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Oral Diseases Epidemic Among Poor
WASHINGTON (AP) – From cavities to mouth cancer, a “silent epidemic” of oral diseases afflicts minorities and low-income Americans even as most of the nation benefits from healthier teeth and gums, the U.S. surgeon general said today. Thanks to fluoridated drinking water and better dental care, most Americans middle-age or younger can expect to keep […]
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Surgeon General: U.S. Dental Health Lags
More than 100 million people lack private dental insurance and millions more can’t get necessary dental care, says the first-ever Surgeon General’s report on oral health. The 309 page report “Oral Health in America” – the latest in a series on such topics as smoking and mental health – also says that about 40% of […]
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What’s the big fuss about fluoridation?
OGDEN – Voting members of Weber, Davis and Utah counties should be pleased to find the issue of whether fluoride should be added to their community water supply will be on an upcoming ballot. Utah legislators have been working feverishly on this topic as they try to elevate Utah to the standards set by the […]
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Speaker outlines fluoride hazards
LAYTON –Once the fluoride initiative is defeated here in Utah, those who worked hard to bring about its demise can’t go home and “sit on their laurels,” a California dentist who is against fluoridating water told a group of about 75 people here last week. Dr. David Kennedy, a retired dentist from San Diego, who […]
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Skip the Fluoride: Semiannual treatments pointless for many kids
WEDNESDAY, May 24 (HealthSCOUT) — Hundreds of millions of dollars may be wasted annually on children’s fluoride treatments by dentists, a new study suggests. Typically given once or twice a year at routine checkups, the treatments do nothing to reduce cavities in kids, says a study of insurance records published in a recent issue of […]
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Sodium Fluoride Proposed for Use in New Organic Standards
Comments due by: June 12, 2000 In the proposed National Organic Standards Rule (the Rule), the USDA states its intention to allow the use of EPA’s List 4 Inerts as Allowed Substances for the production and handling of organic food… unless specifically prohibited. The List 4 Inerts includes sodium fluoride (NaF), but NaF should be […]
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Rivals debate fluoride
So what about fluoride? Both sides were presented Wednesday evening as a battle of words, coupled with conflicting research, characterized The Herald Journal’s forum on water fluoridation. An occasional heckler from the anti-fluoridation gallery taunted proponents Ariel Thomson and John Hubbard, but the setting was generally educational. But again, the question of to fluoridate or […]
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CDC: Fluoride safe, protects teeth
WOODS CROSS (AP) — The public debate about fluoridated water has nothing to do with science, according to an engineer with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Scientifically, (fluoridation) is absolutely safe,” David Apanian told water-system operators, elected leaders and public health officials from five Utah counties Tuesday. “It is effective. There are […]
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Cumberland to Add Fluoride to Water
Cumberland residents cleared the way for the city to add fluoride to their water supply by voting overwhelmingly in favor of repealing a 10-year-old ban on the cavity-fighting chemical. They voted 2,525 to 1,633 Tuesday to repeal the ban, a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent. The issue has divided residents for decades in […]
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CDC Engineer Touts Fluoride’s Benefits
WOODS CROSS — The national debate about fluoridated water — like the one shaping up in Utah this year — is purely political and emotional, a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention engineer said Tuesday. One thing it’s not, said David Apanian, is scientific. “Scientifically, [fluoridation] is absolutely safe. It is effective. There are […]
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