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Phoenix: Council drilling for facts on fluoridation
Phoenix this month will reconsider its stance on one of the most fervently debated public-health policies of the past 60 years: fluoridating drinking water. City leaders voted in 1989 to add fluoride to the water supply. City Manager David Cavazos said he still remembers watching a dentist testify during a council hearing that the practice […]
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Public debate on fluoride issue hits Valley on heels of Gilbert flap
Phoenix residents have scheduled a public debate on water fluoridation in advance of an upcoming city council vote on whether to continue putting fluoride in the city’s water supply. Two experts — Paul Connett, a retired professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology at New York’s St. Lawrence University, and Dr. Howard Farran, a dentist in […]
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Phoenix to reconsider use of fluoridated water
WASHINGTON – When she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2004, Phoenix resident Jody Clute had no idea it would lead her, and her city, to revisit one of the biggest public-health debates of the 20th century — water fluoridation. After her diagnosis, Clute read “every book she could get her hands on” about the thyroid, […]
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Gilbert discovers fluoride withheld from water, puts 2 officials on leave
Gilbert has put two top administrators on leave and launched an internal investigation after officials discovered fluoride has been withheld from part of the town’s water supply for at least 13 months. Gilbert voters approved fluoridation 12 years ago after a heated debate on the controversial issue, and the task of adding the cavity-fighting chemical […]
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One woman’s curiosity reopens water fluoridation debate in Phoenix
WASHINGTON – When she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2004, Phoenix resident Jody Clute had no idea it would lead her, and her city, to revisit one of the biggest public health debates of the 20th century – water fluoridation. After her diagnosis, Clute read “every book she could get her hands on” about the […]
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100 days of science: She found fluorine affected dental health
The Arizona Daily Star’s Centennial salute to science in Arizona runs all summer. Each day, for 100 days, we’ll record a milestone in the state’s scientific history. We can thank University of Arizona researcher Margaret Cammack Smith for the addition of fluorine to much of the nation’s drinking-water supply – a development that the U.S. […]
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Phoenix: Fluoride in city’s tap water may be reassessed in September
In an effort to reassess water fluoridation, some City Council members have requested new data on Phoenix’s fluoride-treated water that serves more than 1.4 million residents. The Water Services Department will provide City Council and a subcommittee with information about the total cost of fluoridation as well as expert opinion of fluoride’s oral health benefits, […]
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Dateland to reduce fluoride and arsenic levels in drinking water
Three federal grants totaling more than $2.4 million will pay for a new Dateland Public Service Co. system to treat concentrations of arsenic and fluoride in its customers’ drinking water. Alan Stephens, state director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, attended a groundbreaking ceremony Monday and presented the colonia grants. “Colonia grants allow […]
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Page voters reject fluoridation proposal
PAGE — Locally, the sale of Lake Powell Mobile Home Village was approved by voters Tuesday, and putting fluoride in the water was voted down. Coconino Community College’s plans for an override of its budget failed, and Donald G. Roberts was elected to another term as Page’s Justice of the Peace. Prop. 400, the sale […]
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Page to Vote on Fluoridation
PAGE — For those who don’t want fluoride in the water, there will be a chance to make a case against it. However, it won’t be before the Page City Council, but the ballot box instead. The council unanimously voted Thursday night to put a question on the Nov. 7 ballot asking voters if they […]
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