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Council to learn about fluoride in water
A practice approved by a 1950 Fond du Lac City Council decision is again in the spotlight. The Safe Water Group wants council members to take another look at whether fluoride in the city’s drinking water poses a significant health risk to residents. In April 2002, council members voted 5-2 to continue fluoridating the water. […]
United States, Wisconsin -
Will EPA Rethink Gypsum Policy?
WASHINGTON — Recent spills of contaminated water from phosphogypsum stacks have added to pressure from a Polk County congressman for the Environmental Protection Agency to allow an alternative use of radioactive gypsum. Critics of federal gypsum policy expect the EPA to approve an experimental permit to dump 50 tons of the industrial byproduct into a […]
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Too much fluoride: Parts of State Don’t Meet Safe Drinking Water Standards
Pictures clutter Lemander Haley’s bookshelves, her end tables and her kitchen counter. But none of the photos – not the high school graduation portrait, not the prom snapshot, not the faded Christmas prints – show Haley smiling. More often than not, the 27-year-old Franklin native wears a tightly drawn expression, with lips pursed to hide […]
United States, Virginia -
Monette City Council nixes water fluoridation
The Monette City Council heard representatives speak on the feasibility of city water fluoridation at the regular Monday, Sept. 27 meeting. Devane Baldridge presented a petition signed by 183 people who opposed fluoridation, and addressed the council about concerns. “Basically, outlying scientific information has come to me, concerning the risks of fluoridation,” Baldridge said. “The […]
United States, Arkansas -
Tempers boil over fluoridation
Faced with overwhelming opposition that poured out in emotional speeches, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board decided Wednesday it wasn’t ready to make another attempt to force about a dozen water systems to fluoridate. The health board next month will revisit the latest set of proposals, which would require all water systems serving more than 5,000 […]
United States, Washington State -
Fluoride an issue with Neosho residents
Concerned Neosho residents are starting to talk about the recent city council meeting in regards to Operation Smiles and their proposal to put fluoridation into the water system. Fluoridation is the process of adding fluoride to drinking water to help reduce tooth decay. “Fluoride came into prominence in the mid ’40s with the Manhattan Project, […]
United States, Missouri -
Whirled Peas
Medical experts say that putting fluoride in city water supplies is the best method of preventing tooth decay in children. Let’s take that reasoning a step further and prevent and/or aid a number of other common ailments by putting other chemicals in the public water supply. For instance, I have diabetes, osteoarthritis and dandruff. Hundreds, […]
United States, Missouri -
Poll says No to fluoride
QUEENSLANDERS have voiced their overwhelming disapproval of fluoridating water supplies. The results of a Sunday Mail online poll found three in four people did not want fluoride in their water. Following a report looking at the pros and cons of fluoridation in The Sunday Mail last week, more than 500 people voted. A spokesman for […]
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State law clears S.D.’s concern over fluoridation
SACRAMENTO – San Diego’s days as the biggest national holdout against water fluoridation could be numbered. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed legislation designed to remove the perceived threat of legal action that San Diego officials cited to explain why the city is not adding the protective treatment to its water. The measure, SB 96, by […]
United States, California -
Fluoride rivals rally at library
CLEARFIELD — Fluoride opponents assembled Thursday in their battle to remove the compound from drinking water. Christine Harker, who organized the meeting at the North Branch of the Davis County Library, told the 30 people in attendance they need to share information with their neighbors if they want to get fluoride out of their water […]
United States, Utah