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Time to Review Davenport’s 60-Year-Old Fluoridation Agreement
Publisher’s note: It’s time for Davenport’s city leaders to carefully and seriously review the requirements, terms, and benefits of a 60-year-old contract that has resulted in the practice of medicating nearly the entire Scott County population with an industrial waste byproduct. The fluoridation of our water supply is happening without informed consent, and even if […]
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Iowa state dental director pitches fluoride to county
The state’s top dentist visited Davenport on Thursday and promoted the continued use of fluoride in the public water systems. Dr. Bob Russell said children with teeth treated by fluoride, such as in drinking water, have much healthier teeth than children did generations ago. The treatment process is facing challenges by opponents, including in the […]
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Hampton tables fluoridation issue indefinitely
The issue of whether to keep adding fluoride to Hampton’s water was tabled indefinitely during a City Council workshop Monday night. Mayor Shawn Dietz said after council members gathered input from citizens it was decided that the a majority of them want to keep adding fluoride to the city’s water. “The decision of the council […]
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Hampton revisits fluoride in city water
The Hampton City Council on Monday night discussed the possibility of no longer adding fluoride to the city’s water. Mayor Shawn Dietz asked for a motion to have the city attorney draft an ordinance to repeal the current ordinance requiring the city to add fluoride to the water… After the discussion the council decided it […]
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IA-IL Quad Cities: Fluoridation of water supply is topic of public forum
Dr. Paul Connett, a retired professor of chemistry and co-author of the book “The Case Against Fluoride,” will speak at free presentations Jan. 14-15 in the Quad-Cities. The Jan. 14 meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive. The Jan. 15 meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at […]
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Lake View to quit adding fluoride to water system
A recent sanitary survey by the DNR led the Lake View City Council to discontinue using fluoride in the drinking water system. City Administrator Scott Peterson says the survey came out fine but the DNR made some changes to the amount of fluoride which would have cost the city money. He says they heard from […]
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Palo Alto County. Letter: Community Water Fluoridation
To the Editor The Palo Alto County Board of Health is encouraging all communities in the county to fluorinate their city water supply. What do you know about water fluoridation? Fluoride Facts: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the […]
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Iowa Water Fluoride Database
The Iowa Department of Public Health lists all the communities in the state that have added FLUORIDE, are deficit or have fluoride naturally occurring in water systems… Read full article See Iowa’s Fluoride database Print PDF
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Des Moines: Fluoride in water draws concern
Rob Hamilton stood on Court Avenue on Saturday in a crowded Downtown Farmers Market and took on what the Centers for Disease Control calls “one of 10 great achievements in public health of the 20th century.” That would be the introduction of fluoride to public drinking water. “There’s a mountain of scientific information on this,” […]
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Mechanicsville ends fluoridation of its water supply
The following are from the minutes of the Regular Council Meetings of the City of Mechanicsville: From the March 7, 2011, council meeting minutes: Update on fluoride: The IDNR provided information that stated the US Dept of Health and Human Services will propose that the recommendation for optimal fluoride levels be changed from a range […]
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