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Kentucky legislative hearing goes off the rails after GOP lawmaker spouts conspiracy theories about fluoride
A GOP state lawmaker in Kentucky on Tuesday got called out by the president of his state’s top dental association for spouting conspiracy theories about fluoride in drinking water. As reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Alex Acquisto, Republican State Sen. Stephen West falsely claimed during a legislative committee hearing that putting fluoride in drinking water […]
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Kentucky lawmakers want to end mandatory water fluoridation
Today, nearly every glass of Kentucky tap water contains trace amounts of fluoride, a mineral added for the past seven decades to reduce tooth … *A subscription is needed to read the full article at https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article224016285.html Print PDF
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SB 86 [end of mandatory fluoridation]: What You Need to Know & How to Take Action
Note from Fluoride Action Network, Currently, Kentucky has mandatory fluoridation for communities with a population of 1,500 or more. Statutes clearly delegate powers to the State Board of Health to adopt regulations necessary to protect the dental health of the people. Under this law, Kentucky established standards for approval of public water supplies. These administrative […]
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Cold trap removal helps advance DOE site cleanup
Cleanup efforts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant took a significant step forward late last month when the first of 22 cold traps used in the uranium-enrichment process was shipped off-site. During the plant’s uranium-enrichment years, cold traps supported various processes, including activities at the C-410 feed plant. That 5-acre facility […]
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Kentucky lawmakers want to end mandatory fluoride in tap water. Dentists disagree.
Arguing against government overreach, two Kentucky lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would let local communities stop fluoridating their drinking water. Today, nearly every glass of Kentucky tap water contains trace amounts of fluoride, a mineral added for the past seven decades to reduce tooth decay. The state requires any public water system that serves 1,500 […]
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Fluoridated Kentucky had the fifth highest rate of tooth loss among people 65 and over in 2012
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This is an excerpt from a much longer article. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked Kentucky as the Number One state for the fluoridation of public drinking water. CDC noted that the percentage of public drinking water supplies in Kentucky was 99.9% in 2012 and 2014, while this […]
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Study: Kentucky kids have more access to oral health care, but still have poor outcome
Note from FAN The fluoridation status of Kentucky is: 2014: 99.9% 2012: 99.9% 2006: 99.8% 2000: 96.1% 1992: 100% The oral health of Kentucky’s school children is getting worse, even though access to oral health care is better now than it was 15 years ago, says a study by Delta Dental of Kentucky and Kentucky […]
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DOE Extends Contract to Operate Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Plants
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) today announced it is extending its contract for Operations of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities at Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio for a period of up to four months. The contract period for the current contractor, BWXT Conversion Services LLC (BWCS), […]
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Warren County: Perils of fluoride prominent at Fiscal Court
A Warren County resident brought an issue concerning water safety to the attention of Warren County Fiscal Court on Friday. Daniel Johnson, a member of Kentuckians Against Fluoridation, presented the court a number of reasons he thinks adding fluoride to tap water should be discontinued. Johnson described fluoridation as unnecessary and unethical, saying such measures violate […]
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Demolition changes Paducah skyline
The demolition of a former feed plant complex at Paducah site has dramatically changed the skyline of the former uranium enrichment site. The C-410/C-420 Feed Plant was built at the Kentucky site in 1956 to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for enrichment, and stood in the centre of the gaseous diffusion enrichment plant. It operated until 1977, […]
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