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Port Arthur Water Department recognized for help preventing tooth decay, improving oral health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented the Port Arthur Water Department with a Water Fluoridation Quality Award. Texas Department of State Health Services sent a letter addressed to Mayor Thurman Bartie, informing him of the award. Bartie read the letter during this week’s city council meeting with Water Department Director Donnie Stanton […]
United States, Texas Fluoridation award -
Spokane: Grant in hand, city plans to study fluoride
Spokane city officials have hired a consultant to study the controversial issue of fluoridating the municipal drinking water supply. (Christopher Anderson) After a bitter battle this summer over fluoridating the city’s water supply, Spokane is preparing to hire a consultant to study the issue. The process of choosing a consultant is expected to take […]
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Solvay Workers Found to Have Unregulated PFAS in Their Blood, Documents Show
The company, which says it now plans to phase out the chemicals, has known of potential risks for at least 15 years, internal studies show Little-known chemicals used by the manufacturer Solvay Specialty Polymers as replacements for now-regulated PFAS chemicals have been detected in the blood of company workers, according to documents obtained by Consumer […]
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Osage receives ‘Water Fluoridation Quality Award’ from IDPH
The Iowa Department of Public Health has awarded 108 water systems in Iowa the ‘Water Fluoridation Quality Award’. One of which is Osage. Additionally, Osage was awarded the 50 Year Award for distributing continuous community water fluoridation for the last 50 years. According to Casey Hannan of the CDC Division of Oral Health: “Water fluoridation […]
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Missouri town averts rollback of fluoridation with help from early notification law
Law in place in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, New York, Missouri Park Hills, Mo. — Missouri is only one of five states that has enacted an early notification law, and it came in handy when the community of Park Hills in the southeast part of the Show-Me State came close to having its community water fluoridation […]
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Several Communities Receive 2019 Water Fluoridation Awards.
Several communities in the Raccoon Valley Radio-listening area have been awarded Water Fluoridation Quality Awards from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced the water systems receiving the award Thursday, including the cities of Casey, Dexter, Perry, Scranton, Guthrie Center, Greenfield, and Jefferson. Community fluoridation has been […]
United States, Iowa Fluoridation award -
Fluoride in Drinking Water – Is it Dangerous?
Fluoride in Drinking Water – Is it Dangerous? Many cities add fluoride to drinking water. Fluoride is added to municipal water to prevent tooth decay, primarily in young adults. The practice is quite controversial with dentists suggesting it’s a great idea while others want it out. You can remove fluoride from water using either a […]
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Spokane moving forward on possible adoption of community water fluoridation
City of more than 200,000 people has never fluoridated its water Spokane, Wash. — Spokane, the largest city in Washington state to not fluoridate its water supply, is on the path to possibly starting the practice after the municipality’s city council decided to go ahead with a proposal that could add fluoride to its water […]
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Baron & Budd File 87 Additional Suits Against the Chemours Company and Dupont for Groundwater Contamination Near Fayetteville, NC
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The nationally recognized attorneys from Baron & Budd, P.C. alongside Seagle Law have filed lawsuits against the Chemours Company and Dupont on behalf of 87 individuals who own property near the Fayetteville Works plant. These lawsuits have been filed as part of a consolidated action where hundreds of similar lawsuits are currently […]
United States, North Carolina Perfluorinated chemicals -
Bostwick residents vote against fluoridation
On the November 3, 2020, ballot (see second side) at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/ga.bostwick.11-3-2020.pdf Cease Fluoridation of the City’s Water System Shall the governing authority of the City of Bostwick be authorized to cease the fluoridstion of its water system Yes No THE VOTE Yes – 60.44% (136 votes) No – 39.56% (89 votes) See https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Morgan/105474/web.264614/#/detail/24 Print PDF
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