Blue Water Area officials are weighing on the county health department’s medical director asking communities to voluntarily stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Port Huron City Manager James Freed said the city plans to continue following federal guidance and criticized how the recommendation was communicated. “It’s hard to take the medical director seriously when he […]
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County medical director asks for voluntary halt in fluoride
St. Clair County Health Department Medical Director Dr. Remington Nevin wants municipalities to voluntarily discontinue water fluoridation, according to a March 3 news release from the department. Nevin sent a memorandum dated March 2 “outlining recent scientific and federal regulatory developments related to community water fluoridation.” He stated the memorandum was due to the U.S. […]
Central Pa. municipality votes to remove fluoride from public water
SELINSGROVE — A second community in the central Susquehanna Valley has voted to remove fluoride from its public water supply. Selinsgrove Borough Council Monday night voted 5-2 to begin the process. The Sunbury Municipal Authority in October voted 4-3 to stop adding fluoride to the water. A system must obtain a permit from the Department […]
EPA pushes back on drinking water fluoridation regulation
The federal government maintained before a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday that a federal judge overstepped and made his own arguments while ruling in favor of an nonprofit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for fluoridation levels in drinking water. Citing instructions of a lower court’s September 2024 order, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Robert N. Stander […]
Fluoride dosing suspended at Tweed water treatment plant
TWEED Shire’s drinking water has been without fluoride for almost three months after a system failure at the Bray Park Water Treatment Plant. Tweed Shire Council said the fluoridation system has been offline since November 25 due to significant maintenance work required on a fluoride storage tank. The council has notified NSW Health of the […]
2 Water Defluoridation Bills Scheduled For Tennessee House & Senate Committees
Two separate bills requiring the total removal of chemical fluoride from public water supplies are set to be heard in Tennessee House and Senate committees on Wednesday of this week. HB2396/SB0162 is less than one page long and would simply add fluoridating a public water system to the list of prohibited acts concerning water systems […]
Iowa fluoride ban bill awaits action as dentists warn of rising tooth decay
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa House members introduced a bill that could change what’s in your drinking water. HF 2395 would ban the addition of fluoride in public and private water systems statewide. Supporters of the bill say it’s about health, but dentists warn the move could have lasting impacts. Fluoride is a mineral that […]
Hixson Rep. Reneau’s bill would ban fluoride in Tennessee public drinking water
A bill introduced by state Rep. Michele Reneau, R-Hixson, would prohibit water utilities like Tennessee American Water, which supplies Chattanooga with water, from adding fluoride as they do now to comply with current state law. If the measure passes, Tennessee would join Florida and Utah in banning the additive. Many people prefer not to have […]
AWWA, AMWA urge EPA to broaden fluoride health review before revising standards
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a more comprehensive and independent scientific review as it reassesses the health risks of fluoride in drinking water. In joint comments submitted Feb. 26 on EPA’s “Review of Science on Fluoride […]
Black Hawk County Board of Health updates positions on water fluoridation, raw milk
The Black Hawk County Board of Health has approved updated position statements supporting community water fluoridation and opposing the retail sale of raw milk. The board said the updates reflect current scientific research and local health priorities. The action follows a January vote to revise the board’s position statement on radon as part of an […]