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• Fluoride is on tap for San Antonio

  After three divisive elections and decades of bitter debate, San Antonio begins fluoridating its drinking water next week  finally shedding its distinction as one of the last large U.S. cities to shun the cavity-fighting mineral. The first shipment of the chemical known as fluorosilicic acid arrived in San Antonio by tanker truck Thursday. By next […]

• Fluoridated Water Not Preventing Rampant Decay Among Southbridge’s Poor

  SOUTHBRIDGE – A volunteer committee of people involved with health care and children is searching for an answer to the problem many schoolchildren face each day: no dentists. “I get tired of saying, ‘I can’t help you,’” Jackee Cepeda, of YOU Inc., said of her response to school nurses looking for dentists for children. “Children […]

• Martin County won’t add fluoride to water supply

  STUART — On one side were the blue-shirted activists, those convinced that fluoride is hazardous to the health of most anyone who drinks it out of the tap. On the other side were those dressed in white: dentists and nurses who desperately wanted the chemical compound added to Martin County’s water supply to help strengthen […]

• Fluoride Debate in Monticello

  Health officials say one of the best tools in the war on cavities is adding fluoride to the water, but Monticello city officials stopped adding the cavity-fighting substance a few years ago. Judith Corbin is a dental hygienist who takes great pride in helping kids get a beautiful smile, but Corbin says in the past […]

• British sink their teeth into debate over fluoride

  LONDON — Anyone who’s seen an Austin Powers movie knows the stereotype about the English: They have bad teeth. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said it’s time to improve England’s dental health and urged putting fluoride in local drinking water to help reduce tooth decay in children, especially in poor areas. Only about 10% of England’s […]

• World Net Daily writer says Fluoride is good for you. An open letter to Phil Elmore

  Writers Note: The following is a lengthy article with links to government documents. In order to fully understand the argument presented, it is suggested the reader save the documents and study them. Keyword searches of the terms presented below will help better understand the dangers of fluoride. After reading an article entitled Is flouride part […]

• Timberville Revisits Fluoride In Water

  TIMBERVILLE – The Town Council is considering whether to continue treating its water with fluoride, and residents and officials got an earful at a forum Monday night from dentists with opposing views. About 40 people gathered at the Plains Elementary School auditorium to participate in the forum, which became impassioned and argumentative at times. The […]

• Issue of fluoride in city’s water may go before voters

  Faced with a very passionate decision, Elgin city council members will be deciding at their Nov. 20 meeting whether to put the issue of fluoridating Elgin’s water supply to voters or decide themselves. Council members held a workshop on the issue Oct. 16 and had a number of residents and specialists speak as well as […]

• Timberville needs bill for fluoride referendum

  Date of publication: November 19-25, 2008 Timberville (VA) – Timberville’s plan for a November 2009 fluoride referendum hit a snag last week at council meeting. Timberville’s attorney, Mark Callahan, presented officials with a copy of Section 24.2-684 of 1950 Code of Virginia as Amended which deals with the state’s referendum regulations. The section states, “the […]

• Fluoride Issue Heads To Court

  HARRISONBURG – You might think the fluoride issue in Timberville ended when Town Council voted last month to continue adding the chemical to its water supply. You’d be wrong. Resident Mike Gray filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in Rockingham County Circuit Court on Feb. 12, the same day council took the vote. […]