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Fluoride: Wichita’s Big Question
Wichita voters will consider adding fluoride to the city water supply when they go to the polls on Nov. 6, and both sides have waged heavy campaigns over the hotly contested issue. Wichita’s history with the fluoride debate runs long and deep. Fluoride was first considered, but never carried out in 1950. It was rejected […]
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Wichita: Anti-fluoride expert appears before Sedgwick County commission
A chemistry professor who is against fluoridated water got a much warmer welcome at the Sedgwick County Commission than a pro-fluoride expert who spoke there two weeks ago. Commissioners Jim Skelton and Richard Ranzau aggressively questioned and argued with Bill Maas, a former public health director with the Centers for Disease Control, who was brought […]
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Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care urges ‘yes’ vote on fluoride
The Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care is encouraging the city’s voters to say “yes” to fluoridating Wichita’s water supply. The coalition, which includes more than 50 of Wichita’s largest employers, as well as health care providers and insurers, says having fluoride in the water will play an important role in preventing oral health problems, […]
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Wichita: Chemists weigh in on fluoridation
Several compounds can be added to water to fluoridate it. We spoke with Wichita State University chemist David Eichhorn. He says, despite what these compounds start out as, once they are mixed with water – you end up with fluoride. He says groups like the CDC have determined safe levels, but, like anything, you don’t […]
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Wichita Eagle editorial board advocates a “yes” vote on water fluoridation
The Eagle editorial board advocates a “yes” vote on Nov. 6 to fluoridate Wichita’s water system. The opponents are sincere in their safety concerns about the proposal to increase the naturally occurring fluoride level to .7 parts per million. But more than half a century of peer-reviewed scientific research is on fluoridation’s side – along […]
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Retired chemistry professor to speak against fluoridation in Wichita
A retired chemistry professor who is a national opponent of water fluoridation will make several appearances in Wichita next week to speak against fluoridation. Paul Connett taught environmental chemistry and toxicology for 23 years at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., and is executive director of the Fluoride Action Network and a co-author of the […]
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Surrounding municipal water customers await Wichita’s fluoride vote
If Wichita voters decide Nov. 6 to fluoridate the city’s water, surrounding communities will be affected, too. About half of Bel Aire’s water comes from Wichita, with the rest from its partnership with Park City in the Chisholm Creek Utility Authority, Bel Aire city manager Ty Lasher said. Bel Aire will have diluted fluoridated water […]
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Private donors commit $1.35 million toward fluoride start-up costs in Wichita
The pro-fluoride group Wichitans for Healthy Teeth said Friday it has received commitments from private donors for $1.35 million for start-up costs of adding fluoride to Wichita’s water supply should voters approve that measure on Nov. 6. That‘s a little more than halfway toward the group’s goal of covering most, if not all, of the […]
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Wichita: Fluoride signs popping up all over Wichita
It’s one of the big issues on the November ballot in Wichita and many are now showing what side they’re on. The issue is whether to fluoridate Wichita’s water. Pro and anti-fluoride signs are all over town making their decision public. “I’m allergic to fluoride. I’m sure I’m the only one in this town and […]
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Questions and answers before Wichita’s fluoridation vote
On Nov. 6 Wichita voters will decide whether to fluoridate tap water. Proponents say fluoridation has been widely used since the 1960s, will reduce cavities in young and old alike and save Wichitans $25?million a year in dental bills. Opponents say it’s a form of forced medication and can cause health problems. Here are answers […]
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