Fluoride in water fuels a decades long debate
A historical view traces fluoride from 1950s opposition to today’s broad endorsement. Key figures include Jody Morgenegg and Scotia village board opponents, contrasted with supporters like Jim Palmer and Darrell Sanders. The piece notes health agencies backing fluoridation, studies linking decay prevention, and the 1990s National Toxicology Program signals, with origins in fluorosis research.
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Jody Morgenegg
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Jim Palmer
US Public Health Service
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American Medical Association
Cito
Darrell Sanders
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
John Yiamougiannis
Delaware
Ohio
National Toxicology Program
John Bucher
Southwest
Colorado
Texas
Newburgh
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cancer victim guilty of drug charge in Baltimore
DelValle Santos, 77, treated for acute leukemia at the University of Maryland Cancer Center, pleaded guilty to selling cocaine from his home. He was sentenced to eight months already served after delays tied to co-defendant Luz C. Locklear. The state had offered a four-year term and argued Santos’s impact on the neighborhood, despite his illness.
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DelValle Santos
University of Maryland Cancer Center
Arriel Davis
Santos
Luz C. Locklear
Leslie A. Stein
Martin J. Clarke
Clarke
Gateway Rehab fires and smoke ban trial ends in relapse row
In Alcuippa Pennsylvania Gateway Rehabilitation Center banned smoking for patients and staff last fall to support sobriety after Robin D died of emphysema at 43. The policy failed within eight months as patients and some staff resisted and a black market for cigarettes arose. Administrators softened the rule but kept a compromise allowing limited outdoor smoking, while Dr. Abraham Twerski plans another effort toward a fully smoke free clinic.
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Gateway Rehabilitation Center
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Abraham Twerski
Pittsburgh
Neil Capretto
Gateway
Sharon Eakes
Joe M
American Civil Liberties Union
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Leeann Unitas
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Capretta
Ihit
Ms. Bakes
Cornwall
Kmart
Darryl
Terry
West Virginia
Twerski
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