Fort Worth’s drinking water shouldn’t change unless federal officials determine otherwise after assessing the toxicity of fluoride, city staff said Tuesday. Concerns about fluoride levels were brought up by council member Macy Hill and echoed conversations occurring in cities and states nationwide about the future of the decades-old choice to add fluoride to drinking water. […]
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Judge in Central Alabama Water case once prayed ‘karma and justice’ find utility lawyers after terminating his contract
Less than a year ago, Circuit Court Judge Fred Bolling recused himself from a lawsuit at the request of the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB), after lawyers for the utility questioned his ability to be impartial. “The presence of a strained or adversarial attorney-client relationship creates an unacceptable risk of perceived bias,” Mark Parnell, a […]
Hanover to get fluoride delivery April 9, supplier facing no shortage
Hanover Borough will soon receive a fluoride delivery, avoiding the need for an emergency permit to pause its use in the public water system. This supply issue is separate from the borough council’s ongoing consideration to permanently remove fluoride from the water system. A supplier, Univar Solutions, stated it has ample supplies of fluoride, despite […]
Judge says fluoride must go back in water, but a Central Alabama Water board member isn’t convinced
Central Alabama Water customers may not have to wait much longer for fluoride to return to their drinking water — at least that’s the hope after a judge granted a temporary restraining order against the utility. The order came Monday, just days after the city of Birmingham sued CAW, arguing the utility stopped fluoridating the […]
Colgate must face lawsuit over mouthwash safety for kids, judge rules
Two class-action lawsuits against Colgate-Palmolive, which accuse the company of misleading parents into believing its range of fluoride mouthwashes is suitable for young children, will proceed, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood in Chicago sided with the plaintiffs in the cases after they pointed out that America’s healthcare authorities warn against kids aged […]
Alabama water system ordered to add fluoride: Judge slams ‘blatant disregard’ for law
A Jefferson County judge has ordered Central Alabama Water to immediately resume adding fluoride to the state’s largest water system until he hears arguments in court. The order this afternoon from Judge Fred Bolling is a victory for the city of Birmingham which sued Central Alabama Water Friday after the utility’s CEO announced an immediate […]
Judge orders Central Alabama Water to restore fluoride to drinking water
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – A Jefferson County Circuit Judge is ordering Alabama’s largest water utility to restore fluoride to its drinking water supply while a lawsuit filed by the city of Birmingham makes its way through the court system. Circuit Judge Frederic Allen Bolling granted a temporary restraining order Monday requiring Alabama’s largest water utility […]
Fluoride returning to Auckland’s drinking water supply from today
Aucklanders can be assured their drinking water?remains?completely safe and of high quality. From today (Monday, April 30),?Watercare is progressively returning fluoride to the water treatment process at its?water treatment?plants over the next two weeks. Fluoridation was temporarily paused at our metropolitan water treatment plants while we changed stocks of our fluoride product. The pause followed […]
Fluoride To Stay In City’s Water For Now
After consulting with local dentists and doctors, fluoridation of city drinking water will likely continue for now, according to mayor Sullivan in answer to a citizen’s question during a recent town hall meeting at the Nix Center. Last October she said removing it was being considered, as is being done some other places in the […]
Valdese may remove fluoride treatments from its water
Town of Valdese staff recommended removing fluoride treatments from the town’s water to save money and create a less hazardous work environment — but it was put on the consent agenda, a choice some residents disapproved of. After hearing from the public, Town Manager Todd Herms said the item will be taken off consent and […]