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• Canton Stops Fluoridation – Spurred by College Faculty, Staff & Students

  NEW YORK, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Village trustees voted, on February 18, 2003, to halt fluoridation in Canton, New York. One hundred and thirty faculty and staff members of Canton’s St. Lawrence University and 300 students petitioned the village trustees to ban fluoride from its water supply, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to […]

• York Daily Record Calls for Fluoridation of York

  Fluoridation of community drinking water began in the late 1940s and is credited with dramatic reductions in tooth decay. In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) included water fluoridation in its list of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Studies show that fluoride prevents the formation, slows the progression […]

• Fluoride research sparkes debate

  RESEARCHERS in York have reignited a fiery debate by accusing the Government of using selective evidence to promote the use of fluoride in the water supply. The long-running saga has divided the nation, with opinion split over whether we should be subjected to a form of “mass-medication”. In 1999, the Department of Health commissioned a […]

• Ohio/WV: C8 Science Panel Newsletter #1

  1. Science Panel launches e-Newsletter This is the first edition of our newsletter from the C8 Science Panel. Each time the C8 Science Panel has some news we will send out this newsletter by email to people who have registered to receive it. We will provide regular updates about our research into C8 and its […]

• Yorktown Votes To Keep Fluoride In Drinking Water

  YORKTOWN, N.Y. — Fluoride will remain in Yorktown’s drinking water, the town board decided Tuesday night. After nearly two hours of testimonials from local dentists and residents, the Yorktown Town Board voted 3 to 1 to make the necessary repairs at its facilities and continue the practice of fluoridating its water. About a dozen dentists, […]

• HHS: All infant formulas contain fluoride; Avoid Mixing with fluoridated water

  All infant formulas, either concentrated or ready-to-feed, already contain some fluoride and, when routinely mixed with fluoridated water, increase the risk of dental fluorosis (discolored teeth), according to Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a video commentary published on Medscape.com, March 8, 2011. (1) Fluoride, […]

• The York Review: Friend, Flawed or Fraud?

  I am going to focus here on the York Review and it’s analysis of the health effects of fluoridation. I will leave the discussion of dental decay and fluorosis to another section. As far as health effects are concerned, the York Review badly misrepresented both the scope and the substance of their review. THE YORK […]

• Newly elected mayor of Corning wants to suspend fluoridation spending

  The Mayor of Corning wants to stop moving forward with the project to fluoridate the city’s drinking water. Mayor Tom Reed says he wants to put a hold on the project until November when voters will get to decide if they want fluoride in their tap water. In September a Corning man got enough signatures […]

• State testing land for fluoride before Eastalco donates it

  ADAMSTOWN — The 27 acres Alcoa Eastalco Works is donating to the Adamstown community for a park east of Carroll Manor Elementary is being monitored for fluoride as part of a consent order established between the state and the aluminum smelter in 1992, a state official said. “It’s a superfund site,” said Julie Oberg, communications […]

• Yorktown Board Holds Flouride Hearing Tuesday Night

  YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Yorktown’s Town Board will hold an informational hearing Tuesday night to consider discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to the drinking water supply. The topic has sparked passionate responses from many Yorktown residents and garnered attention from anti-fluoride organizations throughout the nation. In an informal poll posted on The Yorktown Daily Voice, 38 […]