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  • Fluoride an issue with Neosho residents

    Concerned Neosho residents are starting to talk about the recent city council meeting in regards to Operation Smiles and their proposal to put fluoridation into the water system. Fluoridation is the process of adding fluoride to drinking water to help reduce tooth decay. “Fluoride came into prominence in the mid ’40s with the Manhattan Project, […]

  • Two fluoride votes split

    Neosho voters sent a proposal to add fluoride to the water supply to a crushing defeat, but Carl Junction residents overwhelmingly approved a similar plan. In Neosho, voters on Tuesday rejected the proposal, with 1,223 opposed and 509 in favor. In Carl Junction, the tally was 813 “yes” and 477 “no” votes. Last year, city […]

  • Massachusetts Dental Society “Honored” with Dirty Dozen Award

    Southborough – The Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) today received a 2002 Dirty Dozen Award spotlighting it as one of the twelve top polluters in the Commonwealth for unregulated mercury discharges. In the process of restoring teeth with so-called “silver” fillings – actually 50% mercury – dentists nation wide use approximately 40 metric tons of mercury […]

  • Fluoridation failed in forum

    Fluoridation took a blow to the teeth here last Thursday, but the Board of Health enlisted some assistance for another round which could feature a more positive outlook. With snow and freezing rain causing two members of a scheduled panel to cancel plans to drive to North Attleborough from Worcester, and a third opting not […]

  • Fluoride: A debate you can sink your teeth into

    First, the dread. Then, you’re on your back in a big, padded chair, which would almost be cozy if not for the fact that there’s a hot light burning your face, your cheeks are stuffed with cotton, and a latex-gloved hand is poking around inside of your mouth. Most likely, anyone who has been to […]

  • Critics of fluoridating drinking water greet Sen. Bob Smith’s initiative

    While many people consider fluoridation one of the greatest public-health success stories of the 20th century, a growing camp of scientists, dentists and activists asserts that the United States has a large-scale public-health disaster on its hands. And last week, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Smith, R-N.H., called a senior employee of the Environmental Protection Agency […]

  • Fluoride vote stirs up fiery debate in Stuart

    STUART — Is a tiny bit of poison good for your teeth? The benefits or risks of fluoride are more than an academic argument in Stuart, where voters will decide in a Jan. 29 referendum whether to add amounts recommended by the Florida Department of Health to the city’s drinking water. The vote will take […]

  • Fluoride Divide. A 60-year Debate Revisited in Escambia County

    Some experts have called it a breakthrough in human health innovation, while others have pitted it as a toxic, government infringement. But while the controversial issue of water fluoridation dates back to its initial integration into public drinking utilities during the 1940s, there has been little buzz surrounding it in Escambia County since it was […]

  • Pinellas Park: Fluoride to go back in city water

    PINELLAS PARK – After hearing arguments from both sides Jan. 24, the Pinellas Park City Council unanimously agreed that fluoride should be added back to city water. The city will be applying for state funding to help cover the capital expenditure and could begin building the new infrastructure at its water pumping stations in July. […]

  • Commentary: Fluoride poses hidden danger to citizens’ health

    State law will now force Lafayette to add the poisonous chemical fluoride to our water system unless we act quickly and aggressively. Fluoride is a very toxic industrial waste that ordinarily would be costly to dispose of. Although not an expert, I do read what experts have said in recent reports. Please use Google to […]