased likelihood of hip fractures. Now, Ithaca city residents will once again have the chance to decide for themselves whether they want lawmakers to have the ability […]
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Tompkins Board of Health against adding fluoride in water
ITHACA — To take a stance, or not to take a stance, was the main question involving water fluoridation that was finally answered at the Tompkins County Board of Health’s lengthy meeting Tuesday afternoon. After listening to 14 comments from the public against fluoridating, and one comment in favor from an Ithaca dentist, the board […]
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Ithaca to Vote on Fluoridation in November
ITHACA — The Tompkins County Board of Health will be asked to take a stand today on the fluoridation of the City of Ithaca’s water supply. Public Health Director Alice Cole plans to put the question before the eight-member board, which is made up of local physicians; Tompkins County Rep. Charles Evans, R-Dryden; at-large member […]
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ALBANY: Crucial support for Albany fluoridation withers
A non-binding resolution from the Common Council and a word from the mayor did what Gen. Jack D. Ripper’s fictional takeover of a military base could not: They put an end to fluoridation, at least in Albany. A day after Mayor Jerry Jennings signaled his opposition to fluoridation and two days after aldermen voiced that […]
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Fluoridation Plan Divides Suffolk Residents
In the 1940’s, as municipalities around the country began putting fluoride into their water, opponents spoke darkly of Communists and said fluoridation was nothing less than a plot to control America through its faucets. The arguing died down in most places as studies began to show that fluoride did fight childrens’ tooth decay, and today, […]
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