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  • Juneau, stop adding fluoride to water

    Should the city of Juneau continue adding fluoride to our drinking water? It’s one of those subjects people have strong opinions about. The Mayor’s Commission on Fluoride recently split 3-3 on the question of whether the city should continue to fluoridate. In my opinion, fluoridation is an awful idea. Fluoride is not a nutrient required […]

  • Health at heart of fluoride dispute

    MARYVILLE – It was Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes who coined the term “clear and present danger” in an opinion he delivered on freedom of speech in the early part of the last century. But nowadays, when some Blount County folks speak about their water supply, the term comes up again in a modified […]

  • The Fluoride Debate Hits the Web

    To add or not to add that’s the question in one East Tennessee community, as the debate concerning whether or not fluoride should be in the water continues. The South Blount County Utility District used to buy its water from other districts which added fluoride. But it decided to leave fluoride out when it started […]

  • Fluoride in the water means pollutants within the body

    Of late, we’ve once again learned that health officials sometimes change their minds about what is considered healthy and safe. The recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration about previously approved pain medications and over-the-counter diet aids and cough suppressants demonstrate this. Have you ever wondered what medications and health practices that we accept […]

  • Both Sides of the Water Fluoridation Issue Heard

    As the saying goes, there are two sides to everything. At the Utility Committee meeting held at City Hall on Tuesday, July 18th, guest speakers presented two distinctly opposing views on the issue of city water fluoridation. “We wanted to explore both sides,” Lafayette Mayor Bill Wells said identifying the purpose of Tuesday’s meeting, as […]

  • Physician–Legislator Advises Tennessee Water Districts to Halt Water Fluoridation

    December 6, 2006 – Dr. Joey Hensley, a respected practicing physician serving in the Tennessee legislature, has issued a letter to hundreds of water districts throughout the state that distribute fluoridated drinking water, advising the districts of his recommendation that fluoride no longer be added to water. The letters were mailed Monday, December 4th. Dr. […]

  • Fluoride controversy in Homer

    Roy Crandall refuses to drink water with fluoride in it. “I said at one time anyone that bought bottled water was crazy because the Homer water was good, but then I started reading about fluoride and decided I didn’t want any part of the fluoride,” he said. The Homer trustee wants the village to stop […]

  • NYS Approves Pesticide Despite Unresolved Health Risks

    Fluoride Action Network (FAN) urges the NYS Bureau of Pesticides to rescind their recent approval of a new food fumigant pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride, because serious health risks, raised by environmental groups, remain unanswered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of […]

  • NYS Health Officials Disregard Own Fluoride Cautionary Advice

    In 1990, the New York State Department of Health (DoH) published a study, “Fluoride: Benefits and Risks of Exposure,” alerting officials that fluoride can be harmful to kidney patients, diabetics and those with fluoride hypersensitivity even at “optimal” levels.(1) But the advice went unheeded, research left undone and today’s claims of safety ring hollow, says […]

  • Mom leads anti-fluoride effort

    Thursday, June 07, 2001 – COLORADO SPRINGS – Lisa McLaughlin was reading the newspaper a few months ago when she saw a small notice about the city’s intent to add fluoride to the water in northern and eastern Colorado Springs to prevent tooth decay. McLaughlin, a former high school teacher who is now a stay-at-home […]