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Watertown City Council could be leaning to get rid of fluoride
Could the Watertown City Council end up voting to take fluoride out of the city’s water supply? Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham thinks so. If a vote was held now, Mr. Graham said, he believes there would be a “50-50” chance that the City Council would vote to get rid of the colorless, tasteless chemical that [...]
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Watertown: Water Super Says Fluoride Can Be OK
Watertown water superintendent Mike Sligar is speaking out after an anti-fluoride author and chemist argued that fluoride in public water may be harmful to the public’s health. Dr. Paul Connett addressed city lawmakers last week, arguing that adding fluoride to drinking water may lower IQ scores, cause dental problems, and even cause cancer in some [...]
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Watertown City Council Ponders Benefits, Risks Of Fluoride
Every time you turn on the faucet and every time you pour a glass of water in Watertown, it’s there: fluoride. It’s intended to improve the dental health of the public, but a group of citizens have been rallying to stop the city from adding the chemical, saying it’s actually hurting people. Anti-fluoride speaker and [...]
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Watertown: Fluoride concerns voiced by activist
The man who successfully lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago offered a simple challenge — debate him and his anti-fluoride views. After speaking before the City Council on Monday night, Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, [...]
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Nationally known anti-fluoridation expert to speak at Watertown City Council meeting
The man who lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago will urge city of Watertown officials to do the same. Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, will speak at Monday night’s Watertown City Council meeting about why [...]
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There is something in the water, in Springville
On May 8, 1995, the Springville mayor, at the time, appointed a committee to evaluate the necessity and safety of putting fluoride into the village water system. Within a month, the members of that committee voted unanimously, to continue the longtime practice of water fluoridation. On Jan. 3 of this year, Village of Springville Chief [...]
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Fluoride debate returns to Walden
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated unequivocally that water fluoridation is “one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.” Why then are some communities fighting to remove the chemical from the public water supply? Nanette Degroat, a resident of the Village of Walden, has organized a public [...]
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NYC begins tooth decay prevention program
Note from FAN: New York City has been 100% fluoridated since 1965 The New York Health Department announced a campaign to promote oral health for young children because tooth decay is mostly preventable, officials say. Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City’s health commissioner, said tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood disease yet it [...]
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Watertown: Another Group Joins Fluoridation Struggle
The great fluoride debate isn’t likely to end anytime soon. A second group of fluoride opponents has surfaced in Watertown. Mothers Against Fluoride seeks to have the city stop adding fluoride to the water supply, something that’s been done since 1962. Fluoridation has been widely held to be a safe, effective means of promoting dental [...]
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Yorktown: State training program offers fluoridation tools and resources
Yorktown, N.Y.—When Yorktown, N.Y., faced a fluoridation challenge last month, Dr. Carl Tegtmeier was prepared, thanks to fluoridation spokesperson training he received in June 2012. Dr. Tegtmeier was one of 19 dentists to participate in the New York State Oral Disease Prevention Program presented by the New York State Department of Health in Albany. Fluoridated [...]
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