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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Crescent City. Our view: It’s a no-brainer: City Measure A is bad medicine

    A decades-old public policy dispute has landed in the laps of Crescent City voters: Measure A on the Nov. 2 city ballot would prohibit the fluoridation of our water. We’re not alone. Despite widespread water fluoridation, it’s an issue that pops up from time to time in American communities big and small. And unlike most […]

  • Columbia River Gorge Communities Say “NO” to Fluoridation

    To Safe Drinking Water Advocates, Fluoridation promoters are having a tough time in the Columbia River Gorge. In Hood River, OR, the issue has been on the radar for months. Mayor Paul Cummings is among the many citizens openly opposed to the idea, and the community is currently in a holding pattern, waiting for new […]

  • Unstable Element. Are Austin’s water fluoridation policies dangerous? It depends who you ask

    The reduced form of the highly reactive chemical element fluorine – better known as fluoride – is commonly added to municipal tap water, in order to strengthen our teeth. When we eat sugars and refined carbs, bacteria lurking in our mouths use them to form acids. Eventually the acids can grow strong enough to eat […]

  • Austin: Fluoride free Austin takes action against forced water fluoridation

    There has been considerable controversy among health experts regarding the fluoridation of municipal water supplies, enough to arouse public concerns with activist groups working to have it abolished. Petitioning the FDA and USDA and Congress has just not worked. Locally, Hawaii avoided water fluoridation and Fairbanks Alaska recently stopped decades of forced fluoridation. Though the […]

  • Forcing it down our throats

    Excerpts: Editor, … Eureka Springs has voted twice against it [fluoridation]. They were lucky, other member cities councils voted for them rather than letting people decide for themselves. Hot Springs city council decided for their citizens, but their citizens demanded a referendum and voted against fluoridation. Oh, the top dog dentist for the state says […]

  • “Fluoridation better choice in Plainville”

    As we did in the year 2000 when North Attleboro voters faced the question of adding fluoride to the drinking water supply, The Sun Chronicle urges a Yes vote when Plainville voters face the same question on April 1. Adding a tiny amount of fluoride — at 1 part fluoride per 1 million parts of […]

  • Oral Health: Yes; Truth Decay: No

    “Never, never reconstitute infant formula with fluoridated water. And never let children under 3 — whose swallowing reflexes are not fully developed — use fluoridated toothpaste. Infants and young children are especially susceptible to fluoride toxicity.” These warnings from Dr. Hardy Limeback, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, D.D.S., University of Toronto’s Head of Preventive Dentistry and Past […]

  • It’s a drug – with potentially harmful side effects.

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists it as a “hazard.” The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry warns that high levels of exposure can harm your health. It is used to treat human health but remains largely untested by the Food and Drug Administration. The substance we’re talking about is fluoride. Why would we […]