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N.J. to consider fluoride in water
TRENTON – Fluoride is going on trial in New Jersey tomorrow. The crusade by government, dental and medical groups to inject fluoride into all public water supplies to ward off tooth decay will collide with groups that assert government has no business “mass medicating” the public with the compound, subjecting people to myriad attendant risks. […]
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A debate with bite: Fluoride on agenda
TRENTON – Whether brittle, mottled or cavity-ridden, children’s teeth will be the subject of passionate debate before regulators here tomorrow as supporters and detractors argue about mandating fluoride in the state’s public water supply. Dentists, fluoride’s most vocal advocates, cite studies that show declining rates of tooth decay in states treating water with fluoride. They […]
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Improving America’s access to care: The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research addresses oral health disparities.
Abtract Background and Overview The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, or NIDCR, in 2001 sponsored the establishment of Centers for Research to Reduce Oral Health Disparities. The centers are based at Boston University; New York University; the University of Michigan; the University of Washington; and the University of California, San Francisco. Reflecting the […]
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Fluoride advocates nix debate
LAYTON — Saying that a proposed fluoride debate has been unfairly structured, Utahns for Better Dental Health — Davis, has refused to participate in a public debate sponsored by Waterwatch of Utah. The debate, entitled “Fluoridation: All Things Considered,” has been scheduled for Oct. 22 from 7-9 p.m. at the Davis County Conference Center, 800 […]
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Pros, cons of fluoride in water debated before City Council
The Fond du Lac City Council and about 35 local residents on Wednesday heard two speakers discuss the pros and cons of fluoridating municipal water supplies. Dr. Paul Connett, professor of chemistry at St. Lawrence University in New York and an environmental activist, said the addition of hydrosfluosilicic acid — the type of fluoride used […]
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Council to learn about fluoride in water
A practice approved by a 1950 Fond du Lac City Council decision is again in the spotlight. The Safe Water Group wants council members to take another look at whether fluoride in the city’s drinking water poses a significant health risk to residents. In April 2002, council members voted 5-2 to continue fluoridating the water. […]
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Too much fluoride: Parts of State Don’t Meet Safe Drinking Water Standards
Pictures clutter Lemander Haley’s bookshelves, her end tables and her kitchen counter. But none of the photos – not the high school graduation portrait, not the prom snapshot, not the faded Christmas prints – show Haley smiling. More often than not, the 27-year-old Franklin native wears a tightly drawn expression, with lips pursed to hide […]
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Tempers boil over fluoridation
Faced with overwhelming opposition that poured out in emotional speeches, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board decided Wednesday it wasn’t ready to make another attempt to force about a dozen water systems to fluoridate. The health board next month will revisit the latest set of proposals, which would require all water systems serving more than 5,000 […]
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Monette City Council nixes water fluoridation
The Monette City Council heard representatives speak on the feasibility of city water fluoridation at the regular Monday, Sept. 27 meeting. Devane Baldridge presented a petition signed by 183 people who opposed fluoridation, and addressed the council about concerns. “Basically, outlying scientific information has come to me, concerning the risks of fluoridation,” Baldridge said. “The […]
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Fluoride an issue with Neosho residents
Concerned Neosho residents are starting to talk about the recent city council meeting in regards to Operation Smiles and their proposal to put fluoridation into the water system. Fluoridation is the process of adding fluoride to drinking water to help reduce tooth decay. “Fluoride came into prominence in the mid ’40s with the Manhattan Project, […]
United States, Missouri