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Potsdam residents voice opinions on water fluoridation as the village plans to vote on matter on Sept. 17
POTSDAM — The issue of water fluoridation is hotly debated, even beyond the village’s borders. Professionals from other states and countries have traveled to Potsdam for weeks to offer their opinions about whether or not the village should continue fluoridating its water. After a public hearing and regular village board meeting Tuesday, officials scheduled a […]
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Fluoridation meeting draws crowd in Potsdam, residents suggest alternative dental health programs
POTSDAM – Amid the often-repeated arguments about municipal water fluoridation at a hearing in Potsdam Tuesday night, a new consensus seemed to be emerging that a more comprehensive approach to promoting dental health is needed. The village Board of Trustees has been researching the issue and considering whether or not the village should spend the […]
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Potsdam residents voice opinions on water fluoridation as the village plans to vote on matter on Sept. 17
POTSDAM — The issue of water fluoridation is hot and contested beyond the village’s borders. Professionals from other states and countries have traveled here to offer their opinions about whether the village should continue the practice of fluoridating its water. But the public hearing and regular village board meeting Tuesday offered something different from the […]
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Potsdam Village board hears professional and public comments on fluoridating the water
POTSDAM — First, there was one, then two more filed in. A family of them marched into the village board meeting room. In a matter of minutes, seats were filled with folks in light blue shirts. Extra chairs had to be brought in. In the hallway stood the elderly, the middle-aged, and the young — […]
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Letter: Potsdam needs to consider facts on fluoride
In contrast to the Aug. 9 editorial in the Watertown Daily Times titled “Chew on this: Potsdam should continue adding fluoride to its water supply”: The authors have regurgitated the standard pro-fluoridation mantra and is seemingly not interested in conducting their own research. Concerning adding sodium fluoride as a more expensive alternative option “or using […]
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Potsdam meeting draws out those in support of fluoridation
POTSDAM – Of the roughly 50 people who attended Monday’s village Board of Trustees meeting, most who came to talk about fluoridation of village water rose to speak in support of the effort. Many of those attending were medical professionals. About half of those there, including children, wore light blue “I (Heart) Fluoride” t-shirts. The […]
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Letter. Potsdam: Fluoridated water has proven health benefits
An article published in the Watertown Daily Times on July 29 noted the village of Potsdam continues to consider removing fluoride from its water supply. This is very concerning from public and oral health perspectives. Fluoride exists naturally in nearly all water supplies. Water is “fluoridated” when a public water system adjusts the fluoride to […]
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Chew on this: Potsdam should continue adding fluoride to its water supply
For the past year, officials in Potsdam have pondered whether to continue adding fluoride to the village’s water supply. Hydrofluosilicic acid vapors created through this process have eroded the equipment that makes up this system. As members of the village Board of Trustees have reviewed plans on how to proceed, they’ve heard from some residents […]
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Potsdam gets engineering report on fluoride
POTSDAM — A new engineering report, from Environmental Design and Research, finds that a new method of implementing fluoride into the village’s water, though more costly, will yield savings in repairs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends having 0.7 milligrams per liter of fluoride in water, which reduces demineralization of tooth enamel and […]
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Potsdam village board will vote on fluoridation before end of September
POTSDAM – The village board will vote on whether or not to continue fluoridating municipal water either at its August or September meeting. Village Administrator Greg Thompson said that after a meeting with officials from Walden, New York, which voted to drop its fluoridation program, and with a statement to the Board of Trustees from […]
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