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Fairbanks. Editorial: Considering fluoride
The Fairbanks City Council has taken note of these concerns. About 50 or so people who have signed on with a group calling itself Fluoride Free Fairbanks are convinced that fluoride in the local public water supply is a bad thing. The group does make some fair points, not the least of which is that […]
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Fairbanks: Call to ban fluoride gains support
A proposal to ban fluoride from Fairbanks public drinking water drew support from nine people at Monday’s Fairbanks City Council meeting before the council scheduled a March public hearing on the measure. Fairbanks resident Heather McIntyre, one of the supporters, joined others in suggesting online research indicates the type of fluoride compounds added to modern […]
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Fairbanks: Councilwoman calls for cutting fluoride at the tap
A city councilwoman is proposing to eliminate fluoride from Fairbanks’ public water supply. The proposal follows growing worry from some residents that adding the compound to municipal water supplies causes health risks, concerns that conflict with other studies saying it’s safe. Councilwoman Vivian Stiver will pitch the measure at tonight’s Fairbanks City Council meeting. If […]
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Fairbanks: Fluoride advocate too fast, misses evidence trail
INTRO by Alaska Report: This opinion essay is part of a developing dialogue about fluoride in public drinking water in Alaska. It was written in response to a guest opinion favoring fluoride that appeared in the Fairbanks Daily New-Miner. However, Kelly Bostian, the paper’s managing editor, rejected this essay, saying his readers didn’t need the […]
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Juneau. My Turn: Promote sustainability by making state fluoride-free
When it comes to water quality, the people of Juneau are among the most informed in the state. Residents of the capital recently voted to ban fluoride from their water. Clean-water advocates succeeded (61 to 37 percent) despite the American Dental Association spending more than $150,000 to promote its mass medication scheme. The homegrown defenders […]
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Juneau: Free thinkers abandon fluoride in water
When it comes to water quality, the people of Juneau are among the most informed in the state. In October, capital city residents voted to ban fluoride from their water supply. Clean-water voters succeeded (61 percent to 37 percent) despite the American Dental Association spending $164,000 to promote the mass-medication scheme. The group advocating to […]
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Juneau says no to fluoride
Juneau’s voters delivered a resounding “no” to fluoridating the city’s water supplies on Tuesday, putting an end, for now, to one of the most hotly contested and expensive ballot initiatives in the city’s history. Preliminary vote counts showed Proposition 2 failed 61 to 37 percent. Of 24,613 registered voters, 7,820 voted at the polls. Another […]
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Juneau. Editorial: Fluoride facts shaky on both sides of debate
Fluoride has been cast as dental savior, toxic demon, part of a communist plot and an evil piece in an industrialist conspiracy. The hottest item on Juneau’s Oct. 2 city ballot – whether to return fluoride to the city’s water supply – has triggered an avalanche of conflicting information pounding down on the voters of […]
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Juneau. My Turn: When considering fluoride, keep common sense in mind
This fluoride argument keeps going around and repeating, studies and agencies are quoted, and titles are flaunted. And all too little common sense is used. Take a mere moment and go swallow some water, I just did. Guess what I found? If I swallowed from the fountain the water barely touched my teeth. If I […]
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Juneau: Pro-fluoride campaign nets $151,623
The intense debate over fluoridated water has resulted in a stunning amount of campaign spending, but one Juneau Assembly race has triggered some serious fundraising as well. Fluoride backers, funded by dental groups, have so far spent more than $150,000 backing a measure to restore fluoridation. “Holy cow, that’s more than a decade worth of […]
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