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Poll: State should help to add dentists
Three out of four Alabamians favor spending state funds to put more dentists in county health clinics so poor children can receive adequate dental care, according to a new Mobile Register-University of South Alabama poll. “That’s a beautiful figure,” said Burt Edelstein, director of the Children’s Dental Health Project, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group. U.S. […]
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Fluoridation begins in Manchester
MANCHESTER (AP) – Fluoride will be dripping into city water starting this week, but opponents still are trying to freeze the flow. City voters approved adding fluoride to drinking water by a 700-vote margin last year. After obtaining all the necessary permits and testing the system for glitches, the Manchester Water Works expects to begin […]
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Aluminum Fluoride: “A High Health Research Priority”
Excerpt: Dietary supplements, drinking water contaminants, and pharmaceutical agents make up the largest group of substances recently nominated by an advisory panel for testing by the National Toxicology Program, according to a notice set for publication Dec. 4. The Federal Register notice invites comments on the 18 groups of nominated substances as well as recommended […]
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Escambia board votes to halt fluoridation
PENSACOLA — (AP) — Two newly elected members of a utility board have put fluoridation on hold in Escambia County, one of the few metropolitan areas that does not add the chemical to its drinking water. The Escambia County Utilities Authority voted, 3-2, Thursday to halt the project. The new members tilted the scales against […]
United States, Florida -
Shawano Votes No to Fluoridation
SHAWANO — The numbers changed slightly during a recount of ballots for an advisory referendum on water fluoridation in the city, but it didn’t change the results. After recounting the ballots Thursday, Shawano Clerk-Treasurer Marlene Brath said there were 1,501 no votes to 1,489 yes votes, a difference of 12 votes. Initially there had been […]
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Mass medicators refuse to debate fluoride issue
An interesting thing happened on the way to medical armageddon: Public health authorities recognized that their policies are injurious and even deadly to people so, rather than change their ways and admit liability, they simply state their expertise and refuse to answer serious questions. Public health authorities believe that to publicly debate public health policy […]
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Fluoride foes seek class action lawsuit
Fluoride foes in Davis and Salt Lake counties are not giving up without a battle. They’re filing a class action lawsuit to fight fluoridation in water systems in those two counties. Water fluoridation was approved in last week’s election by a 52-47 majority in Davis County and a 58-42 margin in Salt Lake County, but […]
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The Implications of Corporate Funded Drug Research
When drug companies are paying the bills, what happens to researchers’ objectivity and independence? The stakes are sickness or health, life or death **** TWENTY-EIGHT MEN and women were already dead. In the ballroom of a Maryland hotel, an expert panel was huddling to decide what government regulators should do about Warner-Lambert’s controversial diabetes drug […]
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Ithaca votes no to fluoridation
Excerpt: Barring an absentee-ballot miracle, fluoride is dead in the water in Ithaca. Undoubtedly thousands are happy to see this issue laid to rest, but we appreciated the efforts of Mayor Alan Cohen and Common Council members, who allowed city voters to have a long-needed say on the issue. People voted against fluoridation and two […]
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A Mysterious Cavity
SO WHO SPENT big money trying to influence the outcome of our state government races in this past week’s election? Well, the usual suspects, of course: Weyerhaeuser, U S West, the trucking industry, developers, public employees’ unions, the dentists. The dentists? Yes, by gum. Those mild-mannered individuals with their face masks, scrapers, and drills appear […]
United States, Washington State