The city of Birmingham filed a lawsuit and requested an emergency court order this week against the local water utility, demanding it immediately resume adding fluoride to the public drinking water. In a complaint filed Thursday in Jefferson County Circuit Court, the city accused Central Alabama Water of illegally and abruptly stopping its nearly 50-year […]
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Hanover seeks pause in fluoride use amid shortage
Hanover Borough is seeking an emergency permit to stop adding fluoride to its water due to a supply shortage. The borough’s fluoride supplier was unable to source the chemical and declined its supply contract. Current fluoride supplies for the water system are expected to run out within four to six weeks, officials say. Hanover Borough […]
EU Delegation to Korea hosts a Seminar on Fluorinated Gas Reduction & Management
SEOUL, 25 March 2026 – On Wednesday, 25 March 2026, the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, as part of the EU-Korea Green Partnership, successfully hosted an expert-level seminar on the reduction and management of fluorinated gases (F-gases). The event opened with high-level remarks from Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European […]
‘Corrosion’ risk prompts pause on Hamilton’s fluoride
Hamilton City Council is taking a three-week break from fluoridating the city’s drinking water due to potential “corrosive” qualities detected in the chemical additive. However, the quality and safety of Hamilton’s water was not at all compromised – rather, it was the areas where the council stored its fluoride, before adding it to the water, […]
ADPH, state lawmaker question if Central Alabama Water followed law for removing fluoride from public water
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Less than a week after Central Alabama Water (CAW) announced its intention to remove fluoride from public drinking water at one of their filter plants, officials with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and a state lawmaker are questioning if the utility followed state law to do so. Section 22-23-21 […]
Massive rare earth oxide reserves discovered in Sichuan
China has discovered an additional 9.67 million metric tons of rare earth oxides in Mianning county, Sichuan province, raising the total to 11.46 million tons, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Tuesday. The increase makes the county’s Maoniuping deposit the world’s second-largest in-production source of light rare earth elements, behind the Bayan Obo site […]
Birmingham water board blames past leaders as fluoride controversy grows
Facing scrutiny for their decision to immediately stop adding fluoride to drinking water, without input from the public, the leaders of Alabama’s largest water utility said most customers have not been getting fluoride for years anyway. “It’s important to realize that pretty much no one in Birmingham has had any fluoride in their water for two […]
Vale says repairs that will correct Vermilion plant fluoridation issue to take a week
Ongoing repairs at the Vermilion Water Treatment Plant have lowered fluoride below optimal levels for some residents of Greater Sudbury. Public Health Sudbury & Districts said in a news release that levels of fluoride are below what is considered optimal for oral health. “There are no immediate health risks to the public,” Public Health said. […]
After board votes down re-fluoridation, what’s next for DeForest water?
Just over a year ago, DeForest trustees voted to stop adding fluoride to the village’s water. Then, after a shakeup of the village’s board, trustees started taking steps to reverse that decision. But, on March 17, a vote to reintroduce fluoride failed with a 3-3 tie. The deadlock came as a surprise to many. Nonetheless, supporters […]
Hazleton authority to stop adding fluoride to water
Hazleton City Authority plans to stop adding fluoride to water. Fluoride helps prevent cavities and has been an additive in the Hazleton area’s water since the authority opened its treatment plant in 1993. Now removing fluoridation equipment will make room to expand the plant so it can treat 15 million gallons a day, up from […]