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  • Fluoride: maybe, sorta

    Years ago during my training, I met a woman in a mental hospital who was obviously, profoundly, mad. She saw conspiracies everywhere and eyed everyone with knowing suspicion. Occasionally she took me into her confidence – warning me of various nefarious plots afoot. On one occasion she even told me that her husband had attempted […]

  • Fluoride in Our Water: Recent Science and Upcoming Regulations

    Locally and lately, assertions have been made that anyone who questions fluoridating our water supply is a kook who doesn’t care about poor children, and that these kooks are just a vocal minority that the rest of us should disregard. The 600 dentists, doctors, and PhDs (including world-renowned scientists, a former Chief of Water Toxicology […]

  • Fluoride effects outweigh its advantages

    In John Miller’s recent response to an Oct. 3 opinion piece about the health risks of water fluoridation, I was referred to as an unreliable spokesman for anti-water fluoridation (“Fluoride in water is not end of the world,” Community Commentary). Putting aside Miller’s unsupported attacks on my “practices and credentials,” I nevertheless stand in excellent […]

  • For some, fluoridated water still hard to swallow

    A chemist called it “criminally intolerant chemical warfare to enslave the American people.” A self-described inventor and “secret investigator” said the government was trying to “kill you slowly.” Another man put it bluntly: “Communism is one of the factors behind it.” In the summer of 1966, a year after the Watts riots, Los Angeles City […]

  • Fluoridation Flows and Flaws

    Fluoride recently began flowing through the tap water into millions of Southern California households. But the pipeline of information to warn the public about fluoride exposure is apparently clogged up with something. Many people need to avoid fluoride altogether to preserve their health, we know this because scientists in government agencies have documented it thoroughly. […]

  • Forum weighs pros, cons of water fluoridation

    The question of whether to fluoridate Manila’s water supply was a hot topic of debate at the Manila Community Center Tuesday. Measure B, before Manila voters on Feb. 5, is an advisory measure that asks voters whether they would like the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District to add fluoride to their water if the district […]

  • LA County Supervisor Yaroslavsky Responds On Topanga-Malibu Fluoridation

    It was a long time in coming, but members of Coastal Citizens for Safe Drinking Water were gratified when they recently received a letter, dated November 27, 2007, from Los Angeles County Supervisor Yaroslavsky responding to their two previous requests for his intervention in plans, now operative, by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California […]

  • New information on sulfuryl fluoride

    Q:I thought you might like to know that sulfuryl fluoride is now being used as a fumigant for bulk food storage. The stuff leaves fluoride residue on the foods we eat. The Environmental Protection Agency had to increase the allowed fluoride levels of foods to permit it to happen. The science used was bogus. I […]

  • Fluoride Fantasy

    “Smile in Style” is what the county health department calls its program to promote dental health among school children. Through this program, part of a statewide effort, kids are educated about dental hygiene and the proper way to brush and floss. To that extent, it’s a terrific idea — learning how to take care of […]

  • Watsonville: Fluoridated water, Martinelli’s juice products don’t mix

    Fluoridation of Watsonville’s water is the only topic on Tuesday’s City Council agenda, and with the apparently imminent decision to accept funding to fluoridate, John Martinelli, owner of S. Martinelli & Co., is very concerned. Martinelli said Friday that he doesn’t know what he will do if the city opts to fluoridate, but he does […]