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  • Mackay: Council faces tough decision with fluoride

    IT’S been two years since fluoride officially started pouring into Mackay’s water supply and the contentious issue has managed to hold on by the skin of its ugly teeth. Yesterday, the Cairns Regional Council chose to halt the flow of fluoride in their water supplies. A Cairns Regional Council spokeswoman was reported as saying, “If […]

  • Senator Swears He Has Nothing Against Teeth

    In January, contributing columnist Susan Bigelow looked at a number of bills on tap for this session, including one from Sen. Joe Markley who wants to scrap mandatory fluoride in the water supply. She asked “What does he have against teeth?” Well, CTNewsJunkie caught up with Markley last week. It turns out his answer is […]

  • Terrace: Go fluoride-free, says local man

    If the city wants to stop fluoridating its water, the issue will need to go to referendum because it was decided to add fluoride to the water by referendum. That’s what city council told fluoride opponent Barry Prince after listening to his reasons for why it should be discontinued at the monthly council meeting Jan. 28. […]

  • Fluoride Wars come to St. Croix Falls

    The Fluoride Wars have finally come to St. Croix Falls and nowhere have the opinions been more decisive, or the residents more steadfast. The council chambers was growing crowded as between 20-30 interested parties were there to voice their opinions on the city’s fluoridation of the water supply. Originally, the fluoride was introduced in 1945 […]

  • Fighting to free family from fluoride

    It’s been about six years since anti-fluoride campaigner Rachel Keedwell took steps to remove the chemical she regards as a poison from her drinking water. As well as having an 1100 litre rain-water tank installed she is also promoting the visit of a leading expert on fluoridation to Palmerston North. Professor Paul Connett the coauthor […]

  • McKinney officials discuss proposal to end area water fluoridation

    McKinney may soon prove to be an initiator for the North Texas Municipal Water District discontinuing fluoridation of the area’s water supply. McKinney City Councilman Ray Ricchi, using resident Pam Wenzel’s presentation, expressed a desire Monday that the city and other NTMWD member cities should consider requesting a halt in fluoridation, which has been part […]

  • Cape Charles: Town Gets Fluoridation Award Amid Rising Health Concerns

    Cape Charles has again received an annual Water Fluoridation Quality Award for maintaining safe levels of fluoride in the drinking water. Daily tests ensure that fluoride added to Town water is maintained between .6 to 1.2 parts per million. Virginia Department of Health representative Dixon Tucker presented the award to Public Utilities Director Dave Fauber […]

  • Au Gres council discusses fluoridation benefit, feasibility

    The Au Gres City Council discussed potentially fluoridating the city water supply during its meeting March 5, but ultimately reached no decision on the matter. Each member of the city council had researched the topic, but questions still remained on whether or not it would be worthwhile for the city to pursue it. Mayor LaVern […]

  • Fluoride: Why Are We Taking Crazy Unnecessary Risks?

    Irish whistle-blowing scientist, Declan Waugh has just published his second report on the health risks associated with the Republic of Ireland’s mandatory water fluoridation policy. In our second part of a fluoride investiagion, Hot Press takes an exclusive look at a document that eviscerates the official position on an increasingly controversial public policy. In the […]

  • “Fluoride should not be added to our drinking water” – Paddy Casey

    Paddy Casey, one of Ireland’s leading singer songwriters, has come out strongly in support of the campaign against the fluoridation of the water supply in Ireland. The facts about this long-standing practice were exposed for the first time in the current issue of Hot Press. The singer-songwriter – whose debut album Amen (So Be It) […]