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  • Juneau. My Turn: Promote sustainability by making state fluoride-free

    When it comes to water quality, the people of Juneau are among the most informed in the state. Residents of the capital recently voted to ban fluoride from their water. Clean-water advocates succeeded (61 to 37 percent) despite the American Dental Association spending more than $150,000 to promote its mass medication scheme. The homegrown defenders […]

  • Fairbanks: Fluoride advocate too fast, misses evidence trail

    INTRO by Alaska Report: This opinion essay is part of a developing dialogue about fluoride in public drinking water in Alaska. It was written in response to a guest opinion favoring fluoride that appeared in the Fairbanks Daily New-Miner. However, Kelly Bostian, the paper’s managing editor, rejected this essay, saying his readers didn’t need the […]

  • Seward: Prevention is a positive move

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: The bold emphasis in the article below is the author’s. *********************************************************************** Healthy People 2010 was launched by the Department of Health and Human Services. It has a comprehensive, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda based on legitimate science. Its goals and objectives are designed to serve as a framework […]

  • Anchorage: Fluoride in water is cause for concern

    Why is the small group called Spenardians Against Fluoride organizing to stop the Municipality of Anchorage from putting fluoride in the drinking water? “If the purpose of fluoride in toothpaste is to prevent dental decay, then it is classified as a medicine – its purpose is to treat something,” said Jason Agre, the group founder […]

  • Palmer Ordinance that ended fluoridation

    Adopted CITY OF PALMER INFORMATION MEMORANDUM NO. 11-039 ORDINANCE NO. 11-007 Subject: Ordinance No. 11-007: Repealing Palmer Municipal Code Section 8.12.010, City Manager Duty, to Prohibit the Addition of Fluoride to the Public Water Supply Agenda of: October 11, 2011 Summary statement: In response to concerns about the risks of fluoride in the Palmer public […]

  • Fluoridation Nation

    The irony of conventional wisdom is how much of it eventually gets debunked. Not long ago, schoolchildren were routinely sprayed with DDT to repel mosquitoes, pregnant women were given thalidomide to treat morning sickness, and people suffering from mental illness were lobotomized to calm them down. Before such practices were revealed as more injurious than […]

  • Burlington Bites into the Fluoride Question

    For the first time since 1952, Burlington is reexamining its longstanding policy of fluoridating the city’s water supply. On March 9, the Burlington Board of Health voted to initiate a public dialogue on fluoridation. The five-member advisory panel has scheduled public forums on June 15 and June 23 to debate whether the chemical additive is […]

  • Fluoridation debated before crowd

    Water fluoridation is, depending on who is speaking, a safe and effective public health measure that reduces tooth decay, or an unsafe form of mandatory medication based on outdated science. The two-hour fluoridation debate Wednesday night before a standing-room-only audience was a clash of true believers for and against fluoridation. The Burlington Board of Health […]

  • Randolph: Water Fluoridation Is an Issue

    A challenge to the fluoridation of the Randolph village water supply may become the subject of a public information meeting of the water district, in the aftermath of a selectboard discussion of the issue Aug. 5. Selectman Joe Voci, according to the minutes, questioned whether there would be any follow-up to an earlier public information […]

  • Fluoride debate generates controversy in Bennington

    BENNINGTON – A controversial proposal to add fluoride to the town’s water system is likely to be put to the voters sometime next year, according to a Select Board member. The proposal, which brought supporters and critics out in force to a public hearing Tuesday, is so emotionally freighted that voters deserve a say, Salvatore […]