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Pennsylvania Bill Would Put Teeth in Fluoridation Push
HARRISBURG – Scientists, politicians and public health advocates around the world can’t decide whether it’s a good idea to put fluoride in public drinking-water supplies. State Rep. Tom Tigue, though, has made up his mind. Fluoridating public water supplies is “one of the least costly, most effective health care (measures) we can do,” said Tigue, […]
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Clearfield relents on fluoride
CLEARFIELD — The city of Clearfield won’t use taxpayer money to try to stop the fluoridation of Davis County water after all. The City Council declined to endorse a resolution Tuesday that would have lent city financial support to any citizens group that would initiate a petition drive to stop fluoridation in Davis County. Only […]
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Fluoridation in water – Here we go again
Amazing, isn’t it? After more than a half century of fluoridating water in America — and after a half century of overwhelming scientific evidence pointing to the safety and benefits of fluoridated water — a handful of vocal opponents have kept fluoride out of the drinking water of so many communities. Including, it appears, Galloway […]
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Stoned Salmon, Pissed Environmentalists
Paul Engelking sadly explains why he dropped one of his favorite pastimes. “The fish have enough problems,” he says, “without me trying to put them on a hook.” Engelking, a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon, can walk you down the familiar list: destruction of habitat by loggers, toxic runoff from cities, fertilizers and […]
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Fluoride debate generates controversy in Bennington
BENNINGTON – A controversial proposal to add fluoride to the town’s water system is likely to be put to the voters sometime next year, according to a Select Board member. The proposal, which brought supporters and critics out in force to a public hearing Tuesday, is so emotionally freighted that voters deserve a say, Salvatore […]
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Chemist blasts fluoride
BENNINGTON – Five years ago, if you asked Dr. Paul Connett about the fluoridation of community water supplies, Connett would’ve told you that he didn’t want or need another issue with which to contend. But now is another story, where Connett vehemently opposes fluoridation because of its negative effects on the human pineal gland, on […]
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Public officials should honor fluoridation vote
There are a lot of fine people living in Clearfield, and among them are some pretty sharp members of the city council. We’ve dealt with them over the years and found them to be pretty straight shooters. We’ve also dealt with the leaders of the Davis County Board of Health and found them to be […]
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Lead poisoning is no child’s play
Lead poisoning continues to pose the most serious environmental health hazard to children in the United States, scientists say. The warning comes a month before the release of a study to be published in the journal Public Health Reports, which found that health problems associated with lead can occur at much lower levels of exposure […]
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Hudson County: Next in Line for Fluoridation?
…clothes or food, much less toothpaste,” said Dr. Kavita Ghai, a Union City dentist and one of many medical professionals in the state clamoring to add fluoride to the water supply. “Fluoridated water is needed here. . . . if we had fluoride in the water, it would save not only children, but adults and […]
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Galloway New Jersey to Return to Fluoride Free Water
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Atlantic City’s award-winning water isn’t clean enough for Galloway Township resident Robert R. Reyers. It’s not the water itself Reyers doesn’t like. After all, the city’s tap water earned honors last month in the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Awards, held in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and has won three gold medals in […]
United States, New Jersey
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