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Eastern Municipal Water district to add fluoride to its San Jacinto Valley customers
Eastern Municipal Water District will begin fluoridating water it sells to its San Jacinto Valley customers and to agencies that resell it to their customers in October. Eastern’s parent water district, Metropolitan, has begun fluoridating water it sells to its member agencies, but Eastern will add the tooth decay-preventing chemical at its San Jacinto filtration […]
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Metropolitan Water District to add more fluoride to local water
GRANADA HILLS – The Metropolitan Water District will begin adding more fluoride to Southland drinking water – including in the San Fernando Valley – despite concerns by some activists that too much of the chemical may cause health problems. State and federal officials have long advocated fluoridated water to prevent tooth decay, and MWD officials […]
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Tap water: now with fluoride
The regional agency that supplies most of the South Bay’s drinking water plans to mix in fluoride this fall, despite lingering debates over the additive’s health benefits. The Metropolitan Water District board of directors voted in 2003 to fluoridate the water it supplies in a six-county service area – a move cheered by advocates who […]
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Controversy Over Fluoride In Water
Since the 1940’s, cities across the nation have added fluoride to their drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Now, San Diego joins that list but, it’s an idea that’s flowing with controversy. San Diego County is now the nation’s largest metropolitan area without fluoride in the water. But, that will soon change as Metropolitan […]
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Plan to Add Fluoride to Southern California Tap Water Will Put 64,000 Kids at Risk
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) — More than 64,000 children a day in Southern California will be exposed to an unsafe dose of fluoride when the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) begins adding fluoride to drinking water in October, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The water district’s plan to add […]
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Fluoride to be added to most of western Riverside County.
The agency that serves much of the drinking water to 18 million Southern Californians will start adding fluoride to its supply beginning in late October at a treatment plant that provides water to most of western Riverside County. Although state and county health officials said Friday that fluoride is considered beneficial to prevent tooth decay, […]
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Support grows for fluoridation in Humbolt Bay Municipal Water District
HUMBOLDT – Results of initial surveying done by the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District and the Humboldt Community Services District show majority support for fluoridation of drinking water and the water district’s board will decide whether to do a study on it next September. The municipal customers that get water from the district are considering […]
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About 40 gallons of hydrofluoric acid leaked from a rail car in Bloomington, California
About 40 gallons of hydrofluoric acid leaked from a rail car in Bloomington on Saturday night, but did not create a hazard for nearby residents and no injuries were reported, officials said. Joe Arbona, a spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad, said the acid leaked at a rate of about four gallons per hour, with the […]
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LA water company takes 5 minutes for fluoride
On Aug. 20, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which supplies drinking water to Los Angeles, San Diego and four other counties, will be briefed on the health risks of water fluoridation. MWD is preparing to add fluoride to its supplies in October. Many cities in SoCal already add fluoride to their water after […]
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As We See It: Thumbs up, down
[Of the 5 entries in this Opinion, the following is the one on fluoridation:]: THUMBS DOWN: To the continuing effort to prevent water fluoridation in Watsonville’s water supply. Even while the California Dental Association tries to move forward with fluoridation — it offered the city $1.6 million to put in a new system — opponents […]
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