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• Guest Column: Fluoride scam goes on after six decades

  A Senate committee in Baton Rouge on April 13 advanced legislation that would require water companies to inform their customers of plans to fluoridate their water supplies and forbid the purchase of the chemical additive from China. How can we afford to spend money on one more poison for drinking water? “Fluoride” is actually a […]

• Fluoride proposal advances in Joplin

  It was standing room only Monday night at a meeting of the Joplin City Council, as those for and against fluoridating the city’s water packed the council chambers to voice their opinions. At least 120 people — from young children bouncing on their parents’ knees to Frederick King, who at 90 years plus has been […]

• Fluoride bill a turnoff

  Local officials might hold widely differing views on the merits of fluoridation, but most say they oppose legislation that would require Massachusetts cities and towns to add the cavity-fighting compound to public water supplies. “I’m against mandating that on communities,” said state Rep. Betty Poirier, R-North Attleboro. “They all have a board of health in […]

• Stockton seeks input on fluoride

  To fluoride or not to fluoride? That is a question the Stockton Board of Aldermen will consider at its meeting Monday night, Jan. 27. Like many other cities across the country, Stockton has been adding fluoride to its public water supply since the 1970s. Studies that began in 1945 have shown that fluoride helps prevent […]

• NA board reviewing fluoride suit

  NORTH ATTLEBORO — The board of health is reviewing the draft of a lawsuit before it is filed in Superior Court in its fight to end fluoridation of the town’s water supply. The board recently received from attorney David Gay the preliminary draft of its complaint against the town for failing to stop fluoridation. Gay […]

• Health panel criticized for handling of fluoride issue

  City staff in Independence will address comments from a citizen who is complaining about the way the Advisory Board of Health is treating the fluoride issue. John Pennell, a frequent speaker at City Council meetings, says he has dedicated himself to finding studies to disprove the blanket statements from local dentists and health board members […]

• Fluoride or Dig a Well?

  A number of residents who didn’t have the opportunity to vote on fluoridation last fall would essentially be forced to have fluoridated water if the Legislature follows the recommendation of a legislative panel. The Legislative Task Force on Fluoridation voted Wednesday to recommend a change in state law to allow residents who are served by […]

• Speakers predict fluoride defeat in Independence

  With scientific and emotional appeals on both sides, the fluoride issue is proving to be one of the biggest topics of discussion in the city of Independence. At Monday’s meeting of the Independence City Council, six speakers against fluoride brought science and emotion to the podium to shed more light on their side and predict […]

• Judge to rule on Davis fluoride issue

  Second District Judge Glen Dawson will decide June 4 whether Woods Cross can be exempt from Davis County’s plan to fluoridate all drinking water. Dawson heard arguments Friday on joint motions from both the city and the county and took the issue under advisement. The county has ordered Woods Cross and all other Davis communities […]

• Mandatory fluoride bill loses its bite

  A proposal to mandate fluoridation of most water supplies in the state was effectively killed this week when the Legislature’s Public Health committee decided not to consider it any further this session. The bill, opposed by many people concerned about the health effects of fluoride, was put into “study,” a move used to end discussion. […]