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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The City of Buffalo has said it is committed to keeping fluoride in the city’s water supply despite impending recommendations from incoming Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the chemical be taken out. RFK – the former independent presidential candidate who has a history of spreading conspiracy […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Good oral health leads to good physical health, according to Dr. James McDonald, New York State’s Health Commissioner. He said fluoride is beneficial for teeth. “Fluoride is naturally occurring,” said McDonald. “It’s very safe. We really want to prevent cavities and gum disease. One of the things I think about is no […]

Last February, the Albany Common Council voted to approve water fluoridation, and Mayor Kathy Sheehan signed the bill into law. At the time, the bill’s chief sponsor, Tom Hoey, promised he would work to repeal the law if a then-in-progress federal lawsuit concluded that fluoridated water is dangerous. Hoey said, according to WAMC, that if […]

Seemingly a done deal, Albany’s decades-long interest in fluoridating its water could get a second look. Fluoridating the city’s drinking water has been discussed many times over the years. Former Albany County Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen addressed the Common Council in February, branding Albany “an unfortunate outlier.” “The only major New York state city […]

YORKTOWN, NY — Yorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman ordered the suspension of water fluoridation in the town last Thursday, citing a federal court ruling last week. In the case of Food & Water Watch, Inc., et al, v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen ruled on September 24, that the […]

In an announcement on Thursday, Sept. 26, Yorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman said he ordered a pause on water fluoridation within the town, which will also affect Somers residents. Lachterman’s decision was made following a ruling by US District Court Edward Chen on Tuesday, Sept. 24 that determined the current standard for fluoridation in the US, 0.7 […]

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) – A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. In the ruling, the judge said it’s not certain that the amount of fluoride typically added to water is causing lower […]

CITY OF BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Residents in the City of Buffalo will soon have fluoride back in their water after going more than nine years without it. According to a Buffalo Water report from January 2023, city residents haven’t had fluoride in their water since June 2015. Buffalo Water Board Chairman Oluwole McFoy said […]

For the first time in nearly 10 years, the city of Buffalo will have fluoride in its water again. Water board officials say they met with the Colonel Ward Pumping Station on Friday to confirm the fluoridation project was complete and met all of its standards. After the delivery of the fluoride treatment materials on […]

Fluoride is scheduled to be added to the water of about 40,000 residents in Yorktown—just not yet. Residents had been notified by the Northern Westchester Joint Water Works (NWJWW) and town officials that fluoride would be part of the water supply for the first time since 2017 at the end of July. However, the process […]