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Pinellas County: No more water fluoridation after Dec. 31
CLEARWATER – By the end of the year, water fluoridation in Pinellas County will be no more. County Commissioners voted, 4-3, during an Oct. 4 work session to stop the practice. But not everyone is happy. Commissioner Ken Welch said “this is one of the most difficult decisions” the commission has ever made, as he […]
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Polk County: No fluoridation circus here
Just in case you may have read about the Tea Party-inspired vote in Pinellas County to quit fluoridating drinking water and wondered about whether this show was coming to Polk County, relax. Polk County Utilities doesn’t add fluoride compounds to the water supply. The reason has nothing to do with politics and everything to do […]
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Florida’s Pinellas County rejects fluoride in drinking water
Pinellas County commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday to cease putting fluoride into their water, making it the largest urban county in Florida to discontinue the practice. The move will halt fluoride-injected water from reaching about 700,000 residents but does not include the city of St. Petersburg and three other cities, says Commissioner Ken Welch, who voted […]
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Pinellas County Commission votes to stop putting fluoride in water supply
CLEARWATER — Pinellas County commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday to end the seven-year practice of putting fluoride into drinking water, a public health effort that riled conservative activists and skeptics. More than a dozen dentists and pediatricians told commissioners that adding fluoride improve’s people’s dental health and lowers costs to the county for dental care for […]
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High Springs to discuss practice of adding fluoride to city water
The High Springs City Commission will be researching the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the water after receiving phone calls and e-mails relating to health concerns over the practice. “Every few months, I receive e-mails and phone calls from someone who claims he was affected by the fluoride,” City Commissioner Eric May said. […]
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Dunedin City Commission hears opinions on use of fluoride in water
Applause, passionate outbursts and several rounds of booing marked a workshop Thursday in which the public and the City Commission discussed whether to eliminate fluoride from the city’s water supply. The issue came to light recently when Dunedin officials asked city departments to find ways to cut costs in fiscal year 2012. Dunedin’s annual fluoridation […]
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Stuart: Flap over fluoride deal puts Stuart Commission at odds with voters
This article reported on the Sept. 12 meeting of the Stuart city commissioners. They had a tied vote for an agenda item to approve 7 contracts related to the purchase of chemicals used in the city’s drinking water system. The sticking point was the contract for chemicals used in fluoridation. The article notes, “Based on […]
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DeLand: Time to let go of fluoridation (editorial)
Let’s forgo the argument about whether ingesting fluoride is good for one’s teeth. Let’s just assume it is. Plenty of dentists and other health officials say it is. But whether fluoride is good for teeth isn’t the right question for the DeLand City Commission. The City Commission comprises a physical-therapist assistant, a restaurant owner, a […]
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Dunedin: Budget concerns behind proposal to eliminate fluoride from Dunedin’s water
DUNEDIN — Twenty years after the city controversially added fluoride to drinking water, budget planners are studying whether it makes sense to eliminate the additive as a way to cut costs. If the city doesn’t put fluoride in the water anymore, it can save the $13,000 annual expense for the fluoride and also avoid spending […]
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Florida: Piney Point phosphate plant. 1966-2011: A Retrospective
MANATEE COUNTY — As investigators continue to attempt to reconstruct exactly what happened that caused the leaks atop lined gypsum stacks at Piney Point, we take a look at the long and troubled history of the abandoned phosphate mine that has plagued the local ecosystem for decades. 1966– Borden Chemical Company constructs Piney Point phosphate […]
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