Community Officials debate fluoride in Blue Water Area water

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]