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California Cavity-Epidemic Study Reveals Fluoridation is Ineffective
New York – February 14 — Fluoridated California communities have huge cavity rates and large dentist-neglected populations, according to a recent California study, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Although dentistry promises steep cavity reductions with fluoride-laced water supplies, that’s not happening in California which is in the midst of a […]
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Court rejects Watsonville fluoride case
The California Supreme Court declined to hear the city of Watsonville’s fluoridation case Wednesday, ending a four-year legal battle over adding the substance to city water. The decision, which paves the way for fluoridation in Watsonville, came two days after Santa Cruz County officials touted fluoridation as the best way to fight dental disease among […]
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More Fluoridated Water Needed, Officials Say
Los Angeles County health officials Monday called for additional fluoride in water throughout the county and state, in response to a new study that identified oral disease as the No. 1 health problem among California’s elementary-school children. Though adding more fluoride is just one step that officials said is needed, “fluoridation is a cornerstone of […]
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Fluoride war still coming
If you think you are getting fluoridated water when you turn on your faucet — you are so wrong. Unless you are a customer being served by the Port Hueneme Water agency, which started fluoridating in November of 1998, you are merely getting good old-fashioned H20 — and a soupcon of chloramine. In fact, Port […]
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Supreme Court won’t hear Escondido fluoride lawsuit
NORTH COUNTY —- The city of Escondido will not have to change the way it adds fluoride to the water supply, according to a state Supreme Court decision Wednesday. The state’s highest court declined to review a 4-year-old lawsuit in which a group of Escondido residents alleged that the way the city fluoridates the water […]
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Fluoridation fight will go to state Supreme Court
WATSONVILLE — The city will take its nearly three-year fight against fluoridation to the state Supreme Court. The decision, made by the City Council in closed session at the end of a lengthy meeting, came after nearly an hour of public testimony on the issue earlier in the evening when the Council Chamber was packed […]
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Watsonville loses fluoride appeal in precedent-setting case
Fluoride could flow from city taps within a year. The city’s nearly 3-year-old fight to keep the chemical out of its water supply may have come to an end Wednesday when an appeals court ruled a state fluoridation law trumps local voters. The ruling by the Sixth District Court of Appeals sets a precedent for […]
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City loses appeal over fluoridation
Sixth appellate district justices decided Wednesday to uphold a Santa Cruz Superior Court ruling that may force water fluoridation in Watsonville. Presiding Justice Conrad Rushing and associate justices Eugene Premo and Franklin Elia determined that voter-approved Measure S, a 2002 ban against adding substances not approved by the Food and Drug Administration to Watsonville water, […]
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Watsonville fluoride fight hits state appeals court
SAN JOSE — A fight against the fluoridation of Watsonville’s water supply landed in a state appellate court Tuesday. Watsonville is asking the Sixth District Court of Appeals to overturn a 2004 ruling by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Robert Atack that said state law requiring the addition of the tooth decay-fighting chemical trumps […]
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Fluoridation delayed; water provider claims shortage of chemical
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission plans to reduce tooth decay for Milpitans and residents of other Bay Area cities by fluoridating their drinking water. The fluoridation program was scheduled to start Monday. But it will be delayed for at least one month. SFPUC, which provides most of the city’s residential water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir […]
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