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Let’s say thank you to Virginia Rosenbaum
Dear All, A few days ago the city of Cumberland in Western Maryland began poisoning its water with fluoride. This was heartbreaking for many fine folks in the area, but none moreso than Virginia Rosenbaum who had successfully (up to this point) kept fluoridation at bay for over 50 years! We are proud to have […]
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Cumberland prepares to fluoridate its water
CUMBERLAND – After decades of debate, an engineer will turn on a small electric pump this week or next to begin fluoridating this city’s water – an event that is being welcomed by dentists but will be hard to swallow for a steadfast citizens group still wary of science’s leading answer to cavities. “I won’t […]
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Fluoride backers gain toothhold in Western, Maryland
In a small Western Maryland dental clinic, William Tompkins examines X-rays that reveal the ravages of decay in the smile of a 4-year-old girl. Glowing clearly from the fuzzy image of her mouth is the metal of 12 fresh fillings. “That’s half her teeth,” Tompkins says, shaking his head. “My friends in Washington tell me […]
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Lonaconing taking steps to fluoridate
LONACONING — A representative from Miller Environmental will be attending the September meeting of the Lonaconing mayor and council in an effort to answer some questions about fluoridating the town’s water supply. “George Smith is going to be here if he can,” said John Winner, the town administrator. “He will tell us what it would […]
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Fluoride only major item on Frostburg agenda
FROSTBURG — The decision to fluoridate Frostburg’s water system could come as early as Wednesday. All five members of the incoming mayor and council have publicly expressed their support of fluoridating the city’s water supply, and the group may vote on the issue shortly after being sworn in on Wednesday evening. “My intent is to […]
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Cumberland to Add Fluoride to Water
Cumberland residents cleared the way for the city to add fluoride to their water supply by voting overwhelmingly in favor of repealing a 10-year-old ban on the cavity-fighting chemical. They voted 2,525 to 1,633 Tuesday to repeal the ban, a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent. The issue has divided residents for decades in […]
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Cumberland voters return fluoride to town
CUMBERLAND — Cumberland voters overwhelmingly approved yesterday a bid to lift the city’s decade-old ban on fluoridating its water supply, signaling a major shift in Western Maryland’s traditional hostility to the widely accepted cavity-fighting chemical. By a vote of 2,525 to 1,633 in unofficial returns, residents opted to repeal a charter provision barring the addition […]
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West Maryland Cities Revisit Fluoride Issue
CUMBERLAND – Crime, taxes and schools are the usual campaign fodder in municipal elections, but in two Western Maryland cities the burning topic this spring is one long ago settled in most communities without debate: fluoride. Barring a last-minute court ruling, Cumberland voters are to decide May 16 whether to repeal a decade-old ban on […]
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BGE may be Maryland’s largest polluter
Two of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s power plants released more than 14 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air last year, likely making it Maryland’s top polluter. The amount dwarfs the figures of the top polluters of 1997, the Westvaco paper products company in Western Maryland and Millennium Inorganics, a Baltimore chemical company. […]
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Lead Levels in Thurmont Water Drop
Lead levels in town water have decreased significantly since town officials stopped adding fluoride, commissioners reported at Wednesday’s meeting. They also voted to officially ban fluoridation. Fluoride itself does not produce high lead levels, but fluoride must be introduced along with fluorosilicic acid, and town officials believe that the acid washes lead from pipe soldering, […]
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