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  • Portland: IABDM recommends a NO vote to Water Fluoridation

    The International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine (IABDM) recommends a NO vote on mandated water fluoridation in Portland. Fluoride in the public water supply poses risks for infants and small children. Fluoride has the potential to cause damage because of its toxicity to multiple organ systems, including the kidneys, the endocrine and skeletal systems […]

  • Prince Albert: Fluoride approved by city council following debate

    Despite an impassioned plea from a Prince Albert resident backed by a Canadian medical scholar, the city is cleared to resume the fluoridation of its drinking water. Local health advocate Maureen Logue first brought the issue to city council about a year ago, around the same time the city stopped injecting fluoride into its drinking […]

  • Carroll Boone Water: Water district operator takes up anti-fluoride fight

    It is possible that customers of Carroll Boone Water District may not have fluoride added to their water after all as a result a CBWD contract with Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison that forbids the introduction of any corrosive water into distribution systems. There are concerns that highly corrosive fluoride added to the […]

  • Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide tolerances on food

    Two national environmental organizations, Environmental Working Group and Beyond Pesticides, joined today with the Fluoride Action Network in challenging the safety of new food tolerances issued by the EPA for the fluoride based pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride. This action marks growing concern among mainstream scientists and environmental organizations that total exposure to fluoride, from water, food, […]

  • Crescent City. BALLOT ENCORE: FLUORIDE’S BACK

    Questions about drinking water fluoridation run deep, through 50-plus years of controversy about a mainstream norm for many American taps, including 4,200 served by Crescent City’s Municipal Water Works. Now a measure to stop fluoridation is on the city-wide ballot for the second time in two years. In 2010, 555 out of 973 city voters […]

  • Ottawa: City dismisses concerns over fluoride in Ottawa drinking water

    OTTAWA — The city’s chief medical officer of health is dismissing concerns from a fledgling Ottawa group that the presence of fluoride in the city’s water supply is harmful. A new group called Fluoridation Free Ottawa has started a campaign to rid the water supply of fluoride, which is added to prevent tooth decay, saying […]

  • Wichita: An Open Letter to Dr. Bill Maas and Wichitans for Healthy Teeth

    The following is an open letter to Wichitans for Healthy Teeth, and their guest, Dr. Bill Maas. WFHT solicited questions from the public prior to Dr. Maas’ public appearance and discussion on October 16. This letter is our response to that request, submitted October 16 at 6:15am. The questions are as yet unanswered by WHFT […]

  • City dismisses concerns over fluoride in Ottawa drinking water

    OTTAWA — The city’s chief medical officer of health is dismissing concerns from a fledgling Ottawa group that the presence of fluoride in the city’s water supply is harmful. A new group called Fluoridation Free Ottawa has started a campaign to rid the water supply of fluoride, which is added to prevent tooth decay, saying […]

  • Muskoka: Group forms to rid water systems of flouride

    GRAVENHURST – Yes, there is in fact something in the water. Although essentially in every public water system in the province and nation, the use of fluoride in Muskoka’s water has a group of local citizens concerned and hoping to see the district end its use. “The concern we have is that we have more […]

  • Common household chemical tied to heart disease risk

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who had higher levels of a common synthetic chemical in their blood were more likely to have heart disease or have had a stroke, in a new U.S. study. The chemical, known as perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, is found in everything from food containers to ski jackets to carpets. […]