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San Francisco Supervisor Revives Fluoride Concerns
A decade after ex-Supervisor Wendy Nelder’s long-fought and eventually unsuccessful battle to get San Francisco to remove fluoride from its drinking water, Supervisor Mark Leno is resurrecting the idea as something at least worthy of study. “It’s time San Francisco revisited the issue,” Leno said Monday. “There’s a lot more information since (Nelder’s) efforts.” He […]
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San Diego County Grand Jury Recommends Fluoridation
SAN DIEGO — The county grand jury recommended yesterday that local cities and water districts fluoridate their drinking water, saying the ever-controversial treatment is “safe and effective in reducing tooth cavities.” San Diego County is the most populous county in California with no fluoridation. The county lacks it even though a 1995 state law requires […]
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Fluoride Salesmen Use Apples versus Oranges to Sell Their Case
Recent reports of an epidemic in tooth decay in California children is a prime example of science by press release. No viable study shows that California children have more tooth decay than the rest of the nation. The 1994 study, cited as proof of this epidemic, has never been published, and until just recently, has […]
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San Diego City Council Defies Citizens Initiative: Votes to Fluoridate
On April 11, 2000 San Diego City Council voted 8 to 1 to defy the long-standing city ordinance that specifically prohibits the City of San Diego or any of its employees or elected officials from adding any fluoride compound to the drinking water. Citing a February 18 opinion by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and […]
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Golding seeking fluoride approval in San Diego
San Diego Mayor Susan Golding will ask the City Council on Tuesday to approve a plan to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water to reduce tooth decay. “It’s a health issue,” Golding said in a telephone interview yesterday. “San Diego is the largest city in the country without community fluoridation.” Money to pay for […]
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Critique of Touted Dental Study Reveals Fluoridation Conclusions Not Supported by Data
The first-ever independent review of the California Oral Health Needs Assessment of 1993-94, was delivered to the City of Escondido on Tuesday, February 1st. The analysis of the Needs Assessment was performed by the internationally renowned Senes Oak Ridge Inc., Center for Risk Assessment in Tennessee. The repeated message of the 25 page review was […]
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Escondido: City-Funded Study Knocks Fluoride Data
ESCONDIDO — A controversial report commissioned by the City Council has concluded that a state-funded water-fluoridation study is seriously flawed and does not provide conclusive evidence that fluoridated drinking water helps prevent cavities. The $5,000 report by a Tennessee-based company, Senes Oak Ridge, was commissioned by the council in September, largely to counter a state […]
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Yuba City to fluoridate its water supply
After listening to 11 hours of public comment on the pros and cons of fluoridation, Yuba City’s City Council decided to move forward with its plans to fluoridate its water supply. The City Council voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution in support of fluoridation, thus ending a debate that started 35 years ago. Mayor Lee […]
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Torrance Residents Wary of Mobil Plan to Lessen Risk of Toxic Cloud
When walls start shaking and dishes rattle ominously, Clifford Heise hurries outside his Torrance home to stare at the southern sky. “If it’s red, you know it’s Mobil,” he says, “and you think, ‘Quick, which way is the wind blowing?’ ” For hundreds who live near the mammoth Mobil Oil Corp. refinery in Torrance, the […]
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Burbank, California Admits to Lax Enforcement of Toxic Waste Rules
Burbank officials admitted Friday that a breakdown in monitoring and enforcement procedures led to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit which contends that the city allowed toxic wastes to be dumped into sewers. City Manager Bud Ovrom and Public Works Director Ora Lampman said Burbank didn’t crack down hard enough during the mid-1980s on industries […]
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