Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage

It’s not just gas prices: Some U.S. water utilities are reporting the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water. Over the past few weeks, a few water utilities have said their supply had been disrupted, according to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. Fluoride is used […]

Fluoride levels in Baltimore-area drinking water reduced due to national supply challenges

Fluoride levels will be reduced in Baltimore’s drinking water system due to national supply chain challenges impacting hydrofluorosilicic acid, the city’s Department of Public Works (DPW) said Monday. The move will impact residents served by the city’s water system, including some in Baltimore and Howard counties. Fluoride levels will be dropped from .7 milligrams to […]

Birmingham says water utility’s ‘filthy hands’ created fluoride crisis and now must fix it

Birmingham city leaders say the region’s water utility created the fluoride problem that it is now refusing to fix. City attorneys are making their final pitch in court, asking Jefferson County Circuit Judge Frederic Bolling to order Central Alabama Water to resume adding fluoride and to declare the situation a public nuisance. The request comes […]

Exclusive: ‘Michigan’s RFK Jr.’ Says Critics Will Someday Appreciate What He’s Doing to Protect Patient Rights

A Michigan county public health official is making waves for his efforts to reform public health to better serve his community. Dr. Remington Nevin, dubbed “Michigan’s ‘RFK Jr.’” by Bridge Michigan, is an epidemiologist with multiple degrees from Johns Hopkins University. A former U.S. Army major and preventive medicine officer, he now serves as medical […]

La. Senate goes full ‘Dr. Strangelove,’ OKs anti-fluoride bill

The Louisiana state Senate April 8 approved a bill to allow voters in the grips of a conservative conspiracy theory fever dream to halt water fluoridization in their local water districts, despite clear evidence that these programs are perfectly safe and do not, as opponents have often claimed, make people dumb, docile or gay. Sponsored […]

Chambersburg Health Board to look at possible recommendations on water fluorination

CHAMBERSBURG- The Board of Health is mulling a possible recommendation to Chambersburg Borough Council regarding the municipality’s current use of fluorination in their water supply. The Board will hear a report on Thursday, April 9th from the Borough Water Utility about the condition of the chemical feed system at the Julio D. Lecuona Water Treatment […]