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Debate over fluoride offer pushed back
Despite a $1.5 million offer in February from the California Dental Association Foundation to fluoridate Watsonville water, what promises to be a fiery debate over accepting the money will not hit the City Council for months. According to City Manager Carlos Palacios, concerns linger about the offer that will stall discussion until at least May. […]
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Fluoride in water may harm baby’s teeth
Drinking fluoridated water may ruin your baby’s smile. That’s the latest warning handed down by the Environmental Working Group, a public interest and environmental watchdog whose research about the toxicity of Teflon got DuPont to agree to change the popular coating’s chemistry. EWG’s current campaign centers on the youngest of 18million customers of the Metropolitan […]
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South Bay’s water will be fluoridated with MWD deal
Fluoridated water will be flowing from South Bay taps this fall for the first time when a regional water supplier begins to add fluoride to the supplies it delivers to the six-county area in the cause of dental health. While Los Angeles and Long Beach have long had fluoridated water, smaller cities like those in […]
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Metropolitan Water District Urged to Warn Customers of Fluoride Risks to Infants
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 — Plans to add fluoride to Southern Californians’ tap water this summer are raising concerns that parents may not know of the potential risks of using fluoridated water to mix infant formula. The Metropolitan Water District (MWD), which supplies 18 million people in six counties throughout the region, in July will […]
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Nation’s biggest fluoridation push will reach county soon
In a small industrial office next to the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Port Hueneme, John Omweg grabs a clipboard with a California Department of Health Services form meant to track fluoride levels in the city’s water supply. He walks through the plant and grabs a sample out of a pipe of water that’s […]
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Dental foundation offers $1.5 million for fluoridation
Five years after its first attempt, the California Dental Association Foundation is renewing efforts to fluoridate Watsonville water with a new funding offer of $1,563,038. In a letter Wednesday to City Manager Carlos Palacios, the foundation announced it would offer $1,242,700 for construction of water fluoridation facilities in Watsonville. Funding also includes $320,338 for maintenance […]
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Amidst onslaught from public health community, one dentist speaks out
I write to you as a dentist in support of Measure W – Yes to safe drinking water. I am concerned for the health of our community, my patients, my 23-month-old son, my wife, myself and our environment. In my practice, unfortunately I see a significant number of children with signs of excess fluoride ingestion […]
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The Great Flood: Arcata up to its eyeballs in fluoridated water
It really doesn’t matter that fluoridated water has been hailed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, reducing cavities for pennies on the dollar by 30 to 60 percent in children and 20 to 40 percent in adults. Nor does the […]
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Fluoride: maybe, sorta
Years ago during my training, I met a woman in a mental hospital who was obviously, profoundly, mad. She saw conspiracies everywhere and eyed everyone with knowing suspicion. Occasionally she took me into her confidence – warning me of various nefarious plots afoot. On one occasion she even told me that her husband had attempted […]
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Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Lies, damned lies, and statistics: That Mark Twain line seems to describe maneuverings while the California Supreme Court considered Watsonville’s appeal against the state forcibly fluoridating its water. A conveniently timed survey by the Dental Health Foundation indicating increased cavities splashed through local front pages, but a few details should be added. First, the DHF […]
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