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Why is Fluoridation Failing?
America is in “dental crisis” mode, according to reports from some of the nation’s largest cities, including Cincinnati, Detroit, Manhattan, Pittsburgh, and Boston. How could tooth decay be such a big problem when these cities have been fluoridating their drinking water for decades? On the other hand, why do children have lower-than-average cavity rates here […]
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Apologize for Fluoridation; Don’t Celebrate It, Say Experts
Fluoridation fails America’s children. But that won’t stop Michigan dentists from rejoicing with a special fluoridation celebration on May 12, 2005 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, home to the first municipality that enrolled its residents, 60 years ago, in a cavity-prevention human experiment, without their informed consent. (1) In 1945, fluoride was added to Grand Rapids’ […]
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Petitions seek fluoridation vote
The question of whether to add fluoride to Bellingham’s water supply in an effort to prevent cavities may go before the city’s voters this fall. A new group called Bellingham Families for Fluoride has filed documents with the city to begin collecting signatures to put the question on November’s ballot, said David Hemion, assistant executive […]
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Fluoridated Connecticut experiencing Oral Health Crisis
Let’s take a little trip down memory lane. The year is 1993. Bill Clinton is president and Monica Lewinsky is unknown. The Boston Red Sox finish in a disappointing but unsurprising fifth place. A bomb explodes in the World Trade Center basement. And in Connecticut, reimbursement rates for dentists treating low-income HUSKY patients are finally […]
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Board defends fluoridation decision, letter
A letter explaining the South Blount Utility District’s decision not to fluoridate is not what the board asked for when it spent $2,400 on a study of the pros and cons of fluoridation earlier this year, one district customer complained Tuesday. “This board approved an educational outreach, and two sentences about the pros and cons […]
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A nation of bad mouths?
When U.S. Army reserves are called up for duty in Iraq, the No. 1 cause for delaying their deployment is poor oral health. There’s no sense in sending a soldier to a war zone, after all, if he’s going to be sidelined with an infected tooth as soon as he gets there, said Dr. Dushanka […]
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Dentists Award the Toothless and Cavity-prone
New York — (ArriveNet – Apr 29, 2005) — “Fluoridation honors” were bestowed upon many communities(1), which happen to have the highest cavity and tooth loss rates, by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (AASTDD). The irony is that fluoridation […]
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Fort Collins: Preserving Our Precious Fluids
No one who saw the 1964 movie, “Dr. Strangelove” can forget Jack D. Ripper, a paranoid, intellectually-challenged Air Force general who launched an unprovoked nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The General’s extreme paranoia about communism was at least partially fueled by the ever-growing fluoridation of U.S. municipal water supplies. In one of his more […]
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Mercury Pollution Concerns State Clean Water Group
SEYMOUR – Cyril Alapatt is determined to get his message to the people of Connecticut. Advertisement As the director for the Connecticut chapter of Clean Water Action, he has worked tirelessly to spread the word about the dangers of mercury pollution in natural water sources in the state. “People must have the information they need […]
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From bag to bone
The next time you are staring at an open Google Web page, type “fluoride” on the search bar. You’ll receive 2,200,000 hits in less than a second – depending upon how fast your connection is. The Google search will show you Web pages like “Fluoride Action Network,” which, if you click on the blue link […]
United States, Oregon