Coverage dated October 19, 2022 to October 20, 2022

Worker who lowered Vermont town's fluoride for years resigns

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

A town employee who for years quietly lowered the fluoride level in a Vermont community’s drinking water has resigned. Richmond water superintendent Kendall Chamberlin submitted a letter of resignation Monday.

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  1. The Buffalo News

    Worker who quietly lowered town's fluoride for years resigns (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    A town employee who for years quietly lowered the fluoride level in a Vermont community’s drinking water has resigned. Richmond water superintendent Kendall Chamberlin submitted a letter of resignation Monday.

  2. Boston

    Worker who quietly lowered Vermont town's fluoride for years resigns (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    Chamberlin wrote that he has each day accurately measured the fluoride levels in the water.

  3. WNYT Albany

    Employee who quietly lowered fluoride in Vermont town's water resigns and says it went on for over 10 years (opens WNYT Albany)

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    WNYT Albany's feed description

    Employee who quietly lowered fluoride in Vermont town's water resigns and says it went on for over 10 years.

  4. NPR

    A town employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in water has resigned (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The Richmond, Vt., water superintendent revealed in his resignation letter that fluoride levels have not been in the state-recommended range for over a decade — far longer than previously disclosed.

  5. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Vermont worker who quietly lowered town's fluoride for years resigns (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    A Richmond, Vt., employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in a Vermont community's drinking water for years has resigned — and is asserting that the levels had actually been low for much longer than believed.

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Worker who lowered Vermont town's fluoride for years resigns (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    A town employee who for years quietly lowered the fluoride level in a Vermont community’s drinking water has resigned. Richmond water superintendent Kendall Chamberlin submitted a letter of resignation Monday.

  7. NBC News

    Vermont town employee who quietly lowered fluoride in water for years resigns (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The addition of fluoride to public drinking water systems has been routine in communities across the United States since the 1940s and 1950s.

  8. New York Times

    A Vermont Town’s Water Official Resigns Amid Fluoridation Confusion (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Kendall Chamberlin, the town’s water superintendent for over 30 years, said he had been lowering fluoride levels well below state guidelines for more than a decade.

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