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Fluoride to Return to Water: Bradford, Vt., Residents Reverse Water and Sewer Commission
Bradford, Vt. — The room grew silent as the moderator leaned into his microphone to announce fluoride’s fate. Town Moderator Mark Johnson said 88 ballots were cast, with 50 water and sewer users voting in favor of re-establishing nearly three decades of water fluoridation, while 38 users voted against the reintroduction of fluoride. “The public [...]
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Bradford Voters to Settle Fight Over Fluoridation
A special Bradford Water and Sewer District meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Bradford Academy auditorium for water and sewer users to weigh in on the fluoride issue. The town will allow its water and sewer system users decide whether to reintroduce fluoride into the municipal water supply. On Tuesday [...]
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Bradford district to vote on whether to restore fluoride on Feb 26
… In addition to Town Meeting, Bradford water and sewer district users also have a special meeting on Tuesday to vote on whether to restore fluoride to the water supply…
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Petition Seeks Fluoride Vote In Bradford
Bradford, Vt. — Two residents are spearheading a petition to reverse the Water and Sewer Commission’s decision to stop fluoridating the town’s water supply. Dr. Robert Munson, a dentist, and Larry Coffin, Historical Society president and retired town moderator, said they started the petition this week following a backlash to the commission’s decision to remove [...]
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Letter: Fluoridation Has Sound Science Behind It
To the Editor: Bravo to the Valley News for its wise and commonsensical editorial on Dec. 2, “Bradford Regresses.” As a pediatrician, I see children every week from Bradford who will be hurt by the removal of fluoride from the water. We have an oral health crisis here, and both kids and seniors are counting [...]
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Bradford, Vt., Commission Reaffirms Decision to End Water Fluoridation
Bradford — Water and Sewer Commission members have voted to reaffirm their May decision to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply. Commissioners initially voted in May to end fluoridation, a decision that flew under the radar for months before sparking a backlash from dentists and residents. On Tuesday, the commission took another vote, and [...]
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Column. Bradford: Keep the Ban on Fluoridation
When getting my Ph.D. at Dartmouth, I relied on the Valley News for well-informed opinion; thus, I was deeply shocked to read its Dec. 2 editorial on water fluoridation. Having researched this issue for 16 years, first as a professor of environmental chemistry and then as director of the Fluoride Action Network, I believe this [...]
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Editorial: Bradford Regresses
While the rest of the world is fretting about electromagnetic waves, genetically modified food and other perceived health threats associated with contemporary living, the town of Bradford, Vt., has taken a step back in time by rekindling a public health debate that we thought had been settled long ago — whether fluoride should be added [...]
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Fluoride Debated in Bradford After Commission Ends Water Treatment
Bradford — Opponents and supporters of fluoridating the town’s water supply came out in force last night as commission members defended and explained their recent decision to no longer fluoridate the water. Supporters of the decision by the Bradford Water and Sewer Commission cited concerns over negative health effects and involuntary ingestion of a chemical [...]
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Bradford Stops Fluoridating Water Supply, Upsetting Dentists
A decision by Bradford Water and Sewer Commission officials to stop fluoridating the public water supply — after doing so for more than three decades — has prompted strong opposition from an Upper Valley dentist who wonders why the five-member water board did not seek medical advice before making that move. Chairman Robert Nutting, who [...]
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