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Thousands Evacuated After Superior Oil Refinery Explosion
Superior’s Evacuation Order Is Expected To Stay In Effect Through Early Friday MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thousands of people are still waiting to be allowed back into their homes after an oil refinery explosion in the Duluth-Superior area Thursday morning. Fire officials said the explosion of an asphalt tank at Husky Energy refinery in Superior happened […]
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Letter: Green Bay City Council needs to embrace science, end fluoridation
GREEN BAY – Cheers to Fond du Lac, Bonduel, Gillett and Oconto Falls communities who ditched their fluoridation programs. Jeers to Green Bay Water Utility who persist in damaging teeth, promoting disease and harming brains by fluoridating public water supply. A few recent published studies confirming the anti-science basis of fluoridation include one in the […]
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Quarterback sacks mean less plaque for kids across Wisconsin
PLOVER, WIS. (WSAW) A partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Delta Dental is allowing kids across Wisconsin access to free dental care. For each of the 43 quarterback sacks the Packers recorded during the 2017/18 season, a donation was made to the Seal-A-Smile program, which provides free oral health screenings, fluoride varnish and sealants […]
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Oconto Falls to stop fluoridation
A 50-year practice is coming to an end after the Oconto Falls City Council voted 4-2 Aug. 8 to stop adding fluoride to the city water supply. The decision came after considerable discussion, including appearances by four experts touting the mineral’s role in preventing tooth decay and promoting oral health. Mary Rosner, an Oconto County […]
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Eau Claire: The Fluoride Debate
It’s not just two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. There’s more that goes into most drinking water. In fact, in Eau Claire, there are five chemicals which are added at the city’s water treatment plant. “We add the potassium permanganate to remove the manganese out of our water,” Jeff Pippenger, community services director for […]
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Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers
Updated Apr. 14, 2017 3:23PM ET Published Jul. 27, 2014 5:45AM ET Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water. They still won’t go away. Whatever kills you will probably be very, very small. It could be a few misplaced molecules in your genome, a buildup of […]
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Green Bay council keeps fluoride in city water
Tuesday night the Green Bay city council took up the issue of fluoride in the city’s drinking water — ultimately declining to remove it from the city’s water supply. The council asked for public input on the issue after a local mother expressed concern about risks of exposing people to fluoride chemicals. Others spoke in […]
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Residents, health/dental community clash on Green Bay’s fluoridization of water
On Monday night, residents, dental and healthcare professionals, and others debated the necessity of continuing to add fluoride to the water supply during Green Bay’s Protection and Welfare Committee meeting. The issue was added onto the committee’s agenda after Green Bay resident Brenda Staudenmaier asked the city to consider stopping the practice… Read the full article […]
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Green Bay mom wants to rid fluoride from water
GREEN BAY – A local mom is among several individuals and advocacy groups petitioning the federal government — and local leaders — to ban the practice of putting fluoride in drinking water. Municipalities have been adding fluoride to drinking water for decades in an effort to prevent tooth decay, but critics say it may cause other serious […]
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Few local communities have fluoridated water and dentists can tell
Eau Claire dentists say they have noticed over time definite improvements of people who drink fluoridated water. However, the City of Eau Claire is the only municipality in the county to put fluoride in its water. The myth that fluoride is bad for you is a thing of the past according to the Eau Claire […]
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