How did Xpress readers process all the local news and changes this year? Here’s a look at the topics that generated the most commentaries, letters to the editor and online comments in Xpress in 2019.
Tag: water fluoridation
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Letter: City shouldn’t force residents to drink fluoridated water
“If you want to use fluoride on your teeth, you have that right. But the city of Asheville has no right to force its residents to ingest and swallow a known neurotoxin that is on the same short list with lead and mercury for its neurotoxic effect on humans.”
It’s that time of year
Letter writer: City should use caution and stop water fluoridation
“Regarding Asheville’s decision to fluoridate our city water, I would like to suggest to Mayor [Esther] Manheimer she act on the side of caution immediately.”
Letter writer: Let’s stop outdated water fluoridation
“Water fluoridation has always been a matter of ‘tobacco science,’ meaning that the real science to support the practice was never there to begin with.”
Letter writer: Evidence makes case to stop adding fluoride to Asheville’s drinking water
“Since it can be shown that fluoride is ineffective and harmful to our health, a case can be made to discontinue putting it in.”
Food Policy Council urges Asheville to stop fluoridating water
The addition of fluoride to municipal drinking water supplies has been a controversial topic for many years, with opponents asserting that fluoridation carries health risks that outweigh any benefits. The Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council has taken a stand on the issue.