Corning, NY, recently turned down a measure to fluoridate its water, according to an ADA News article.
A ballot measure that could prohibit the city council from enacting legislation to fluoridate water won by nine votes, the article noted.
"It is extremely frustrating to have worked on this for two-and-a-half years and come up nine votes short," said Dr. Tom Curran, a retired oral surgeon who practiced for 37 years in Corning and surrounding towns, in the article. "And for the last five months before the election, I worked seven days a week on the campaign."
Dr. Curran is on the steering committee for the New York State Oral Health Coalition, serving as chairman for water fluoridation.
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