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Congresswoman Diane Watson (D – California) Introduces Bill to Ban Mercury Amalgams
In times like these, there are toxins that we don’t know much about – how to control them, their source, and their impact. But there are toxins that we DO know about — toxins that we know do not belong in our bodies, toxins that we can do something about. My bill addresses that very […]
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Help Educate the Boston Globe
Dear All, Over the past few days I have been thinking a lot about the outrageous editorial that appeared in the Boston Globe on November 1 ( see below). I am outraged for several reasons: 1) It is unprofessional. This paper has gone to the public on a serious public health issue and made pronouncements […]
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Erie residents say yes to fluoride
The majority of residents in Erie say they would support the town adding fluoride to the town’s water supply, according to a survey. In the poll, which was sent to residents along with their September water bill, 547 residents replied yes to fluoride, 273 said no and 51 said they had no opinion on the […]
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Boston Globe Editorial on Fluoridation
FLUORIDATION OF WATER is one of the great public health successes of the past 50 years. Voters in Worcester have an opportunity on Tuesday to bring this improvement in dental health to the residents of their community. Fifty-seven percent of the people in Massachusetts have access to fluoridated water, but many are reluctant to treat […]
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Fluoride foes call rival’s claims misleading
WORCESTER– Fluoridation opponents yesterday said the Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative has been “disseminating misleading and false information” in an attempt to persuade voters to approve fluoridation of the city’s water supply. Fluoride proponents defended their positions and contend that the measure’s opponents are singling out individual studies instead of “the preponderance of scientific evidence.” […]
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Fluoride Opponents Debate Videotape
WORCESTER– Worcester Citizens for Total Health, the group that is fighting a proposal to fluoridate the city’s water, wanted a debate. Its members wanted a debate because they have been frustrated by the refusal of fluoride proponents to engage them. So out of a sense of frustration, the group videotaped a recent presentation by the […]
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Missoula Faces Fluoridation Push
It is long past time Missoula took advantage of one of the most significant advances in dental health by adding fluoride to our municipal water supply. Last week, the Missoula City-County Health Board, backed by dentists, recommended fluoridated water as part of the solution to the serious levels of dental health problems in the city. […]
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The Security Threat of Fluorosilicic Acid
A Sept. 26 New York Times article on the security of our water supplies is astounding in its misinformation. It states, “Poisoning the voluminous rivers and reservoirs nourishing cities would require truckloads of chemical or biological agents that would be difficult to produce and relatively easy to spot, experts say.” Well, guess what folks? There […]
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Fluoridated Water Not Preventing Rampant Decay Among Southbridge’s Poor
SOUTHBRIDGE – A volunteer committee of people involved with health care and children is searching for an answer to the problem many schoolchildren face each day: no dentists. “I get tired of saying, ‘I can’t help you,’” Jackee Cepeda, of YOU Inc., said of her response to school nurses looking for dentists for children. “Children […]
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Health care group seeks Kennewick water fluoridation
The Tri-Cities Health Care Task Force plans to ask the Kennewick City Council next month to consider fluoridating the city’s water supply. Kennewick water already has 0.2 parts per million fluoride naturally, but dentists and other health care professionals want to increase fluoride to 1.0 parts per million, the optimal level to protect teeth. “It […]
United States, Washington State