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Little Hocking Water customers needed for C8 study
An independent four-year study on the effects of C8 on Little Hocking Water Association Service District customers is set to begin this month. About 400 people will be asked in the following weeks to participate in the study by answering surveys and providing samples of blood and/or breast milk. Mailings are going out as early […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
County: Fluoridation forum would really be a protest
CLEARWATER – It’s being billed as “The Great Fluoride Debate.” But only one side is likely to make an argument. Citizens for Safe Water, a political action committee formed last year by fluoride opponents, has challenged Pinellas County officials to defend a 2003 decision to add fluoride to the county water supply. The group has […]
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Eastalco claims EPA numbers are wrong
Alcoa-Eastalco Works, an aluminum manufacturer in Adamstown, claims a miscalculation in numbers is the reason behind a report showing the company’s release of hydrogen fluoride jumped slightly more than 2 million pounds. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) indicates that Eastalco’s release of hydrogen fluoride jumped from 594,787 pounds in 2001 to […]
United States, Maryland Aluminum Industry -
Milton water fluoridation begins July 1
The town of Milton will begin adding fluoride to its public water system July 1 to comply with state law. Under Senate Bill 173, which was passed in 1998, municipalities must fluoridate water supplies. Milton’s entire municipal water system of 804 hookups will receive fluoridated water. The completed project, which began six years ago, cost […]
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Can the voters be trusted to decide on fluoridation?
THE LEGISLATURE is requiring a revote on fluoridation in Manchester as well as a first-time vote in most of the surrounding towns. This vote will take place at the primary elections on Sept. 14. A simple majority of all voters will decide whether hydrofluorosilicic acid will continue to be added to the area’s drinking water. […]
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Health dangers of fluoride to be conference topic
CORNWALL ISLAND – F. Henry Lickers remembers the once-thriving cattle herds in Mohawk country and how fluoride fumes from nearby metal factories weakened their bones, decayed their teeth and wiped them out. Almost 30 years have passed since the toxic gas began pumping out of aluminum smelters in Massena. And while Reynolds Metals Co., now […]
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South Blount Utility Board Opts Against Fluoridation
Note from FAN on this article: For whatever the reasons, the South Blount Utility District have not stopped fluoridation. South Blount Utility District officials are drawing criticism for choosing not to fluoridate water at the district’s new treatment plant, scheduled to go online in August. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation officials said fluoridation isn’t […]
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Fluoride in drinking water remains a very controversial issue
Q. We live in the county and have well water. I am concerned that we do not have fluoride in our water and my children might get cavities. Should we use a fluoride supplement? Does fluoride toothpaste provide enough fluoride? The subject of fluoride added to our water supply is a controversial one. For at […]
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Sumner to talk about fluoride
The Sumner City Council will hold a public hearing next month and decide within 60 days of it whether to continue putting fluoride in the city’s drinking water. The majority of the council is leaning toward discontinuing the service, which started in March under a now-defunct mandate by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. The state […]
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Picayune council votes to fluoridate drinking water
The Picayune City Council has voted to fluoridate the city’s drinking water supply and will fill out a grant application to get the estimated $35,000 cost for the equipment and installation for free. John Justice, a fluoridation administrator with the Mississippi State Department of Health, recently spoke to the Picayune City Council about adding fluoride […]
United States, Mississippi