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Frustrated residents want more answers after Sandy water crisis
(KUTV) — Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn held a town hall meeting Monday evening that lasted nearly four hours. Residents packed Mount Jordan Middle School with questions about how fluoride leaked into the water system, in some cases causing high levels of lead and copper in the water. The mayor and his Utilities Director Tom Ward […]
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Sandy City Water Quality Updates (Q&A)
What to do now? If you haven’t flushed your system in the affected area, then you need to do so. Start with hot (for 30 minutes) followed by cold (for 30 minutes). Empty ice trays from refrigerator. Affected area: The No Drink Order has been lifted for the area that includes 10600 South to 11400 […]
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Amarinder lays stone for canal water projects in Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib
Patial – Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday laid foundation stones for three projects to supply canal water to 409 villages in the adjoining districts of Patiala and Fatehgarh Sahib. Singh also inaugurated a sewerage project for a cluster of 10 villages near Bahadurgarh in Patiala district, where excess fluoride in water is causing […]
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Infographic: Ways to Avoid Fluoride Exposure
Used in Dr Mercola’s article, Public Health Warning Issued for Fluoride Toothpaste by Dr Mercola, February 19, 2019 *Back to Infographics Home
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Public Health Warning Issued for Fluoride Toothpaste
Story at-a-glance According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40 percent of children between the ages of 3 and 6 use potentially dangerous amounts of toothpaste The CDC and American Dental Association (ADA) recommend using no more than a pea-sized amount for children in this age group, and those younger than […]
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‘I wasn’t on top of this’: At Sandy town hall meeting, mayor answers questions about bad water and lack of communication
Sandy • Residents here Monday sprayed city leaders with concerns about the drinking water and asked why they didn’t learn of problems faster. Boyd Liddiard, who lives in Sandy, as does his 88-year-old father, questioned how the municipal water system could be allowed to have such a failure. Just as important to Liddiard was why […]
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Fluoridating Salt Lake County water: A look inside water treatment facilities
(KUTV) — Inside the Southwest Ground Water Treatment Facility in West Jordan, well-calibrated machines are hard at work carefully distributing fluoride to the Salt Lake Valley water supply. The treatment plant is one of three in the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. Inside the Southwest Ground Water Treatment Facility in West Jordan, well-calibrated machines are […]
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Sandy City Council votes to open an investigation into the city’s response to water quality issues
The Sandy City Council took its first steps Tuesday toward conducting an independent investigation into the city administration’s response to a fluoride pump that malfunctioned and flooded parts of the local water system with unsafe amounts of the mineral last week. After a sometimes emotional, nearly 45-minute public hearing on the issue Tuesday, the council […]
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Salt Lake County says fluoridated water is safe despite Sandy contamination incident
SANDY (ABC4 News) – The recent Sandy water contamination incident was caused when a fluoride pump malfunctioned, leading some to ask why Salt Lake County adds the mineral to its drinking water. Fluoridation of county water began in 2003, three years after voters approved it. Nicholas Rupp, of the Salt Lake County Health Department, says it’s […]
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Montana has poor dental health, but plenty of dentists
When it comes to dental health, Montana has some work to do. An annual report card that looks at the which states have the healthiest teeth and gums in the U.S., ranks Montana 43 overall. On the other hand, the report produced by the personal finance website WalletHub, said the state is third for the […]
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