Recent news on Fluoride

Fluoride in water once again under debate Region ponders whether ...  -  25 May 2007
Niagarathisweek.com,THOROLD -- During the Cold War, as debate raged over whether to add fluoride to municipal drinking water supplies, there were people who believed it was all

Fluoride No Benefit To Low-Income Americans, Study Shows  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Burt and colleagues studied low-income African-American adults, 14-years-old and over, living in Detroit, Michigan, where water suppliers add fluoride

Allerdale’s new party: ‘Anyone But Labour’  -  25 May 2007
Times & Star,The government's own independent York Review on fluoridation identified that 44 per cent of local children could be receiving excess fluoride but there is

FDA Bans Toothpaste from China after 51 Deaths in Panama  -  25 May 2007
Consumer AffairsAlthough most of the tubes appear safe for use, none of them followed the FDA’s fluoride toothpaste labeling requirements. Two tubes didn’t even list all

ADA Affirms Benefits Of ADA-Accepted Antimicrobial Mouth Rinses ...  -  May 24, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Fluoride mouth rinses are used to help reduce and prevent tooth decay. Clinical studies have demonstrated that use of a fluoride mouth rinse in addition to

Fluoride sales soar  -  May 22, 2007
Warrnambool Standard,LONG dental waiting lists and a lack of fluoride in Warrnambool's water supplies are causing a surge in sales of medicated toothpaste and mouthwash.

Fluoride No Benefit to Low-Income Americans, Studies Show  -  May 22, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Burt and colleagues studied low-income African-American adults, 14-years- old and over, living in Detroit, Michigan, where water suppliers add fluoride

Fluoride a bad idea in Corning  -  May 22, 2007
Elmira Star-Gazette,We both vote "no" in the recent Star-Gazette survey about whether we approve of fluoride being added to drinking water supplies.

Cocoa extract more effective than fluoride, research  -  May 21, 2007
ConfectioneryNews.com,Researchers at Tulane University in America have discovered that cocoa powder contains an extract which is more effective than fluoride in fighting cavities

'Cocoa' toothpaste could replace fluoride  -  May 21, 2007
Earthtimes.orgNEW ORLEANS, May 21 An extract of cocoa powder found in chocolate, tea and other products might be an effective alternative to fluoride in toothpaste,

Cocoa extract may be an effective natural alternative to fluoride ...  -  May 20, 2007
News-Medical.net,In fact, his research revealed that the cocoa extract was even more effective than fluoride in fighting cavities. caffeine, helps harden teeth enamel,

Oregon fluoride bill stalls  -  May 17, 2007
KPUA,...(AP) _ Opponents appear to have successfully brushed aside the latest effort to require cities in Oregon to add fluoride to their water supplies.

Baby formula, fluoride alert  -  May 15, 2007
Border Mail,WITH fluoridation of Wodonga’s drinking water to commence on May 23, it’s time to consider ways of minimising total fluoride intake to protect the most

City could save thousands by re-drilling a second water well  -  May 23, 2007
Gillette News Record,He said the well tested low in fluoride and had less than one part per million of sand in the water. The old S-20 well is being used as monitoring well to

Yarmouth fluoridation gets one more hearing  -  May 22, 2007
Yarmouthport Register,...“One of the pluses that they’re saying is to help the poor families out by giving us fluoride and I don’t want it.� Trzcinski said good oral health could be

Fluoride meeting tomorrow  -  May 17, 2007
Isle of Man Today,...emeritus of chemistry at St Lawrence University, USA, and co-founder of the Fluoride Action Network the worldwide coalition against Fluoridation.

Skagit County will add fluoride to water supply  -  May 15, 2007
KING5.com (subscription),For years, people on either side of the fluoride issue have battled it out, each pointing to studies that support their respective positions,

Region's dentists get up to speed  -  May 23, 2007
The Nation Newspaper,Mini dental implants (MDI) to stabilise loose dentures, new equipment to handle root canals and measure tooth decay, and a new filler with a fluoride

Dentists Agree All Toothpastes Are Not Equal, Disagree Which Are ...  -  May 22, 2007
PR.com (press release),Many dentists felt that fluoride toothpastes are best, suggesting consumers check to be sure they select fluoridated toothpastes.

Fluoride shortage affecting water  -  May 10, 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),Fluoride, a compound that prevents tooth decay, has not been added to Evansville's drinking water supply since February.

Majority oppose fluoridation at heated Yarmouth hearing  -  May 21, 2007
Cape Cod Times,Her son is chemically sensitive to fluoride, and the addition of fluoride to the water he drinks could make him very ill, she said.

Health Tip: Teeth Love Fluoride  -  May 11, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),...(HealthDay News) -- Fluoride is a well- known fighter of tooth decay, which occurs when acid-producing bacteria dissolve the hard enamel that protects teeth

North East Water announces date for fluoride  -  May 10, 2007
Border Mail,FLUORIDE will officially become a part of Wodonga’s water on May 23, more than 20 years after a plan to add the compound was rejected by the city’s council.

Fluoride shortages abound throughout US  -  May 11, 2007
Water Technology Online,EVANSVILLE, IN — A fluoride shortage has been reported in this city as well as other cities in the Midwest and along the East Coast, a May 11 Courier Press

Poison drains into river daily  -  May 21, 2007
Border Mail,The EPA does not appear to care and does not monitor the fluoride levels in the river. How many towns along the Murray River have water fluoridation?

Delta Dental Gives $250000 To MDCH To Launch Fluoride Varnish ...  -  May 10, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Michigan, a program that will provide applications of fluoride varnish on the teeth of up to 22000 children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start

Fluoride date set  -  May 10, 2007
Border Mail,...“We’re certainly not giving up the fight, we’ll be continuing until the fluoride is taken out,� Ms Edgar said. “We don’t believe we should be medicated

Fluoride in Water Is Not Harmful  -  May 8, 2007
WETM-TV,ELMIRA - Even though the project received the green light to continue last night, many critics continue to raise concerns about putting fluoride in Corning

Certain foods lead to yucky teeth  -  May 22, 2007
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),Bottled water often does not have the right amount of fluoride. Fluoride is a substance that is found in tap water. Research has shown that at certain

Minister promises safe drinking water to fluoride-hit villages  -  May 9, 2007
Siasat Daily,Khammam, May 08: Minister for Health and family welfare Sambhani Chandrasekhar said here on Monday that the fluoride-affected villages in Palair area of

Fluoride in Water  -  May 7, 2007
WETM-TV,Originally Alderman Richard Negri and Alderman Betty Coccho wanted to rescind a resolution to add fluoride to water. But after Dr. Tom Curran,

The fight for fluoride  -  May 6, 2007
Charleston Gazette (subscription),He wanted to know what kind of water we used and told us to start using fluoride.� The Sammonses drank water from a well for years, but the water was so

Holmen fluoride vote in ’08 likely  -  May 11, 2007
LaCrosse Tribune,By BOB SEAQUIST / Special to the Tribune. HOLMEN, Wis. — Holmen residents might vote on whether to fluoridate the village water supply — but not until

SA push to add fluoride to bottled water  -  May 3, 2007
The Australian,SOUTH AUSTRALIA will push the states to fast-track approval to add fluoride to bottled water in an attempt to cut down on tooth decay among children.

Ursuline grad Bess Tortolani now creating smiles  -  26 Apr 2007
The Journal News.com,This time she hopes to bring donated children's toothbrushes and fluoride toothpaste in suitcases and bags and boxes. See, the last time Tortolani was in La

Flouride subsidy for Bourke children  -  26 Apr 2007
ABC Regional Online,A subsidy for fluoride tablets will be introduced for children in Bourke and North Bourke instead of fluoridating the town water supply.

Surry Town Meeting  -  26 Apr 2007
Ellsworth American,MOUNT DESERT — In the wake of residents’ controversial decision to remove fluoride from the water supply, town officials have.

Fluoride delay after sacking  -  Apr 24, 2007
Border Mail,Wangaratta anti-fluoride campaigner Norm Ryan yesterday urged householders to install water tanks and filter systems to counter the fluoridation when it

Effectiveness of Fluoride in Preventing Caries in Adults  -  Apr 23, 2007
Journal of Dental Research (subscription),To date, no systematic reviews have found fluoride to be effective in preventing dental caries in adults. The objective of this meta-analysis was to examine

Understanding what toothpaste does and doesn't do  -  Apr 25, 2007
Greeley Tribune,The next most common ingredient (and from my point of view, the most important) is fluoride. This is either sodium fluoride (NaF) or sodium

Guest columnist: New scientific developments subvert pro-fluoride ...  -  Apr 20, 2007
TCPalm,In recent months the News has written three or four editorials supporting the use of fluoride in public drinking water. I'd like to make residents aware of

Longmeadow OKs schools spending  -  Apr 25, 2007
The Republican,The familiar issue of whether the town should have fluoride in the water came up again at this Town Meeting in nine separate articles.

Decide on fluoride: city to Quebec  -  Apr 19, 2007
The Suburban,Montreal has asked the provincial government to make a decision on whether cities should add fluoride to water, says a member of the executive committee.

Board votes against fluoride referendum  -  Apr 18, 2007
The Ashburton Guardian,Methven anti-fluoride campaigners failed to get Methven Community Board support this week for a referendum on whether to remove fluoride from the town’s

Sallies aims for US aluminium fluoride sales  -  Apr 19, 2007
Mining MX,A trial shipment of high-grade fluorspar suitable for the production of aluminium fluoride will be sent to North America in May, with a second trial

Bottled Water And Fluoride Facts  -  Apr 17, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Since bottled water is regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it is the FDA that sets the limit as to the amount of fluoride that bottlers

The Natural Dentist New Toothpaste Line: Good for Consumers and ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
SocialFunds.comThey contain natural fluoride for cavity prevention and a high concentration of xylitol, a natural sweetener derived from birch pulp that also helps fight

Fluoride back on agenda  -  Apr 17, 2007
Auckland stuff.co.nz,And in February he asked the council's works and services committee to stop adding fluoride to Auckland's water supply while experts considered the evidence

Maine Reports  -  Apr 22, 2007
MaineToday.com,In the wake of residents' controversial decision to remove fluoride from the water supply, town officials have fielded inquiries about how to overturn the

Stained Teeth? Coffee Is Not the Only Culprit  -  Apr 24, 2007
FitSugar.com,Some cities add fluoride to the water supply - excessive fluoride from water or mouthwashes can also cause discoloration.

7 ways to start kids in healthy dental care  -  Apr 23, 2007
DetNews.com,Consider fluoride treatments. If applied to the enamel surfaces of baby teeth, it makes the enamel more resistant to cavities.

The elixir of life  -  Apr 24, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),Fluoride content, on the other hand, has harmful effects on the brain, cells and tissues, and on blood, teeth and bones. In India, occurrence of both

Dentists seek to maintain fluoride use in Lebanon  -  Apr 16, 2007
Salem Statesman Journal,LEBANON -- Less than six years after this Willamette Valley town began adding fluoride to its drinking water, dentists say its too early to see whether it

Fluoride used in municipal water supplies found contaminated with ...  -  Apr 17, 2007
Newstarget.com,..."Mike Adams is the best health and natural products writer on the scene today." - Ronnie Cummins, founder, Organic Consumers Association

The fluoride debate : Hear the pros and cons of fluoride in city water  -  Apr 12, 2007
Cadillac News,According to Dr. James Wilson, the city of Cadillac is the largest city in Michigan that doesn’t add fluoride to the water. Although that is the case,

Fluoride could make a return Not that many people knew it was missing  -  Apr 12, 2007
Niagarathisweek.com,The lack of details prompted Campion to quip at a recent city council meeting, "So this is like the fluoride conspiracy - we don't know what is going on?"

Holmen board keeps fluoride issue alive  -  Apr 12, 2007
LaCrosse Tribune,Voting against the resolution to keep fluoride out of the water supply were Ron Allers, Nancy Proctor, Olson and Seitz.

Toothpaste Options  -  Apr 20, 2007
RDH,For more than 30 years, fluoride has been a critical ingredient in toothpaste, used to inhibit the development of dental caries.4 Multiple research findings

Fluoride bill's a waste of energy  -  Apr 6, 2007
The Regal Courier,Portlanders have made it clear they want their water to run pure – and that includes leaving out even potentially beneficial substances such as fluoride.

Irish kids eat sweets but avoid dentist  -  Apr 21, 2007
Irish Health,The findings supported the use of fluoride. Decay levels were much lower in 2002 than they were in 1984 among Irish children with fluoridated domestic water

North health board drops fluoride lawsuit  -  Apr 9, 2007
Attleboro Sun Chronicle,Shaw and former board member Diane Battistello, both fluoride opponents, voted to file the lawsuit in New Bedford Superior Court after public works ignored

New York Inventors Develop Low Birefringence Optical Fluoride ...  -  Apr 6, 2007
Electronics Semiconductor (press release),According to the US Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making below 250-nanaometer(nm) ultraviolet (UV) light transmitting optical fluoride lithography

Jacksonville Water Trouble  -  Apr 23, 2007
MyFox Birmingham,The Jacksonville Water Department tells FOX6 News that a malfunction with the fluoride equipment led to the warning. The department says the water is not

Fluoride added to water  -  Apr 4, 2007
Times-Mail (subscription),BEDFORD — Eric Flinn, water treatment plant superintendent for Bedford Utilities, said the plant’s new fluoride feeder system will be in operation later

GUEST COLUMN: Scare tactics don’t change truth about fluoride  -  Apr 5, 2007
Holmen Courier,Fluoride is not a medication in the water supply, it is a naturally occurring mineral found in the earth, soil and water all around the planet.

Fluoride fight renewed in Legislature  -  Apr 4, 2007
Coos Bay World,SALEM - Oregon's perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state

Fluoride and infants: not a good mix  -  Apr 2, 2007
Dunn County News,According to the American Dental Association’s Web site, the US Food and Drug Administration now allows bottled water manufacturers to claim that fluoride

Fluoride fight renewed in Oregon legislature  -  Apr 4, 2007
Ontario Argus Observer,SALEM — Oregon’s perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state

Fluoride fight resurfaces  -  Apr 5, 2007
EastOregonian.info (subscription),SALEM (AP) - Oregon's perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state

Fluoride fight renewed in Ore. legislature  -  Apr 3, 2007
kgw.com (subscription),...(AP) -- Oregon's perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state

Fluoride fight renewed in Ore. legislature  -  Apr 3, 2007
kgw.com (subscription),Oregon's perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state Capitol,

Fluoride fight renewed in Ore. legislature  -  Apr 3, 2007
OregonLive.com,...(AP) — Oregon's perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state

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