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Opponents blast bill on mandatory fluoridation
TOPEKA, Kan. – Don’t tell Joe Walker that fluoridated water is safe to drink and prevents tooth decay. The Wichita resident hasn’t believed either argument for 40 years, and he came to the Statehouse on Tuesday to urge a Senate committee to kill a bill requiring Kansas’ largest communities to fluoridate their water. Most already […]
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Fluoridation controversy in Longmeadow
It’s amazing that some issues never go away, and fluoridation of a public water supply is one of them. Folks in Longmeadow are now debating the issue and I would have thought that in the year 2004 we would have settled this concern. Making water a safer more pure product should be the goal of […]
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Palm Beach Co. forges ahead on fluoridation
Rejecting pleas for delay, the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday declared again its intention to fluoridate the county water system. But the issue will receive another airing before the fluoride switch is flipped on. The 5-2 vote means the Water Utilities Department will seek bids within a month on a range of improvements to […]
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Bill in Senate could make city fluoridate
The Wichita Eagle Some Kansas senators want to send a message to the city of Wichita: Fluoridate your water. A Senate committee has voted to introduce legislation requiring all Kansas cities to fluoridate their water if grant money is available. “It’s clearly pointed to Wichita,” said Sen. Henry Helgerson, D-Wichita. Legislators are still checking to […]
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Group to help spread word about C8 project
A community group is working to educate residents of the Little Hocking Water Association Service District about a study that could provide answers about the health effects of the chemical known as C8. The first newsletter about the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences study will be mailed by early next week to the 1,200 […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
The road less traveled — natural dentistry
First Do No Harm is an essential part of one of the oldest binding documents in history, The Hippocratic Oath. Attributed to Hippocrates, the father of medicine, its principles are still held sacred by doctors to this day and by the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics as an expression of ideal conduct for […]
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Contamination Might Make Coronet Property Unusable
PLANT CITY – Part of the Coronet Industries site might be so contaminated that it might not be safe for future use, the county’s top environmental regulator said. Testing will determine whether the holding ponds and the phosphate processing factory can be cleaned up enough, said Rick Garrity, director of Hillsborough County’s Environmental Protection Commission. […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
It’s the vote that counts
CONCORD – Residents of communities purchasing water service from the city of Manchester should be able to vote on whether the city should add fluoride to its water supply, argued opponents of a N.H. House bill that would allow only the supplying community a vote. The bill, HB 449 introduced by Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, D-Manchester, […]
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Fluoridation-promotion bill passes
Local health department officials can’t use taxpayer dollars to promote fluoridation and other ballot issues under a bill passed by the House this past week. SB85 now goes to Gov. Olene Walker’s desk for consideration. Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, read from a Davis County Health Department brochure produced at taxpayer expense that quoted the anticipated […]
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Honolulu City Council votes to ban fluoridation
The City Council yesterday ended the debate over whether O’ahu’s water supply should be fluoridated, voting 7-2 to ban the cavity-fighting chemical. Two dozen residents who supported the ban applauded the decision in the council chamber, while medical and dental professionals were disappointed. “There’s nothing wrong with our water. It’s great. Let’s keep it that […]
United States, Hawaii