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 […]
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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 […]
Former board pushes back as CAW blames past for fluoridation lapse
Following mounting scrutiny over its decision to stop adding fluoride to drinking water, leadership at Central Alabama Water is offering a new explanation: fluoridation had already lapsed years earlier under the previous Birmingham Water Works Board. Rather than just a recent policy shift, CAW officials now describe the situation as a gradual breakdown caused by […]
Colgate must face lawsuits over safety of mouth rinse for young children
A federal judge on ?Friday said Colgate-Palmolive (CL.N) must face two lawsuits claiming its packaging for mouth ?rinse misleads parents into believing children under 6 can use the products safely. The judge dismissed a similar lawsuit concerning Colgate toothpaste. Consumers in the proposed class actions said U.S. health authorities warned that children ?under 6 should […]
Colgate Wins One, Loses Two Bids to Dismiss Kids’ Fluoride Cases
The Colgate-Palmolive Co. can’t dismiss two cases alleging it mislead consumers with advertising suggesting that certain fluoride-containing mouthwashes it produces are safe for young children, but a case making similar allegations about toothpaste will be dismissed, a federal district court ruled Friday. Judge Andrea R. Wood with the US District Court for the Northern District […]
Birmingham files lawsuit against Central Alabama Water over fluoride in water
The City of Birmingham is filing a lawsuit against Central Alabama Water (CAW) over its decision to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. The lawsuit claims that the utility stopped adding fluoride to the water supply without giving proper notice. In this latest filing, the City is requesting a temporary restraining order and injunction to […]
Birmingham sues water utility to restore fluoride to local drinking water
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 […]
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 […]