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Bethel postpones referendum on fluoride until 2015
BETHEL — After a lively discussion, Bethel selectmen voted to postpone a Sept. 8 special town meeting vote on whether to remove the fluoride from town drinking water. They instead scheduled the vote for June 9, 2015. “I’ve sat through a couple of special town meetings and had to eat humble pie when we did […]
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Dentist defends fluoride in Bethel’s water supply
About two dozen people turned out for Monday’s public hearing on fluoride in town drinking water. The issue was raised earlier in the summer by Sarah Lane. Fluoride is promoted as being effective in preventing tooth decay and particularly effective in youngsters, whose teeth are just forming. Lane said at the hearing that she is […]
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Bethel: Public hearing on fluoride in drinking water set for Aug. 25
A public hearing to discuss whether or not the town should remove fluoride from the town’s drinking water is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, during the regularly scheduled selectmen’s meeting. Although the town has added fluoride to the water supply since 1970, Bethel business owner Sarah Lane recently brought evidence of health […]
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Is fluoride in private wells causing an IQ decline?
Excess fluoride, which may damage both brain and bone, is leaching out of granite and into Maine’s drinking water—and potentially other New England states … Like the majority of the state, many of Dedham’s denizens rely on private wells for the water they drink, bathe in and perhaps use to make infant milk formula. … […]
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High fluoride levels found in some private wells in Maine
Tests done on private wells in one-quarter of Maine towns found pockets of dangerously high fluoride levels, particularly in Hancock County. While low levels of fluoride prevent tooth decay and promote oral hygiene, high fluoride levels, if unaddressed, have been found to cause pitted teeth and brittle bones. Some studies also have linked excessive fluoride […]
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Kennebunk area dentists help derail fluoridation challenge
Kennebunk, Maine — Thanks in part to quick action by local dentists, community water fluoridation will not be on the ballot in November for voters who live in the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District. One of Maine’s largest water districts, it serves the towns of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel and portions of Biddeford […]
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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and others: Fluoridation vote delayed until 2016
Residents of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District will not vote in November about whether the water should continue to be fluoridated. The matter cannot be voted on again until 2016. The Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District is one of the largest districts of its kind in the state, providing service to a […]
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Kennebunkport: Fluoride proposal stalls
The Kennebunkport Board of Selectmen was scheduled to discuss a proposed warrant article asking voters to consider removing fluoride from the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells Water District July 24, but learned the proposal is no longer moving forward. Residents have taken the proposal to a number of the seven towns within the KKWWD and would need […]
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Fluoride detractors withdraw request in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — A group of citizens determined to see fluoride removed from the water supply of several towns in York County have suspended their campaign – for now. With the goal of sending the matter to voters in November, Jan Hanson and Micky Bergman had approached several boards of selectmen governing the towns serviced by […]
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Referendum on fluoride in drinking water rejected by Arundel selectmen
Arundel will not be one of the towns supporting a question on the November ballot asking voters whether they support removing fluoride from the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District water supply. The KKWWD provides water to areas in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Saco, Biddeford and Arundel. Norm Labbe, superintendent of the Water District, recently […]
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