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PFOS: CDPHE advises people with wells in Woodmen Valley to drink bottled water
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is advising residents with wells in Woodmen Valley to avoid drinking or cooking with the possibly contaminated water. Instead, state health officials advise residents to drink bottled water or install a reverse osmosis filtration system. The recommendation comes as the state agency awaits […]
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Letter: Don’t drink Durango’s fluoridated water
A recent landmark study examines the association between fluoride exposure during pregnancy and IQ scores of children. In this study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, the authors found higher levels of fluoride through water fluoridation during pregnancy is associated with lower IQ scores in children 3-4 years old. The study […]
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Closed Mine Blamed For Fluoride Shortage In Longmont
LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Fluoride in the water has often been linked to keeping teeth healthy. However, the City of Longmont has run out of it, and this could happen to other cities. (credit: CBS) “So you can see the empty pallets where our product would normally sit,” Bob Allen, Longmont Operations Director said, inside […]
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Loveland unaffected by fluoridation woes
Cities use different forms of tooth-decay-fighting element, staff says Loveland’s water will remain fluoridated at the federally recommended rate of 0.7 milligrams per liter, despite a shortage of the water treatment chemical sodium fluorosilicate. While Longmont, Greeley, Denver and other Front Range communities rely on the compound to fluoridate their water supplies, Loveland uses a […]
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Longmont stops fluoridation in light of global fluoride shortage
The city of Longmont has run out of fluoride at the Nelson-Flanders Water Treatment Plant. The City of Longmont has fluoridated its water supply since 1958, but due to the last sodium fluoride mine in the country shutting down its operations this year, supplies have been restricted all along the front range, leading Longmont to […]
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A trail of toxicity: the US military bases making people sick
In Colorado Springs, businesses are suing the military for perfluorinated compounds, which some are calling ‘Agent Orange 2.0’ Over the last 80 years, much of the land surrounding Venetucci Farm was sold to the US army to establish the base now known as Fort Carson, and today it is hemmed in by highways. Still, with […]
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Meeker: New Water Treatment Standards
The Meeker Town Board of Trustees considered two important issues at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 7: new water treatment standards and a new property line for the cemetery. New Water Treatment Standards Water treatment Assistant Superintendent Tobey Willey was present to explain the new regulations that become effective on March 1, 2021, […]
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City of Montrose considers adding fluoride back into water
MONTROSE, Colo. (KKCO/KJCT)– The City of Montrose has been without fluoride in their water since 2014. City council is now deciding whether or not to bring it back. “Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral and helps to strengthen teeth,” said Daniel Drakulich, Montrose Family Dental. You can’t see fluoride, or taste it, but it can […]
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CO makes it legal for dental hygienists to apply silver diamine fluoride
This legislative session here in Colorado a new bill was passed that allows dental hygienists to apply silver diamine fluoride (SDF) under the supervision of a dentist. Dr. Fred Guerra, with Guerra Dental in Colorado Springs, topical fluorides are nothing new. “Topical fluorides have been around since the 70’s, and they have evolved. From a […]
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Letter. Durango: Continue to educate yourself on fluoride
Thank you to those involved in the effort to alert Durango citizens to the dangers of long term water fluoridation. I would encourage all citizens, young and old, to check out discoveries about this long-standing practice in the past ten years. Information on the American Dental Association or Environmental Protection Agency websites does not reflect […]
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