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  • The F Word: Fluoridation Controversy in Oregon

    When he came to Portland last April to take a job as Oregon’s dental director, H. Whitney Payne Jr. says he was shocked–shocked! “Oregon is a progressive state–how can they turn their back on something that is so proven and so widely accepted?” says Payne. “If Oregon is such a health-conscious state, why do they […]

  • 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 […]

  • The cost of no cavities

    Is fluoridated water good for you? Or is it a poison that causes young boys to die of bone cancer? For 60 years, U.S. cities and towns have been adding fluoride to tap water, and for 60 years pro-fluoride advocates have been unable to forge a scientific consensus in favor of the practice. Those who […]

  • Arsenic in the water: Benefits vs. dangers

    Arsenic, the legendary king of poisons, is being added to drinking water in Manchester and other New Hampshire communities that fluoridate. The cancer-causing metallic element is among the contaminants found in hydrofluosilicic acid, which is used to deliver tooth decay-preventing fluoride to Manchester’s drinking water. In recent weeks, both the state Department of Environmental Services […]

  • Fluoridation debate is not settled

    I appreciate Mr. Kochhar’s response to my previous letter regarding the hazards and ineffectiveness of fluoride in the water supply. Unfortunately, he failed to address the most salient point of my letter, which is that the rate of tooth decay in countries that do not fluoridate their drinking water is the same as in those […]

  • Watch out New Jersey, especially the poor

    Dear All, We are a few days late circulating this newspaper story from New Jersey. Unbelievably, on the very day that we woke up to find that fluoridation had been rejected all across the United States (except for Beaverton, Oregon and several small communities in Maine, see below), the forces of ignorance were busily promoting […]

  • Debate grows hotter over Jersey water

    Frank Graham believes fluoridation is one of the great public health achievements of the past century. Adding fluoride  to community water supplies has improved children’s oral health and led to steep declines in tooth decay, says Graham, who is president of the New Jersey Dental Association. He calls the additive safe and effective. Nancy Browne […]

  • 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 […]

  • New Jersey pharmacy mistakenly gives kids breast cancer medication instead of fluoride pills

    TRENTON, N.J. — The state attorney general’s office has begun a preliminary investigation into a CVS pharmacy’s mistaken distribution of pills for the treatment of breast cancer to children instead of the fluoride pills that were prescribed. The attorney general’s consumer affairs division on Friday ordered a CVS pharmacy in Chatham to explain the mistake […]

  • Fluoridation:  What’s Being Ignored

    For fifty-five years, the promotion of water fluoridation was justified by the theory that fluoride, incorporated into tooth enamel during childhood, would result in teeth resistant to decay.  This prior dogma was conclusively swept away three years ago by the same authorities that long declared the theory “scientifically undebatable.”  Its import was barely noted in […]