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• Licking: Water bills, fluoride and city government: Pure water is priceless

  Water bills, fluoride and city government; what do these three things have in common? More than you would think. There are a few important things happening in our local city governments. Licking is raising the water rates, amounting to a five percent increase to the average homeowner (expect a bill in the amount $11.20 per […]

• Denver Fluoride fight pits activists against long-standing health policy

  Fluoride has been added to municipal water systems since the 1940s. The practice has been widely shown in numerous medical studies to reduce tooth decay in people from all walks of life, regardless of economic or ethnic background. On Wednesday, Denver Water will decide whether to continue adding fluoride to the drinking water of its 1.3 […]

• Lethbridge: Fluoride issue before council again

  Activist speaks to environment committee It’s a debate that goes back to the 1970s. But once again on Thursday, city council members heard competing views on the value of fluoridated water. Three members of council’s environment committee listened to a lengthy presentation by anti-fluoride activist Paul Connett, a retired chemistry professor from Canton, New York. […]

• Gov. Study Confirms Fluoride Harms Fetal Brain; Lowers IQ

  The first ever US government funded study of fluoride and IQ reveals that pregnant women exposed to fluoride lowers the IQ of their offspring.  The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives and funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, confirms that mothers who drink water contaminated with fluoride will see a loss of 6 […]

• PR rot continues in UK

  Almost predictably the British Dental Association released its PR salvo today – leaving little time for response, before the crucial vote in the House of Commons on Monday (September 8). The BDA distributed what they characterized as a “league of shame” of tooth decay in unfluoridated communities, which they claim sharply differs from tooth decay […]

• Nov 30: 2018 New Hampshire Oral Health Forum

  On the Frontlines: Innovative Oral Health Programs and Community Solutions Friday, November 30, 2018 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Holiday Inn 172 N. Main Street Concord, NH Download Agenda Who Should Attend? Medical, Dental, Mental and Behavioral Health Providers, Program Managers, Policy Makers, Legislators,Students and YOU! Event Objectives Attendees will be able to: Identify a […]

• Portland. The Fight Against Fluoridation: Epilogue

  It’s been almost two weeks since Portland voters overwhelmingly rejected a plan to add fluorosisilic acid to Bull Run tap water.  Outspent 3 to 1 and facing fluoride lobbyists, high-paid consultants, and king-maker campaign operators, a loose-knit posse of citizen activists banded together to help Clean Water Portland overcome ‘Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland’ by a […]

• ‘Putting the next generation of brains in danger’

  The number of chemicals known to be toxic to children’s developing brains has doubled over the last seven years, researchers said. Dr. Philip Landrigan at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and Dr. Philippe Grandjean from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, authors of the review published Friday in The Lancet Neurology […]

• Position Statement: Early childhood caries in Indigenous communities

  A joint statement with the American Academy of Pediatrics Principal author(s) JD Irvine, S Holve, D Krol, R Schroth; Canadian Paediatric Society, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Committee Paediatr Child Health 2011;16(6):351-7 Abstract The oral health of Indigenous children of Canada (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) and the United States (American Indian and Alaska […]

• Watertown: Council to hear fluoride flip side

  Pro-fluoride forces are taking their turn to go on offense. After weeks of hearing an anti-fluoride group lobby for its side, the Jefferson-Lewis County Dental Society and other supporters are ready to make their case for keeping the colorless and tasteless chemical in the city’s water supply. Dr. Andrew E.C. Crossley, president of the Jefferson-Lewis […]