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Calgary city councilors voted against a motion to put fluoride back in the city’s water, after the city stopped adding fluoride in 2011.Since the city removed the tooth-preserving chemical, one study has determined that the decision led to an increase in tooth decay in children.It’s a contentious …
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When not being forced to waste their time and formidable expertise researching furphies like wind turbine syndrome or homeopathy, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) can get on with producing exemplary public health statements like their newest one on water fluoridation. Begun …
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polls here 3656 Board members of Soddy-Daisy’s water system are set to vote today on whether to continue their policy of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Several residents have questioned fluoride’s effectiveness and claim it is a health risk. Some of them showed up at last month’s …
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Since the mid-1940s, compounds containing the mineral fluoride have been added to community water supplies throughout the U.S. to prevent tooth decay. Health concerns expressed by opponents have largely been dismissed until recently. Now, evidence is mounting that in an era of fluoridated …
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As a public health researcher who examines sensitive subjects such as sexual health and teenage pregnancy, Stephen Peckham is used to robust debate. But when his research questioned whether cities should be adding fluoride to their drinking water, Peckham, director of the Centre for Health Service …
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The news that it appears some anti-fluoridation hens have come home to roost in Calgary has left me nostalgic for those old-school conspiracy theories.Over the years, fluoride-in-the-water-as-government-plot has had everything. Fluoridation has been put forward as having been a method of prisoner …
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The city of Gloversville is re-examining the role of fluoride in its drinking water after a possible deal to sell water to the city of Johnstown has been held up by a 1999 ordinance that prevents Johnstown from using fluoride in its water supply. The Johnstown Water Department had approached …
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Although the leading health, medical and scientific organizations continue to recommend community water fluoridation as a valuable tool to reduce tooth decay rates, anti-fluoride groups are circulating misinformation online that can confuse or needlessly frighten the public. To combat this, a group …
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Water fluoridation has been in place in England for more than 40 years, and now covers about 6 million people. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls adding fluoride to drinking water one of the 10 great public health achievements in the 20th century. Public Health England (PHE) …
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Clarksburg Water Board has decided it will essentially end the practice of adding fluoride to the water supply. With the 2-1 vote on April 28, the agency decided to award bids for all water-treatment chemicals except fluoride. “I don’t see why we should spend funds on a …
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