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• Oral Health: Yes; Truth Decay: No

  “Never, never reconstitute infant formula with fluoridated water. And never let children under 3 — whose swallowing reflexes are not fully developed — use fluoridated toothpaste. Infants and young children are especially susceptible to fluoride toxicity.” These warnings from Dr. Hardy Limeback, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, D.D.S., University of Toronto’s Head of Preventive Dentistry and Past […]

• State hears pros and cons of fluoridation plan

  Opponents criticized a plan to fluoridate New Jersey drinking water yesterday, calling it dangerous and unnecessary, while supporters said the state must move to protect the dental health of children. Both sides aired their views at a hearing before the Public Health Council, a state body considering regulations to mandate the fluoridation of community water […]

• Tacoma-Pierce County health board to consider fluoridation Proposal

  The Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health will consider a proposal Wednesday to mandate water fluoridation for nearly a quarter of a million county residents. The board will hear public comment on the proposal and could vote on it – though it’s also possible the decision will be postponed. It’s unusual for a health board to […]

• Harmed to the Teeth?

  In Oregon, we don’t like sales taxes or self-serve gas, and we don’t like the government messing with our drinking water. The great fluoride fight of 2001 proved that sentiment once again, when legislators considered a bill to require all cities to fluoridate. The pro-fluoride side got nowhere in Salem and now finds itself on […]

• Fluoride measure advances

  An extra 6 million people in New Jersey would get water treated with fluoride under a bill that cleared an Assembly committee yesterday. The measure, approved by the Assembly Health Committee, was strongly pushed by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies. Committee chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) made it clear […]

• Fluoridation for San Diego gains in Capitol

  SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will wade into a half-century of controversy in San Diego. The Legislature yesterday sent legislation to the governor that could clear the way for the city to add fluoride to drinking water. However, city officials are still analyzing the measure to determine whether it demands too much and they have […]

• The Absurdities of Water Fluoridation

  Water fluoridation is a peculiarly American phenomenon. It started at a time when Asbestos lined our pipes, lead was added to gasoline, PCBs filled our transformers and DDT was deemed so “safe and effective” that officials felt no qualms spraying kids in school classrooms and seated at picnic tables. One by one all these chemicals […]

• The Absurdities of Water Fluoridation (Toronto does it)

  Toronto adds poisonous fluoride to your drinking water. It’s a toxic waste product and many health officials decry its use as causing bone cancer, mottled teeth and for being ineffective at reducing cavities when drunk. Water fluoridation is a peculiarly American phenomenon. It started at a time when Asbestos lined our pipes, lead was added […]

• Montreal mayoral candidate promises fluoridation

  Fluoridation has become a hot topic in Montreal’s mayoral race. Despite concerns from environmental and health groups, Pierre Bourque, a former mayor and current mayoral candidate in the November municipal elections, is pledging to add fluoride to Montreal’s drinking water if he is elected. Montreal is one of the last major cities in North America […]

• Locals gnash teeth over fluoride

  A report revealing that twice as many Dorval children have developed cavities since the city stopped fluoridating its water has infuriated dentists and worried local parents, but some scientists are cautioning that re-fluoridating the water could cause more problems than it would solve. The fluoride in the drinking water is not pharmaceutical grade fluoride, noted […]