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Albuquerque: Water authority hears opposing sides on flouride
Does resuming the practice of adding fluoride to Albuquerque’s community water supply aid in the prevention of tooth decay or lead to a host of other health problems? Public comments offered Wednesday before the board of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority were pretty much split between those opinions, and members of the water […]
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Fluoride to be removed from water in Battlefield
The debate over whether to add fluoride to city water has been going on for years in communities across the country. Springfield has it but has cut back on it over the years. Battlefield’s water district made a final decision on it last night, deciding to get rid of it once and for all, but […]
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Sarnia City Council notebook: Referendum on water fluoridation expected next year
Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley wants the province to take a hard stance on fluoride in water. “It would be much better if they decided across the province,” he said Monday, as council weighed and voted down a motion to craft a bylaw calling for removal of the controversial additive from the city’s water supply. Such […]
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Electro Dialysis Reversal: Despite Wolfforth water improvements, citizens will still receive notice
WOLFFORTH — After going active on May 10, the city of Wolfforth has seen results from its Electro Dialysis Reversal (EDR) plant. Wolfforth city manager Darrell Newsom announced that the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) gave the city the go-ahead after a nearly five-year wait. Construction of the $6.7 million EDR project was approved […]
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Albuquerque: Public can sound off on fluoride in water
ALBUQUERQUE — The public will have the chance to sound off about a plan to resume drinking water fluoridation when the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority board takes up the issue today. The board will hear a staff presentation about fluoridation and public comment at 5 p.m. at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center, One […]
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Fluoride concerns addressed by Ogdensburg manager
Excerpt: OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg City Manager Sarah Purdy has addressed several concerns raised by the public in the most recent council update. On June 12 dozens of Ogdensburg residents questioned city officials about a variety of issues including the large amount of untaxed property, business development and the inclusion of fluoride in water. … At […]
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Fluoride debate continues in Battlefield
BATTLEFIELD – The leaders of Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Greene County, Missouri currently adds fluoride to the drinking water. The district sent a letter to residents about the plan to remove the fluoride in February of this year. The water board chairman says they would rather spend the money on other things, […]
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Lazy health policy hard to swallow
Clean, wholesome drinking water is a fundamental human right. So is the right to decline medical intervention. For decades, city councils have struggled with the dilemma of increasing fluoride levels in their town water supplies. On one hand, the industrial chemicals used for water fluoridation are environmental contaminants. International conventions forbid dumping them into the […]
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Tense meeting between Jarrell residents, utility board over fluoride concerns
JARRELL, Texas — After a notification that their water contained higher than safe levels of fluoride last week, residents in the Sonterra community in Jarrell finally got their chance to talk to officials about it. The community was sent a state-mandated letter after their water sources measured higher than 4.0 milligrams per liter of fluoride, […]
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Letter: Doing the homework on fluoride
To the editor: “Fluoride has no known essential function in human growth and development and no signs of fluoride deficiency have been identified.” – European Food Safety Authority on DRV (2013) In response to Richard C. Gardner’s letter (”In defense of Moulton, fluoride,” May 15) it is unfortunate the Times omitted the urls to two […]
United States, Massachusetts