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Spokane. Benefits of fluoridated water (Letter)
The Spokane City Council has a wonderful opportunity to provide fluoridated water to our community by passing an emergency ordinance for water fluoridation. As a practicing dentist and mother, I have seen firsthand the benefits of fluoride on dental health. My patients who had access to fluoridated water as children have fewer dental problems and […]
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Spokane. Fluoridation is outdated (Letter)
Water fluoridation is an outdated idea born when major industries were looking for ways to dispose of large amounts of a toxic chemical that was contaminating ground and water supplies and poisoning animals. Legally pouring it into municipal water systems was a dream come true. There have been many studies of this issue. The upshot […]
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Spokane. As council nears fluoride vote, residents asked to weigh in at community forum
People wanting to testify about fluoridation pack the hearing room at the Spokane Regional Health District building in Spokane on April 22, 2004. City Council will host an online forum on Thursday about a new proposal to add fluoride to the city’s water system. (CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON)The Spokane City Council is barreling toward an initial vote […]
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Spokane. Dialysis and fluoridation (Letter)
As a dental hygiene student in 1972, my professor’s assignment was to research the benefits and risks of using fluoridated water. I remember quite vividly that several journal articles showed that kidney dialysis patients were negatively impacted with fluoridated water. That negative effect on a subset of patients bothered me, but I thought that the […]
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Spokane. Ignoring the truth (Letter)
Regarding the recent letter downplaying fluoridation. For the past 50 years dentists have been providing fluoride treatments. Many communities have included fluoride in their water systems. These communities have achieved significant increase in dental health. The Washington State Dental Association regularly supported fluoridation of our water supply. Sad to ignore the truth. Mark Matulich Spokane […]
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Is the pandemic the perfect time to fluoridate Spokane’s water?
The original print version of this article was headlined “Suddenly, Fluoride” Last year, when Councilman Breean Beggs was running for Spokane City Council president, he touted a philosophy of consensus: He wasn’t trying to impose his policy perspective on the city, he said. He was seeking common ground. Even on some of the issues he […]
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Spokane Community Water Fluoridation Policy Brief
Community water fluoridation is widely accepted by the scientific community to be the safest, most cost effective, and most equitable method to prevent tooth decay in children and adults. The Washington State Board of Health recommends an optimal level for fluoride in drinking water of 0.7 mg/L; at these levels there is no evidence of […]
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Spokane. Lisa Bilich: Community water fluoridation decreases health inequities
While many do not see dental disease as a health problem, the sad fact is people are affected daily by dental decay. We have people coming into the clinic who are missing work due to pain related to decay and children unable to go to school due to pain related to cavities. Untreated dental decay […]
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In Spokane’s latest fight over fluoride, advocates are making their case to leaders, not voters
Note from Fluoride Action (FAN), Adam Shanks, the author of this article, cites the 2019 JAMA Pediatrics study by Green et al., co-funded by the U.S. NIEHS, and notes, “The study was divisive, and many quickly criticized its methodology.” The link Shanks uses is to a Jan 24, 2020, article by Jennifer Meyer in The […]
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Spokane. Learn about fluoride (Letter)
I am responding to the editorial promoting the addition of fluoride to our drinking water (“It’s time to fluoridate Spokane’s water,” Aug. 9). How nice that the CDC has “dialed back” their recommended level so the toxic effects are not so apparent. Speaking of levels, how can that be standardized? People have different body weights. […]
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