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Residents, dental and medical professionals urge council to retain community water fluoridation
Summary
At least a dozen residents, dentists and health professionals spoke during public comment asking Ishpeming City Council not to discontinue water fluoridation and to consider its public-health benefits for children and low-income residents.
Dozens of residents, dentists, hygienists and other health professionals urged the Ishpeming City Council to continue fluoridating the city water supply, citing decades of public-health research and potential harms to vulnerable populations if fluoridation were removed.
Speakers included dentists and dental-hygiene professionals who described clinical experience with tooth decay and abscesses and who called fluoridation a low-cost preventive measure. Dr. Jim Hayward, who identified himself as a resident of Negaunee…
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