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Fluoride in drinking water gets an overwhelming OK
Manchester city water will remain fluoridated, after voters in Manchester and four surrounding towns overwhelmingly endorsed its continuation last night. The five communities voted 10,455 in favor of fluoridation to 6,010 against, a tally of 63 to 37 percent. The results was much stronger than in 1999, when Manchester voters adopted fluoridation by a mere […]
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Koop urges support of fluoride in water supply
MANCHESTER — A group of health experts, including former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, yesterday urged city voters and those in surrounding towns to approve continued fluoridation of the public water supply. “Fluoridation is the single most important commitment a community can make to public health,” Koop said during a press conference at the […]
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Auburn, Derry won’t vote on fluoride
MANCHESTER — Auburn and Derry voters will not be voting in Tuesday’s primary election on whether they want fluoride in water supplied by Manchester Water Works. Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Philip P. Mangones yesterday denied a request by fluoride opponents for a court order requiring a vote in the two communities on fluoride. Assistant […]
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Right to vote on fluoride is argued in court
MANCHESTER — Voters in Auburn and Derry will learn as early as today whether they can vote Tuesday on the fluoride that the Manchester Water Works puts in the drinking water supply. Without an order from the court, voters in Manchester, Bedford, Goffstown, Londonderry and Hooksett — but not Derry and Auburn — will be […]
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Fluoride: the pros, the cons, the court
With a Washington-based scientist visiting Manchester and the possibility of an appearance by a former surgeon general, the debate on water fluoridation could come to a boil this week as voters weigh their options and a judge hears a lawsuit that could affect a referendum scheduled for Sept. 14. The government scientist is John William […]
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Proponents decline offer to defend fluoridation at Forum
MANCHESTER – Ed Groves Sr. of Hooksett left last night’s 90 minute fluoridation forum at Manchester Public Library with everything he needed to make up his mind about the issue of whether fluoride should remain in public drinking water. It was the same tube of Crest he came with. “All this scientific stuff is fine, […]
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Goffstown weighs the evidence
GOFFSTOWN – Saying there is doubt about fluoride‘s safety, a majority of speakers decried using fluoridated water from Manchester in Goffstown during a public hearing last night at Saint Anselm College’s Institute of Politics. About two dozen people turned out for the hearing. Some Manchester officials attended and fielded questions from the audience in a […]
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Fluoridation: What’s new since the 1999 vote?
ON SEPT. 14, Manchester, Bedford, Goffstown, Hooksett and Londonderry will decide whether to continue fluoridating the public’s water. Has anything new happened since the November 1999 vote, when a slim majority chose to fluoridate? Absolutely! Following, a sampling of significant developments: December 5, 1999: Dr. Hardy Limeback, head of preventive dentistry at the University of […]
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Lawsuit challenges fluoride referendum
Residents in Auburn and Derry who want their votes counted on the fluoridated water distributed by Manchester Water Works have filed a lawsuit challenging a regional referendum on the issue scheduled for the state primary election on Sept. 14. The Legislature ordered the referendum for “municipalities whose voters directly receive water from the city of […]
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Manchester, 4 towns vote Sept. 14 on adding fluoride to water
Voters in Manchester and four suburban communities will decide in September whether to continue adding the tooth-toughener fluoride to their water supply, a vote that will be a rerun in Manchester but a new issue in the towns. The referendum, to be held during the Sept. 14 primary election, involves the towns of Hooksett, Bedford, […]
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