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Fairbanks: Ordinance to ban fluoride in Fairbanks water to be introduced tonight
An ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to community water systems will be introduced today at the Fairbanks City Council. The ordinance, sponsored by Fairbanks Mayor Jerry Cleworth, cites recommendations made by the Fairbanks Fluoride Task Force. After more than a year of study and public testimony, the group of local scientists and health […]
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Fairbanks City Council disbands Fluoride Task Force after accepting recommendation
The Fairbanks City Council thanked the Fluoride Task Force on Monday for a year of researching the health effects of fluoridating public water. About 10 residents showed up to support the recommendation to eliminate the fluoride program. “We opted for an approach we felt provided the most protection for at-risk subpopulations and allows the rest […]
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Fairbanks could decide Monday to ban fluoride in drinking water
FAIRBANKS — Fluoride is now in the hands of the Fairbanks City Council. A special task force recommended the city end a half-century-old mandate to fluoridate its water supply and will present findings to the City Council on Monday night. The council could abide by an ordinance or a ballot measure but is not required […]
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Fairbanks: Fluoride task force tallies comments at meeting tonight in Fairbanks
The Fluoride Task Force will meet tonight to tally public comments on its draft report published last month. Comments were taken during the past few weeks online and at two public meetings. The report recommended the city stop fluoridating its water supply. The main reasons were that city water already contains naturally occurring fluoride and […]
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Fairbanks group: City should stop putting fluoride in water
No fluoride should be added because city water already contains naturally occurring fluoride, and amounts higher than those levels could harm non-nursing infants, the committee said in a draft report. Five of the six members of the group agreed with the recommendation, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Monday. The committee had a tough choice between […]
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Fairbanks task force advises no fluoridation
FAIRBANKS — A special task force has recommended Fairbanks stop fluoridating its water supply. Five of the six members agreed to the recommendation, giving two main reasons — city water contains naturally-occurring fluoride and amounts higher than those natural levels could harm non-nursing infants. The committee published a draft report Tuesday and is asking for […]
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Fairbanks: Report of the Fluoride Task Force
EXCERPTS: In response to concerns expressed by community members, on February 8, 2010, the Fairbanks City Council passed a resolution (Appendix A) establishing a committee charged with the responsibility to examine evidence related to fluoridation of public water supplies and to provide the City Council with a report containing analysis and recommendations. The committee was […]
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Fairbanks fluoride task force closer to making decision on water additive
FAIRBANKS — The city’s fluoride task force is getting close to consensus on whether fluoride should keep going into the city’s water supply. Most members of the six-person committee favor terminating the fluoridation of water, according to a meeting Tuesday. “I think there are two reasonable options on the table. I probably could have gotten […]
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Military bases: Fluoridation to begin December 1st
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight and Doyon Utilities want to inform all water consumers, effective Dec. 1, the Fluoride Injector system operated at the Water Treatment Facility will resume operations. The fluoride injector malfunctioned last April and was shut down due to high levels of fluoride in the […]
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Fairbanks. Letter: No to fluoride
To the editor: Pro-fluoridation lobbyists say “… there are no adverse health effects associated with fluoridated water.” This is simply false. The fluoridation orthodoxy tolerates no doubt, dismissing opposition as quackery after cursory review, holding faith in “expert opinion” of public health bureaucrats. Nobel laureate Arvid Carlsson is as qualified as any, but is strongly […]
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