Massachusetts Fluoridation News
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol. 2 No. 7 Belchertown, Massachusetts January 11, 2016
Health Commissioner Bharel passes buck on correction of fluoridation’s cost savings
Despite a peer-reviewed analysis that found no cost savings from water fluoridation when the cost of repairing dental fluorosis is factored in, state health officials maintain the practice saves money.
In a letter to Health Commissioner Monica Bharel last year we wrote:
“In your April 28, 2015 letter to Massachusetts Boards of Health you assert that, “...for every dollar spent on community water fluoridation, up to $38 is saved in treatment costs for tooth decay.” While this has long been claimed by the public health bureaucracy, you should know that recent research does not support this assertion, and has found that there is no savings from water fluoridation when the cost of repairing the dental fluorosis caused by the water fluoridation is taken into account.
“This research by Ko and Thiessen, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, refutes the claims of this $38 savings per dollar spent. I would respectfully request that you stop making this claim, and that you send a letter to the Boards of Health making the correction. I would also invite you to comment on the record on this matter for my weekly newsletter the Massachusetts Fluoridation News.”
In response, Director of the state Office of Oral Health, Craig S. Andrade, writes, “The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) supports community water fluoridation and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s affirmation that fluoridation saves money in dental treatment costs for tooth decay.”
He makes no reference to the Ko and Thiessen study, and concludes, “For any further concerns about this study (sic), please contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
See related editorial.
Michigan, EPA faulted for not protecting Flint from lead in water
State officials mislead Flint, Michigan residents about the hazardous chemicals in their drinking water while the regional Environmental Protection Agency allowed the City of Flint to continue to operate its water supply in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, according to a report in the Jan. 16 issue of The Guardian.
Last fall “tests revealed elevated levels of chemical compounds in the water supply that can lead to liver or kidney issues. Nonetheless, officials downplayed residents’ concerns, saying – confidently – that the water was safe to drink,” reported the newspaper.
The head of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Dan Wyant, has resigned in disgrace because of his office’s mishandling of the matter.
Democractic Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has called for Michigan governor Rick Snyder to resign over the matter, calling the Flint water crisis, “one of the worst public health crises in the modern history of this country.”
According to press reports the City of Flint did not implement proper corrosion control measures, so the untreated water eroded lead from the city’s plumbing.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol. 2 No. 7 Belchertown, Massachusetts January 11, 2016
Health Commissioner Bharel passes buck on correction of fluoridation’s cost savings
Despite a peer-reviewed analysis that found no cost savings from water fluoridation when the cost of repairing dental fluorosis is factored in, state health officials maintain the practice saves money.
In a letter to Health Commissioner Monica Bharel last year we wrote:
“In your April 28, 2015 letter to Massachusetts Boards of Health you assert that, “...for every dollar spent on community water fluoridation, up to $38 is saved in treatment costs for tooth decay.” While this has long been claimed by the public health bureaucracy, you should know that recent research does not support this assertion, and has found that there is no savings from water fluoridation when the cost of repairing the dental fluorosis caused by the water fluoridation is taken into account.
“This research by Ko and Thiessen, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, refutes the claims of this $38 savings per dollar spent. I would respectfully request that you stop making this claim, and that you send a letter to the Boards of Health making the correction. I would also invite you to comment on the record on this matter for my weekly newsletter the Massachusetts Fluoridation News.”
In response, Director of the state Office of Oral Health, Craig S. Andrade, writes, “The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) supports community water fluoridation and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s affirmation that fluoridation saves money in dental treatment costs for tooth decay.”
He makes no reference to the Ko and Thiessen study, and concludes, “For any further concerns about this study (sic), please contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
See related editorial.
Michigan, EPA faulted for not protecting Flint from lead in water
State officials mislead Flint, Michigan residents about the hazardous chemicals in their drinking water while the regional Environmental Protection Agency allowed the City of Flint to continue to operate its water supply in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, according to a report in the Jan. 16 issue of The Guardian.
Last fall “tests revealed elevated levels of chemical compounds in the water supply that can lead to liver or kidney issues. Nonetheless, officials downplayed residents’ concerns, saying – confidently – that the water was safe to drink,” reported the newspaper.
The head of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Dan Wyant, has resigned in disgrace because of his office’s mishandling of the matter.
Democractic Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has called for Michigan governor Rick Snyder to resign over the matter, calling the Flint water crisis, “one of the worst public health crises in the modern history of this country.”
According to press reports the City of Flint did not implement proper corrosion control measures, so the untreated water eroded lead from the city’s plumbing.
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Virginia Tech engineering professor Marc Edwards, who found half of Flint’s homes had water
with lead concentrations above the 15 ppb maximum contaminant level said, "It was the injustice of it
all that the very agencies that are paid to protect these residents from lead in water, knew or should've
known after June at the very latest of this year, that federal law was not being followed in Flint, and that
these children and residents were not being protected. And the extent to which they went to cover this
up exposes a new level of arrogance and uncaring that I have never encountered."
The late Massachusetts engineer Myron Coplan of Natick and Roger Masters, professor of government at Dartmouth College, have reported similar leaching of lead from plumbing due to fluoridated water.
Carstairs petty swipes at Exner and Waldbott
We reported two weeks ago that University of Guelph historian Catherine Carstairs adopted the propagandistic characterization of the International Society for Fluoride Research and its scholarly journal Fluoride in her recent paper on the early history of fluoridation.
Last week we revealed that she was apparently unaware of a transcript of a 1951 meeting of state dental directors in which the public health dentists conspired to “knock down” or suppress research findings that fluoride was carcinogenic.
A further examination of her paper, “Debating water fluoridation before Dr. Strangelove,” that appeared in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health, and which is largely an “argument from authority” approach to the history of water fluoridation, revealed that it contains highly opinionated and inaccurate commentary on the career of the late Frederick Exner as well as a gratuitous swipe at the late George Waldbott.
Exner and Waldbott, both physicians, were among the leaders of the movement to stop water fluoridation, and co-authored the 1957 book, The American Fluoridation Experiment.
Of Exner, Carstairs writes, “...his passionate opposition to fluoridation, his attacks on the honesty and professionalism of fluoride scientists, and his scattered use of evidence diminished the quality of his testimony. It was clear he had an axe to grind, and it was easy for people sympathetic to fluoridation to dismiss his views.”
She goes on to ridicule Exner because he “asserted that the Sugar Research Foundation was a leading force behind fluoride promotion.”
Ironically, at the same time Carstairs article was in press, an article in the journal PLOS Medicine that examined historical documents from the sugar industry to investigate the industry’s role in shaping national dental policy found that, “The sugar industry could not deny the role of sucrose in dental caries given the scientific evidence. They therefore adopted a strategy to deflect attention to public health interventions that would reduce the harms of sugar consumption rather than restricting intake.”
The authors of this study concluded, “The [National Caries Program] was a missed opportunity to develop a scientific understanding of how to restrict sugar consumption to prevent tooth decay. A key factor was the alignment of research agendas between the [National Institute of Dental Research] and the sugar industry. “
In her effort to downplay Waldbott’s stature she includes a footnote that reads, “Waldbott is not mentioned in a hagiographic history of the American College of Allergists.”
In response to his work to end fluoridation Waldbott was the subject of continuous efforts to discredit him using a dossier compiled by the public health bureaucracy. It appears such efforts to discredit him continue– 35 years after his death.
The late Massachusetts engineer Myron Coplan of Natick and Roger Masters, professor of government at Dartmouth College, have reported similar leaching of lead from plumbing due to fluoridated water.
Carstairs petty swipes at Exner and Waldbott
We reported two weeks ago that University of Guelph historian Catherine Carstairs adopted the propagandistic characterization of the International Society for Fluoride Research and its scholarly journal Fluoride in her recent paper on the early history of fluoridation.
Last week we revealed that she was apparently unaware of a transcript of a 1951 meeting of state dental directors in which the public health dentists conspired to “knock down” or suppress research findings that fluoride was carcinogenic.
A further examination of her paper, “Debating water fluoridation before Dr. Strangelove,” that appeared in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health, and which is largely an “argument from authority” approach to the history of water fluoridation, revealed that it contains highly opinionated and inaccurate commentary on the career of the late Frederick Exner as well as a gratuitous swipe at the late George Waldbott.
Exner and Waldbott, both physicians, were among the leaders of the movement to stop water fluoridation, and co-authored the 1957 book, The American Fluoridation Experiment.
Of Exner, Carstairs writes, “...his passionate opposition to fluoridation, his attacks on the honesty and professionalism of fluoride scientists, and his scattered use of evidence diminished the quality of his testimony. It was clear he had an axe to grind, and it was easy for people sympathetic to fluoridation to dismiss his views.”
She goes on to ridicule Exner because he “asserted that the Sugar Research Foundation was a leading force behind fluoride promotion.”
Ironically, at the same time Carstairs article was in press, an article in the journal PLOS Medicine that examined historical documents from the sugar industry to investigate the industry’s role in shaping national dental policy found that, “The sugar industry could not deny the role of sucrose in dental caries given the scientific evidence. They therefore adopted a strategy to deflect attention to public health interventions that would reduce the harms of sugar consumption rather than restricting intake.”
The authors of this study concluded, “The [National Caries Program] was a missed opportunity to develop a scientific understanding of how to restrict sugar consumption to prevent tooth decay. A key factor was the alignment of research agendas between the [National Institute of Dental Research] and the sugar industry. “
In her effort to downplay Waldbott’s stature she includes a footnote that reads, “Waldbott is not mentioned in a hagiographic history of the American College of Allergists.”
In response to his work to end fluoridation Waldbott was the subject of continuous efforts to discredit him using a dossier compiled by the public health bureaucracy. It appears such efforts to discredit him continue– 35 years after his death.
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Editorial
No need for a rubber stamp Health Department
When the American Dental Association and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first made recommendations that parents consider not giving infant formula made with fluoridated water to their children, we thought it was an important development.
We contacted the Amherst Board of Health to ask if they would warn the public of this risk. They said that they deferred to the State Department of Public Health.
When we contacted the State Department of Public Health, they said they defer to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When we contacted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they said it was up to the manufacturers of infant formula to notify customers of the new warning on fluoridated water.
Now we see that the State Health Commissioner is again passing the buck. Director Andrade’s response to a query (see accompanying news report) essentially says, “We don’t think for ourselves. We just follow what the CDC says.”
If the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is going to be such a rubber stamp that it cannot respond on its own to a simple request, then these bureaucratic positions should be eliminated, and all phone calls should be forwarded to Atlanta.
Editorial
Don’t settle for low quality reporting
A newspaper is a product that is manufactured and sold. Readers have a right to expect that the product meets a certain standard of quality, yet we as a society have come to accept low quality reporting in our newspapers. This is particularly true regarding fluoridation. It is a rare occasion to see a report that is fully informed, and presents the whole story of water fluoridation.
For example, in the January 10 Santa Rosa Press Democract of California, reporter Clark Mason writes of a new ballot initiative to end fluoridation in Healdsburg.
“But critics view the chemical compound as an unsafe form of mass medication and say it may not work in reducing tooth decay. They claim recent studies show it may cause lower IQs in children, hypothyroidism and some cancers,” he reports.
People claim recent studies show these things because recent studies actually do show these things. It’s not an assertion. The studies are published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. But the reporter is too disciplined or too lazy to confirm that what the people are claiming is true, as if the reporter’s job is to simply wander around recording what people claim.
We should insist on higher quality reporting before we give our money to these papers.
In contrast Beau Evans, reporting in the Point Reyes Light about an initiative there to require that the Marin Municipal Water District certify the fluoride products used there as safe, reports that critics of fluoridation “cite recent studies...that show a potential link between fluoridated water and hypothyroid conditions.” People cite the studies. The studies exist. They show what they show. Higher quality reporting.
No need for a rubber stamp Health Department
When the American Dental Association and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first made recommendations that parents consider not giving infant formula made with fluoridated water to their children, we thought it was an important development.
We contacted the Amherst Board of Health to ask if they would warn the public of this risk. They said that they deferred to the State Department of Public Health.
When we contacted the State Department of Public Health, they said they defer to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When we contacted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they said it was up to the manufacturers of infant formula to notify customers of the new warning on fluoridated water.
Now we see that the State Health Commissioner is again passing the buck. Director Andrade’s response to a query (see accompanying news report) essentially says, “We don’t think for ourselves. We just follow what the CDC says.”
If the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is going to be such a rubber stamp that it cannot respond on its own to a simple request, then these bureaucratic positions should be eliminated, and all phone calls should be forwarded to Atlanta.
Editorial
Don’t settle for low quality reporting
A newspaper is a product that is manufactured and sold. Readers have a right to expect that the product meets a certain standard of quality, yet we as a society have come to accept low quality reporting in our newspapers. This is particularly true regarding fluoridation. It is a rare occasion to see a report that is fully informed, and presents the whole story of water fluoridation.
For example, in the January 10 Santa Rosa Press Democract of California, reporter Clark Mason writes of a new ballot initiative to end fluoridation in Healdsburg.
“But critics view the chemical compound as an unsafe form of mass medication and say it may not work in reducing tooth decay. They claim recent studies show it may cause lower IQs in children, hypothyroidism and some cancers,” he reports.
People claim recent studies show these things because recent studies actually do show these things. It’s not an assertion. The studies are published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. But the reporter is too disciplined or too lazy to confirm that what the people are claiming is true, as if the reporter’s job is to simply wander around recording what people claim.
We should insist on higher quality reporting before we give our money to these papers.
In contrast Beau Evans, reporting in the Point Reyes Light about an initiative there to require that the Marin Municipal Water District certify the fluoride products used there as safe, reports that critics of fluoridation “cite recent studies...that show a potential link between fluoridated water and hypothyroid conditions.” People cite the studies. The studies exist. They show what they show. Higher quality reporting.
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Neurotoxin Resolution and its signers
In our previous issues we introduced the “Neurotoxin Resolution” (reprinted below) that calls for an end to water fluoridation in Massachusetts. In this issue we continue publishing the names of signers of the resolution. As names are added we will begin to list them by town and legislative district. Anyone who would like an electronic version of the petition and a related flyer should contact Michael F. Dolan at 413-323-5327 or mdolan.ecsn@outlook.com or P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007.
A Resolution to Prohibit the Addition of Fluoride to Community Water Systems in Massachusetts
Preamble. This resolution is written in honor of the scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency and elsewhere for reporting the adverse effects of fluoridated water.
Whereas a liter of fluoridated tap water contains the same dose of fluoride as the prescription medicine, and
Whereas water fluoridation violates the fundamental medical ethical principle of informed consent, and
Whereas a National Research Council investigation concluded that the current regulation of fluoride in drinking water does not protect the population of the United States, and
Whereas dozens of studies have found that fluoride in drinking water is a neurotoxin that lowers children’s IQ, and a Harvard meta-analysis of these studies confirmed the neurotoxicity of fluoride in drinking water, and
Whereas the EPA’s Neurotoxicology Division labels fluoride as a chemical with “substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity,”
Now therefore be it resolved that the General Laws of Massachusetts shall be revised by the passage of a measure prohibiting the addition of fluoride to community water systems in Massachusetts.
please sign and return to: Public Notice on Water Fluoridation c/o Michael F. Dolan, P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007
References:
Choi, A.L., Sun, G., Zhang, Y. and Grandjean, P. 2012. Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: A systematic review and meta- analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 120: 1362-1368.
Grandjean, P. and Landrigan, P.J. 2014. Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity. Lancet Neurology 13: 330-338.
Signers of the Neurotoxin Resolution:
Godbless Asante of Southbridge, Rich Aucoin of Worcester, Luis Ayala of Southbridge, Jacalyn Balerine of Southbridge, Martin A. Barroll of Paxton, Mary Barroll of Paxton, Paula Bernier of Athol, Rita Besseck of Athol, Bobbi Billow of Athol, Lori Bisson of Athol, Joan Bonner
In our previous issues we introduced the “Neurotoxin Resolution” (reprinted below) that calls for an end to water fluoridation in Massachusetts. In this issue we continue publishing the names of signers of the resolution. As names are added we will begin to list them by town and legislative district. Anyone who would like an electronic version of the petition and a related flyer should contact Michael F. Dolan at 413-323-5327 or mdolan.ecsn@outlook.com or P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007.
A Resolution to Prohibit the Addition of Fluoride to Community Water Systems in Massachusetts
Preamble. This resolution is written in honor of the scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency and elsewhere for reporting the adverse effects of fluoridated water.
Whereas a liter of fluoridated tap water contains the same dose of fluoride as the prescription medicine, and
Whereas water fluoridation violates the fundamental medical ethical principle of informed consent, and
Whereas a National Research Council investigation concluded that the current regulation of fluoride in drinking water does not protect the population of the United States, and
Whereas dozens of studies have found that fluoride in drinking water is a neurotoxin that lowers children’s IQ, and a Harvard meta-analysis of these studies confirmed the neurotoxicity of fluoride in drinking water, and
Whereas the EPA’s Neurotoxicology Division labels fluoride as a chemical with “substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity,”
Now therefore be it resolved that the General Laws of Massachusetts shall be revised by the passage of a measure prohibiting the addition of fluoride to community water systems in Massachusetts.
please sign and return to: Public Notice on Water Fluoridation c/o Michael F. Dolan, P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007
References:
Choi, A.L., Sun, G., Zhang, Y. and Grandjean, P. 2012. Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: A systematic review and meta- analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 120: 1362-1368.
Grandjean, P. and Landrigan, P.J. 2014. Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity. Lancet Neurology 13: 330-338.
Signers of the Neurotoxin Resolution:
Godbless Asante of Southbridge, Rich Aucoin of Worcester, Luis Ayala of Southbridge, Jacalyn Balerine of Southbridge, Martin A. Barroll of Paxton, Mary Barroll of Paxton, Paula Bernier of Athol, Rita Besseck of Athol, Bobbi Billow of Athol, Lori Bisson of Athol, Joan Bonner
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of Athol, Shirley Bullock of Athol, Meghan Burch of Orange, Marisa Caputo of Athol, William
Cass of Athol, Remy Cellera of Orange, Dael A. Chapman of Amherst, Michelle Chenier of
Southbridge, Teresa L. Cierla of Southbridge, William Coady of Orange, Karla Collazo of
Southbridge, Damany Corren of Southbridge, John Crockett of Athol, Jessica Crickett of Athol,
Sarah Cyhowski of Erving, Alisha M. Cummings of Athol,
Also Brad Daigle of Dudley, John Delisle of Sturbridge, G. John Di Bonaventura of Southbridge, Marguerite V. Doane of Orange, Michael F. Dolan of Belchertown, Ayla Doubleday of Warwick, Irene Dzioba of Amherst, Majke Ellis of Southbridge, Dori Ehrlich of Amherst, Jeffrey Farr of Dudley, Margaret Farr of Dudley, Julie Farrell of Baldwinsville, Peter Farrell of Baldwinsville, Mark Ferrari of Athol, Bella Finnell of Athol, Frank Franconeri of Southbridge, William Fregeau of Athol,
Also Ellaine Garrepy of Dudley, Janice Gendreau of Southbridge, Louis Gianakaker of Athol, Amanda Gidney of Orange, Kylii Godin of Southbridge, Susan Guerchon of Amherst, Natasha Hanna of Orange,Carol Haskins of Orange, Tiffany Hickey of Orange, E.C. Higgins of Orange, Elliot Higgins of Orange, Elizabeth Horn of Sturbridge, Bernard Horowitz of New Salem, Timothy R. Jaillet of Athol, Miranda Jefferson of Athol, Anthony Johnson of Southbridge, Manuel King of Orange, Mary King of Orange, Brian C. Kopinto of Belchertown,
Also Chris Lamira of Southbridge, Sheril Lawrence of Orange, Miguel Lebrón of Southbridge, Leonar Legros of Fitchburg, Melissa Lemieux of Warwick, Xavier Omar Lopez of Southbridge, Rober Lorai of Southbridge, Arriana Lott of New Salem, Stephen MacLean of Athol, Darvan Major of Orange, Brian P. Mallet of Orange, Louise Mangan of Athol, Edward Martini of Westboro, Larry Martowski of Athol, Mary Ellen Mathews of Southbridge, Peggy Matthews- Nilsen of Amherst, Malissa Mazza of Athol, Maureen McGrath of Orange, Cara McLoughlin of Athol, Chris Melanson of Orange, Jane Merritt of Organge, Melvin Merritt of Orange, Nancy Murphy of Athol, David Mutzic of Athol, Sarah Myntti of Athol,
Also Roswitha Novak of Orange, Dave Paul of Orange, Mellonie Pauley of Dudley, Lillian G. Peps of Orange, Victor Perez of Athol, Edward Phillips of Southbridge, Dana Ploof of New Salem, Robert Rivard of Erving, Juan Rodriguez of Southbridge, Rachel Roy of Athol, Elizabeth St. Lawrence of Orange, Jonathan Sapaugh of Southbridge Nicole Sava of Southbridge, Annabel Shaw of Athol, Fred Shaw of Athol, David Skosupa of Warwick, Bonnie Smith of Amherst, Juanita Smith of Athol, Paul Smith of Southbridge, Shawn L. Smith of Amherst, Devon Softic of Athol, Lisa Soyer-Burk of Athol, Karla Stanley of Athol, Phyllis Stevens of Dufley, Harold Stowell of Wendell, William Sykes of Orange,
Also Deborah Teague of Orange, Jeremy Tetlow of Southbridge, Brendan Thideault of Southbridge, Matthew Tie of Athol, Joe Torzin of Orange, Carl Walker of Athol, Trevor Wilson of Southbridge, Debra Wirth of Amherst, Mark A. Wisniewski of Deerfield, Ellen Woodbury of Athol, Holly Young of Athol.
Also Brad Daigle of Dudley, John Delisle of Sturbridge, G. John Di Bonaventura of Southbridge, Marguerite V. Doane of Orange, Michael F. Dolan of Belchertown, Ayla Doubleday of Warwick, Irene Dzioba of Amherst, Majke Ellis of Southbridge, Dori Ehrlich of Amherst, Jeffrey Farr of Dudley, Margaret Farr of Dudley, Julie Farrell of Baldwinsville, Peter Farrell of Baldwinsville, Mark Ferrari of Athol, Bella Finnell of Athol, Frank Franconeri of Southbridge, William Fregeau of Athol,
Also Ellaine Garrepy of Dudley, Janice Gendreau of Southbridge, Louis Gianakaker of Athol, Amanda Gidney of Orange, Kylii Godin of Southbridge, Susan Guerchon of Amherst, Natasha Hanna of Orange,Carol Haskins of Orange, Tiffany Hickey of Orange, E.C. Higgins of Orange, Elliot Higgins of Orange, Elizabeth Horn of Sturbridge, Bernard Horowitz of New Salem, Timothy R. Jaillet of Athol, Miranda Jefferson of Athol, Anthony Johnson of Southbridge, Manuel King of Orange, Mary King of Orange, Brian C. Kopinto of Belchertown,
Also Chris Lamira of Southbridge, Sheril Lawrence of Orange, Miguel Lebrón of Southbridge, Leonar Legros of Fitchburg, Melissa Lemieux of Warwick, Xavier Omar Lopez of Southbridge, Rober Lorai of Southbridge, Arriana Lott of New Salem, Stephen MacLean of Athol, Darvan Major of Orange, Brian P. Mallet of Orange, Louise Mangan of Athol, Edward Martini of Westboro, Larry Martowski of Athol, Mary Ellen Mathews of Southbridge, Peggy Matthews- Nilsen of Amherst, Malissa Mazza of Athol, Maureen McGrath of Orange, Cara McLoughlin of Athol, Chris Melanson of Orange, Jane Merritt of Organge, Melvin Merritt of Orange, Nancy Murphy of Athol, David Mutzic of Athol, Sarah Myntti of Athol,
Also Roswitha Novak of Orange, Dave Paul of Orange, Mellonie Pauley of Dudley, Lillian G. Peps of Orange, Victor Perez of Athol, Edward Phillips of Southbridge, Dana Ploof of New Salem, Robert Rivard of Erving, Juan Rodriguez of Southbridge, Rachel Roy of Athol, Elizabeth St. Lawrence of Orange, Jonathan Sapaugh of Southbridge Nicole Sava of Southbridge, Annabel Shaw of Athol, Fred Shaw of Athol, David Skosupa of Warwick, Bonnie Smith of Amherst, Juanita Smith of Athol, Paul Smith of Southbridge, Shawn L. Smith of Amherst, Devon Softic of Athol, Lisa Soyer-Burk of Athol, Karla Stanley of Athol, Phyllis Stevens of Dufley, Harold Stowell of Wendell, William Sykes of Orange,
Also Deborah Teague of Orange, Jeremy Tetlow of Southbridge, Brendan Thideault of Southbridge, Matthew Tie of Athol, Joe Torzin of Orange, Carl Walker of Athol, Trevor Wilson of Southbridge, Debra Wirth of Amherst, Mark A. Wisniewski of Deerfield, Ellen Woodbury of Athol, Holly Young of Athol.
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Fluoridated cities and towns in Massachusetts
The following list of fluoridated cities and towns was obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health website, dated January 2014. We have not included eighteen towns that are listed, but have only a few residents receiving fluoridated water, or where only institutional inmates are receiving fluoridated water.
Fluoridated cities and towns: Acton, Acushnet, Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Ashburnham, Athol, Attleboro, Bedford, Belmont, Beverly, Billerica, Boston, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth [unspecified, diluted fluoride concentration between April and October], Dedham, Dracut, Duxbury, Essex, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Franklin, Gardner, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Hingham, Holden, Holliston, Holyoke, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln, Longmeadow, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester by the Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marlborough, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Middleton, Millis, Milton, Nahant, Natick, New Bedford, Needham, Newburyport, Newton, North Andover, North Attleboro, Northborough, North Reading, Norwood, Oak Bluffs, Oxford, Peabody, Pembroke, Plainville, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Rutland, Salem, Saugus, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Sommerville, Southboro, Southbridge, Stoughton, Stoneham, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Tyngsboro, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wenham, Wellesley, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, West Newbury, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn. Non-fluoridated cities and towns: All of Berkshire County, all of Franklin County, all of Hampshire County except Amherst, all of Hampden County except for Holyoke and Longmeadow, all of Cape Cod. The individual non-fluoridated municipalities are: Abington, Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amesbury, Aquinnah, Ashby, Ashfield, Ashland, Avon, Ayer, Barnstable, Barre, Becket, Belchertown, Bellingham, Berkley, Berkshire, Berlin, Bernardston, Blackstone, Bolton, Blandford, Bourne, Boxborough, Boylston, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brimfield, Brockton, Brookfield, Buckland, Carlisle, Carver, Charlemont, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Chilmark, Clarksburg, Clinton, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Deerfield, Dennis, Dighton, Douglas, Dover, Drury, Dudley, Dunstable, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Eastham, Easthampton, East Longmeadow, Easton, Edgartown, Egremont, Erving, Fairhaven, Falmouth, Florida, Foxborough, Georgetown, Gill, Goshen, Grafton, Granby, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Groton, Hadley, Halifax, Hampden, Hancock, Hanover, Hanson, Hardwick, Harvard, Harwich, Hatfield, Hawley, Haydenville, Heath, Hinsdale, Holbrook, Holland, Holyoke, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Huntington, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lanesboro, Lee, Leicester, Lenox, Leominster, Leverett, Littleton, Ludlow, Lunenberg, Marion, Marshfield, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middlefield, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Monroe, Monson, Montague, Montgomery, Mount Washington, Nantucket, New Ashford, New Braintree, Newbury, New Marlborough, New Salem, North Adams, Norfolk, Northampton, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Northfield, Norton, Norwell, Oakham, Orange, Orleans, Otis, Palmer, Paxton, Pelham, Pepperell, Peru, Petersham, Phillipston, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Provincetown, Randolph, Raynham, Rehoboth, Richmond, Rochester, Rockland, Rowley, Rowe, Royalston, Russell, Salisbury, Sandisfield,
The following list of fluoridated cities and towns was obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health website, dated January 2014. We have not included eighteen towns that are listed, but have only a few residents receiving fluoridated water, or where only institutional inmates are receiving fluoridated water.
Fluoridated cities and towns: Acton, Acushnet, Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Ashburnham, Athol, Attleboro, Bedford, Belmont, Beverly, Billerica, Boston, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth [unspecified, diluted fluoride concentration between April and October], Dedham, Dracut, Duxbury, Essex, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Franklin, Gardner, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Hingham, Holden, Holliston, Holyoke, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln, Longmeadow, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester by the Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marlborough, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Middleton, Millis, Milton, Nahant, Natick, New Bedford, Needham, Newburyport, Newton, North Andover, North Attleboro, Northborough, North Reading, Norwood, Oak Bluffs, Oxford, Peabody, Pembroke, Plainville, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Rutland, Salem, Saugus, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Sommerville, Southboro, Southbridge, Stoughton, Stoneham, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Tyngsboro, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wenham, Wellesley, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, West Newbury, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn. Non-fluoridated cities and towns: All of Berkshire County, all of Franklin County, all of Hampshire County except Amherst, all of Hampden County except for Holyoke and Longmeadow, all of Cape Cod. The individual non-fluoridated municipalities are: Abington, Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amesbury, Aquinnah, Ashby, Ashfield, Ashland, Avon, Ayer, Barnstable, Barre, Becket, Belchertown, Bellingham, Berkley, Berkshire, Berlin, Bernardston, Blackstone, Bolton, Blandford, Bourne, Boxborough, Boylston, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brimfield, Brockton, Brookfield, Buckland, Carlisle, Carver, Charlemont, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Chilmark, Clarksburg, Clinton, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Deerfield, Dennis, Dighton, Douglas, Dover, Drury, Dudley, Dunstable, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Eastham, Easthampton, East Longmeadow, Easton, Edgartown, Egremont, Erving, Fairhaven, Falmouth, Florida, Foxborough, Georgetown, Gill, Goshen, Grafton, Granby, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Groton, Hadley, Halifax, Hampden, Hancock, Hanover, Hanson, Hardwick, Harvard, Harwich, Hatfield, Hawley, Haydenville, Heath, Hinsdale, Holbrook, Holland, Holyoke, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Huntington, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lanesboro, Lee, Leicester, Lenox, Leominster, Leverett, Littleton, Ludlow, Lunenberg, Marion, Marshfield, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middlefield, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Monroe, Monson, Montague, Montgomery, Mount Washington, Nantucket, New Ashford, New Braintree, Newbury, New Marlborough, New Salem, North Adams, Norfolk, Northampton, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Northfield, Norton, Norwell, Oakham, Orange, Orleans, Otis, Palmer, Paxton, Pelham, Pepperell, Peru, Petersham, Phillipston, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Provincetown, Randolph, Raynham, Rehoboth, Richmond, Rochester, Rockland, Rowley, Rowe, Royalston, Russell, Salisbury, Sandisfield,
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Sandwich, Savoy, Sheffield, Shelburne, Sherborn, Shirley, Shutesbury, Southampton, Southfield,
South Hadley, Southwick, Spencer, Springfield, Stockbridge, Stoughton, Stow, Sunderland,
Tolland, Townsend, Truro, Tyringham, Upton, Uxbridge, Vineyard Haven, Wales, Ware,
Wareham, Warren, Warwick, Washington, Webster, Wellfleet, Wendell, West Boylston, West
Bridgewater, West Brookfield, Westfield, Westhampton, Westport, West Springfield, West
Tisbury, Whately, Whitman, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Wilmington,
Winchendon, Windsor, Worcester, Worthington, Wrentham, Yarmouth.
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