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Administrator for Palm Beach County urges end to fluoridation of water supply
WEST PALM BEACH — County Administrator Bob Weisman is recommending that Palm Beach County end fluoridation of the water supply in unincorporated areas outside cities, towns and villages. In a memo Friday morning to the County Commission, which must make the ultimate decision, Weisman said that the “perceived dental benefits” may not sufficiently exceed the […]
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Inverness quits fluoridating water supply
The city has stopped treating its water with fluoride in the wake of what one official described as a “major shortage” of the chemical throughout the country. One of the largest suppliers of hydrofluosilicic acid, commonly known as fluoride, went out of business last year, Inverness City Manager Frank DiGiovanni said. That sent utilities officials […]
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Fluoridation Faceoff: Some feel tap-water additive link to rare cancer
“There’s really no problem. You just have to be careful, because if you spill it, it will eat through your skin. It’s the same stuff they use for etching glass.” Melvin Register wasn’t talking about acid he uses to clean his pool or drain cleaner to loosen gunk from his pipes. He was talking about […]
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Opponent says nonfluoridated cities have safer drinking water
A leading opponent of the fluoridation of public drinking water supplies said a group of “butchers, bakers and candlestick makers” is promoting fluoridation while the FDA, the only government agency permitted to approve medicines as safe for human consumption, has never approved fluoride as safe or effective for internal use. “This is a business that […]
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Mosaic Spill Causes Fish Kill In Archie Creek
RIVERVIEW – About 40,000 gallons of acidic process water leaked from a pipe at Mosaic Fertilizer plant, causing a small fish kill, according to environmental and company officials. The leaking pipe, which runs under U.S. 41, was detected about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Mosaic spokesman David Townsend. The spill was contained, but sensors in […]
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Vote was `no-brainer’ all right
The Palm Beach County Commission made an unfortunate and irresponsible decision to give the green light to fluoridation before waiting for the results of a major project now under way at the National Research Council in Washington, D.C. The project is titled “Toxicological Risks of Fluoride in Drinking Water.” Note, the project title is not […]
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Fluoridation Comes To Palm Beach County
Its official. Palm Beach County is now a fluorinated county. The switch will be flipped later this week to begin injecting the highly controversial chemical into the County’s four public water drinking supply systems. The vote Tuesday was 5-2, but not before Commissioner and Chairman Tony Masilotti argued that fluoridation removes citizen choice. And not […]
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Palm Beach Commission OKs fluoride in water
By midday Friday, water consumed by more than 450,000 customers served by the Palm Beach County Water Utility will contain fluoride. The final OK came Tuesday morning from the Palm County Commission. Flipping the fluoride switch comes after years of contentious debate by county commissioners. It wasn’t until the summer of 2003, after County Commissioner […]
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In Shadows Of Coronet, Questions On Health Persist
PLANT CITY – Juanita Burnett shuffled from the parking lot to the recreation center, her stooped frame supported by a stout wooden cane. She paused every now and then to catch her breath, which has grown short and becomes shorter with each passing year. “For a long time they thought it was my heart,” she […]
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Cargill Scrambles To Mitigate Wastewater’s Effect On Creek
TAMPA – A storm-induced breach at a reservoir Sunday caused a fertilizer company to dump acidic wastewater into a creek that feeds Hillsborough Bay. State environmental officials said the threat could amount to millions of gallons. A Cargill Crop Nutrition spokesman said company engineers did not know how much was being poured into Archie Creek […]
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