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New Hampshire Bill Targets Contaminated Drinking Water Additives
Following a contentious election season that resulted in 14 cities and counties throughout America voting no to fluoridating their public water supply and 9 voting yes, the focus of New Hampshire legislation, responding to citizen concerns, has turned away from the fluoridation controversy to the actual substances used in the fluoridation process. Without taking a […]
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Arsenic in the water: Benefits vs. dangers
Arsenic, the legendary king of poisons, is being added to drinking water in Manchester and other New Hampshire communities that fluoridate. The cancer-causing metallic element is among the contaminants found in hydrofluosilicic acid, which is used to deliver tooth decay-preventing fluoride to Manchester’s drinking water. In recent weeks, both the state Department of Environmental Services […]
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Fluoridated Water Will Flow in South Bay
Prodded by the scientific establishment but acting over the objections of some residents, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted yesterday to add fluoride to the drinking water of about 460,000 customers on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. Public health experts say fluoridation is nothing less than a 20th century public health miracle, […]
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San Francisco PUC OKs Fluoridation Expansion
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved a plan Friday that would expand the distribution of fluoridated water to nearly a half million Bay Area customers, despite a significant amount of outcry and admitted misgivings by some members of the commission. The decision had to be postponed from Tuesday’s meeting due to […]
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Fluoridated Water: Some Say it is Unnecessary
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Countless studies have shown that water fluoridation may prevent tooth decay. However, members of the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation believe that the practice may be unnecessary or even harmful. Water fluoridation is a threat to health, a threat to democracy–in the sense of medication without informed consent–and […]
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Bennington considers adding fluoride to water
BENNINGTON – After nearly approving the measure on its own, the Select Board has called a public hearing to gauge reaction to a plan to fluoridate the town’s water supply. A group of local dentists and nurses led by Dr. Michael Brady urged the board Tuesday to support fluoridation, calling it one of the 20th […]
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Debating Fluoridation
Feb 15 ? If you dare to take a step into the world of junk science and fanaticism, then begin by taking a stroll to your bathroom and check out your toothpaste. You may be surprised. There likely is a little warning section on the tube that suggests you keep it out of the reach […]
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Fluoridation Showdown at San Franciso’s PUC
About 100 supporters and opponents gave the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission an earful last night during a special hearing on adding fluoride to the water of 460,000 Bay Area customers. At issue is a proposal from the commission’s staff that a new water fluoridation station be built in the East Bay as part of […]
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Utah Health Officials Want Fluoridation Fast Tracked
FARMINGTON Some health officials in Davis County say a bill seeking to create a fluoridation task force may be a waste of time and money and could delay fluoridation. At a meeting Tuesday morning, board of health members voiced concerns that SB206 may put up to a two-year delay on the fluoridation of public water […]
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Utah Health Officials Want Fluoridation Fast Tracked
FARMINGTON Some health officials in Davis County say a bill seeking to create a fluoridation task force may be a waste of time and money and could delay fluoridation. At a meeting Tuesday morning, board of health members voiced concerns that SB206 may put up to a two-year delay on the fluoridation of public water […]
United States, Utah
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