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Fluoride expected back in Buffalo’s water by late summer, early fall
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Water Authority stopped adding fluoride to the Queen City’s water in June 2015. Buffalonians, dentists and attorneys were not happy when that came to light in January. Now, a revised class action lawsuit is headed the city’s way. “Each day that goes by, there are hundreds of thousands of […]
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Bid for fluoridated water doesn’t float with members of Oneida Common Council
ONEIDA — The prospect of fluoridated water in the city of Oneida came before the council again and was quickly voted down. Item number two on the agenda at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting was a recommendation by the City of Oneida Water Board to apply for a $50,000 grant from the New York State Department of […]
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Class action lawsuit filed against city of Buffalo regarding lack of fluoride in city water
FAN Note: Listen to a podcast with Robert Corp, the attorney filing the class-action against Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A class action lawsuit has been filed against the city of Buffalo in regard to the lack of fluoride in the city’s water. For nearly a decade, Buffalo Water customers have not had fluoride in their […]
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Friday Town Hall Fluoride Water
The mayor says — by the end of this year, the conversion will be complete… and liquid fluoride will be automatically added to buffalo water. *Original full-text article online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J9uyVgsRD0 Print PDF
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Buffalo has stopped adding fluoride to water system for the last 7 years.
When Philip Reed’s son visited the dentist last fall, Reed and his wife were surprised to learn that Jonas, 7, had five cavities in his teeth. “He was brushing everyday,” Reed said, “but he wasn’t getting any fluoride.” That’s because unbeknownst to Reed and probably most of the more than 200,000 other customers of Buffalo’s […]
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Matthew Prudell is running for Albany council to rid water of fluoride.
Matthew Prudell does not want fluoride in Albany’s drinking water. In fact, it’s the sole reason he is running for City Council, he said, two leashes in hand as he walked his Pomeranians. He’s one of four candidates in Ward 1, which includes North Albany, downtown and the Willamette neighborhood east of Lyon Street and north […]
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Supply Chain Issues Mean No Fluoride In The Water For Now – in Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester.
Fluoride stopped being added to water at the Rye Lake Pump Station on July 7, affecting customers in Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester. RYE, NY — Supply chain issues are being blamed for an unexpected, but temporary change in our drinking water. On Tuesday afternoon, Veolia Water New York announced that due to supply […]
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Rensselaer Receives Funding to Reduce Nuclear Waste, Advance Clean Energy
Rensselaer researchers will focus on developing a solution for effectively managing complex fluoride salt waste streams. iStock Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $607,505 from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to help develop technologies to resolve the waste and storage challenges associated with Advanced Nuclear Reactor fuel cycles. The project […]
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New York Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report (1990-2019)
Excerpts from the Summary Report I. Introduction to the Report This annual report on statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions provides a summary of emissions for the years 1990-2019 and includes information on the relative contribution of each gas and emission source specified in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.2 This includes all anthropogenic greenhouse […]
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Scarsdale awarded $260,000 fluoridation grant from New York State Department of Health
RESOLUTION RE: AMENDING THE FY 2021-22 ADOPTED BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO THE FLUORIDE UPGRADES CAPITAL PROJECT WHEREAS, the Village of Scarsdale was awarded a $260,000 grant from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) in October 2018 to fund 100% of the costs in connection with fluoridation and water quality improvements at the […]
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