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• Water fluoridation link to cancer not bringing vote back

  An investigation into why a link between water fluoridation and cancer was suppressed won’t bring the issue back to Davis County ballots, a leading anti-fluoride advocate said Wednesday. David A. Hansen, chairman of Citizens For Safe Drinking Water, said even with the new evidence, he’ll make good on his pledge and not petition to bring […]

• Communities debate fluoride in tap water

  MONTPELIER, Vt. –A letter to the editor in a newspaper describing fluoride as a poison prompted two local dental hygienists to shoot back. “Community water fluoridation is the number one way to prevent dental decay,” Terri Weinstein of Marshfield and Michele Feccia of Barre wrote. “Sixty years after the first community (Grand Rapids, MI) adjusted […]

• Watsonville council fired up on fluoride

  The Watsonville City Council fanned the flames of debate on water fluoridation Tuesday when it agreed to support a call from Environmental Protection Agency unions requesting investigations into possible links between fluoride and bone cancer. Despite fierce debate, the council passed the motion suggested by Judy Doering-Nielsen, but removed part of the original resolution, which […]

• Compton: City Pondering Fluoridating Drinking Water

  COMPTON – Although the jury is still out on the overall safety of adding fluoride to drinking water, the city could soon take up the common practice. The water department is applying for a grant through First 5 LA that, if received, the city could use in the future if it decides to fluoridate, said […]

• Prop 65: Fluoride & its Salts selected for cancer review – comments due Dec 15, 2009

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHEMICALS SELECTED BY OEHHA FOR CONSIDERATION FOR LISTING BY THE CARCINOGEN IDENTIFICATION COMMITTEE AND REQUEST FOR RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE CARCINOGENIC HAZARDS OF THESE CHEMICALS [10/15/09] The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement […]

• Fluoride rant had wrong info

  The Oregonian said it best: “Oregon isn’t known for its movie star teeth, unless you count horror movies.” Two-thirds of the U.S. population drinks from fluoridated water supplies and it has a 60-year history of safety and effectiveness. Yet anti-fluoridationists like Dr. Osmunson continue to spread untruths. Untruth No. 1 – European Dental Association no […]

• Community at odds over fluoridation

  Both sides of Bellingham’s fluoridation debate agree Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot will have a dramatic impact on the community’s health. But they disagree vastly on what that impact could be. Bellingham Families for Fluoride – with the financial backing of the Washington State Dental Association, the Washington Dental Service Foundation and dozens […]

• Bottled water stokes fluoride, cavity debate

  On the long list of cavity culprits, soda pop and sugary fruit juices rank high. Now public health officials are pointing the finger at bottled water. By itself, water does not cause cavities. But a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says bottled water has become so prevalent in children’s […]

• Does fluoridated water still make sense?

  A debate is looming in Burlington on whether to continue fluoridating the city’s water supply. On the pro-fluoridation side are arrayed the weight of the state and federal governments, plus organizations such as the American Medical Association, the American Dental Association and the World Health Organization. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a […]

• Mandatory fluoridation battle not over

  While a bill requiring the fluoridation of public water supplies in Arkansas did not pass in this year’s session of the Arkansas General Assembly, proponents of the proposal are not giving up. “We are going to do this again, and if we have to, we are going to do it again and we’re going to […]