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No to Fluoridation Bill
A BILL before the Massachusetts Legislature seeks to force water fluoridation upon virtually every community in the state. The bill would deprive local boards of health and citizens of the right to choose or not choose fluoridation. Fluoridation has been a controversial idea from its inception. People on both sides of the issue oppose this […]
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After much contention, Joplin to begin getting fluoride in water
JOPLIN, Mo. – Despite continued objections from some citizens, Joplin’s water system will begin getting fluoride next week, the city’s water supplier said. Missouri-American Water Co. is sending notices about the upcoming fluoridation in bills mailed to customers, saying it will begin putting fluoride in the water in August. A spokeswoman for the water company, […]
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Revisiting fluoride
It’s a good thing that the Legislature failed to act on House Bill 2025, which would require cities with 10,000 or more people to fluoridate their water supplies. The House had approved this bill. Among the no votes was that of Rep. Jeff Kropf, the Republican representing east Linn County. He wisely believes that people […]
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FAN calls on NIH to remove Harvard Professor from fluoride-cancer study
BURLINGTON VT – The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has urged that a Harvard Professor be removed from a research group studying the association between fluoride and osteosarcoma because his objectivity and ethics are disputed and he has ties to a company that profits from fluoride. FAN also urges other steps be taken to ensure this […]
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Franklin to revisit fluoride in water
A 60-year-old debate about whether to add cavity-fighting fluoride to cities’ water supplies is boiling over in Franklin. Weeks after the city’s water director resigned amid allegations of poor record-keeping and other infractions, town leaders are hearing from a local anti-fluoride activist who says they ought to focus on what’s in the water. And they’re […]
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North Attleboro Ordered to Stop Fluoride
NORTH ATTLEBORO — The board of health delivered an order to halt fluoridation of the town’s water supply to the department of public works on Monday. Health board Chairwoman Diane Battistello drafted and hand-delivered the cease and desist order, which demands that fluoridation be stopped immediately. The order was written following the board’s 2 to […]
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Dentists Celebrate Fluoridation Where Children Suffer With Cavities
NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire/ — While Chicago children suffer with dental pain, limousines delivered dignitaries to a large white tent, ringed with yellow shirted security guards, where dentists and others, on government payrolls, kicked off a four-day 60th birthday party for water fluoridation replete with ice sculptures, free duffle bags, food and specially made […]
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Is ADA impeding access to dental care?
There go the dentists again, not the public health dentists who support dental therapists and broader access to dental care, but the dentists in private practice represented by the American Dental Association (ADA), attempting to deny children with toothaches and rotting and infected teeth the care they need. This is the same old garbage they […]
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Fluoride bill left decaying in Salem
A bill to promote the fluoridation of city water supplies has apparently died in the Oregon Legislature just as new questions are being raised about the practice. House Bill 2025 would have required cities with 10,000 people or more to add fluoride to their water systems in order to prevent tooth decay. The House passed […]
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Fluoridation, Cancer: Did Researchers Ask The Right Questions?
WHEN HEALTH OFFICIALS decided to add fluoride to the water supply of Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1945, they plunged ahead despite the lack of a rigorous, large-scale study of the risks and benefits. And for most of the next 60 years, fluoridation research has gone pretty much like that. It has not been science’s finest […]
United States, National USA