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Brainerd: Fluoride battle, 20 years later
The long battle regarding the fluoridation of Brainerd’s water supply was the controversy that defined this city for many years. Supporters and opponents of the state-mandated fluoridation look back at the divisive issue as the city approaches Monday’s 20th anniversary of when the water supply was fluoridated. Story and photos below and on Page 1C […]
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Escondido: City-Funded Study Knocks Fluoride Data
ESCONDIDO — A controversial report commissioned by the City Council has concluded that a state-funded water-fluoridation study is seriously flawed and does not provide conclusive evidence that fluoridated drinking water helps prevent cavities. The $5,000 report by a Tennessee-based company, Senes Oak Ridge, was commissioned by the council in September, largely to counter a state […]
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Critique of Touted Dental Study Reveals Fluoridation Conclusions Not Supported by Data
The first-ever independent review of the California Oral Health Needs Assessment of 1993-94, was delivered to the City of Escondido on Tuesday, February 1st. The analysis of the Needs Assessment was performed by the internationally renowned Senes Oak Ridge Inc., Center for Risk Assessment in Tennessee. The repeated message of the 25 page review was […]
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Fluoride debate flares up at Capitol
State health officials yesterday renewed their call for adding fluoride to Hawaii’s drinking water to help prevent tooth decay, but opponents promised a strong fight against it this session. In his State of the State address Monday, Gov. Ben Cayetano said Hawaii’s water needs to be fluoridated, saying every dollar spent on fluoridating saves $80 […]
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Cash set aside for fluoridation despite protests
Despite protests from opponents of the state’s fluoridation bill and the Las Vegas Valley Water District board’s own reservations, nearly a half million dollars was put aside Tuesday for the purchase of fluoride. The district’s board of directors, which consists of all seven Clark County commissioners, unanimously agreed to spend $408,672 for a year’s worth […]
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Dentists push for mandatory fluoridation in Washington
OLYMPIA — A year after voters in Olympia rejected fluoridation of water supplies for the third time, a statewide dental group is at the Capitol, pushing for legislation to make fluoridation mandatory throughout the state. The Washington State Dental Association proposal would require public water systems with more than 1,000 hookups to fluoridate water supplies […]
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Cayetano pushing fluoridation of water
Gov. Ben Cayetano yesterday said that it is time to reconsider the issue of adding fluoride to Hawaii’s drinking water to reduce tooth decay among children. Fluoridation hasn’t been seriously considered here since 1987. At the time, opponents questioned the safety of adding a new chemical to Hawaii’s water supply. But yesterday, Cayetano noted Hawaii […]
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EPA still baffled by deformities
Investigators from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are still baffled by the cause of mysterious abnormalities showing up among animals and cropsraised on some farms in western Montgomery County. According to an interim report released by the EPA this week, investigators aren’t convinced that elevated levels of fluoride and boron areresponsible for decreased milk production […]
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Hidden Dangers at Hudson Oil
A simple asbestos abatement project at the Hudson Oil Refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma evolved into one of the most interesting, complex and dangerous projects that contractor CET Environmental Services Inc. has ever managed. On August 11, 1998, Englewood, Colorado-based CET was awarded a delivery order under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US […]
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Do the Kids Need Fluoride?
I grew up on fluoride toothpaste, diligently brushing my teeth after every meal. So I was resistant to any suggestion that there may be a problem with fluoride. Countless commercials drummed in the claim that it fights cavities, and if anything to the contrary caught my eye, I dismissed it as mere ranting and raving. […]
United States, National USA
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