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Potsdam will study fluoridation system with help from grant funding
POTSDAM — The village will go ahead with a grant-funded study of the village’s aging water fluoridation system. They are doing so without the guidance they expected from the state Department of Health (DOH) on the matter. The Board of Trustees voted last Monday to spend $9,900 for a study from Environmental Design and Research […]
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Newark village receives funding for water treatment plant
The village of Newark recently received $553,000 from the New York State Department of Health for water fluoridation at its water treatment plant. Mayor Jonathan Taylor and administrator Stephen Murawski submitted a grant request in 2017 with help from MRB Group. A fourth round of funding through the state’s Drinking Water Fluoridation program became available, […]
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Schulyer Center on NYS 2018-19 budget for fluoridation
Schuyler Center’s Last Look at the NYS 2018-19 Budget – page 5 Community Water Fluoridation What’s in the Final Budget The Final Budget includes a re-appropriation of funding for infrastructure. What was in the Executive Budget The Executive Budget proposed to re-appropriate funding approved in the previous two budgets for installation or upgrading of water […]
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Potsdam Village Trustees discuss fluoridation
Excerpt: … In other business, Trustee Steven J. Warr requested that the issue of fluoridation of the village’s water — which the trustees have been debating since last summer — be brought back after a break of several months. “I think we just need to bring it to a head somehow,” he said. Trustee Abigail […]
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Potsdam seeking more info before deciding on fluoridation of village water
POTSDAM – The Village of Potsdam will gather more information and hold an official hearing before it decides to adopt any new water fluoridation policy for village water. The mayor and trustees want to settle the issue of fluoridation of village water – a popular tooth decay prevention measure in the U.S. for decades – […]
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Cayuga Lake: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers makes ‘tremendous progress’ on Aurora-area hydrilla
Note from FAN: The toxic herbicide fluridone is not approved for use in the European Union • 2018 study on non-target toxicity • 2015 EPA Neurotoxicty review • Adverse Effects – (outdated). Fluridone’s CAS No. is 59756-60-4 and its molecular formula: ___________________________________________________ SENNETT — Last year’s Cayuga Lake hydrilla treatment near the village of Aurora reduced […]
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Walden’s fluoride removal from water plan delayed
WALDEN – The Village of Walden’s plan to remove fluoride from the water supply by March will be delayed until May. The Village Board approved a second resolution during its meeting last week to stop adding fluoride to the water supply, a step required after misinterpretation of a 2015 state law regarding fluoride removal. The […]
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Potsdam: Look into effects fluoridation has on body (Letter)
The village of Potsdam will soon be making a decision whether to continue or discontinue chemical fluoridation (medicating) the public water supply. In order to comply with Public Health Law 1100 passed in 2015 and pressed into law by pro-fluoridation advocates, the law states village administration must consult local health officials and offer an alternative […]
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Fluoridation in New York State Executive Budget
Excerpts: Schuyler Center’s First Look is an initial assessment of New York State’s 2018-19 proposed Executive Budget and how it advances priorities that improve the health and well-being of all New Yorkers, especially those living in poverty. Schyler Center staff will spend the coming days gaining a deeper understanding of the Executive Budget… We are […]
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Possible delay in plan to remove fluoride from Walden water
WALDEN – The Village of Walden’s plan to remove fluoride from the water supply by March 1 may be delayed, following a meeting with the state Department of Health. The Village Board approved a resolution to stop adding fluoride to the water supply in October, citing concerns about the health of citizens. But Dr. Dionne […]
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