NOTICE: Valley Service Public Authority June 22, 2021 Per requirements of SCDHEC and State Primary Drinking Water Regulations (Regulation 61-58), Valley Public Service Authority hereby gives notice that, due to the rising costs and decreased availability of our fluoride supply, VPSA will discontinue the use of fluoride in the treatment of our water supply. This […]
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Greenwood: Letter: On CPW, science and tooth decay
Greenwood has enjoyed the benefits of water fluoridation since the early 1980s. This occasion was ushered in through a referendum by the community and accepted by CPW. Time has a way of diminishing how things were pre-fluoridation but the memory is still strong with retired dentists such as Erwin Able and Jimmy Padgett. Both could […]
Greenwood: CPW strips flouride from water supply
Greenwood’s Commissioners of Public Works unanimously voted on Thursday to eliminate fluoride from its municipal water supply as a corrosion control measure. The 3-0 vote came after a recommendation by CPW General Manager Jeff Meredith to take the step. Meredith pointed to federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards requiring proper disinfection as the catalyst for […]
Greenwood’s water supply has been fluoride-free for a year
Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works officials showed the corrosive effects of fluoride during a Thursday presentation to board members. Since January, Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works [CPW] users have been drinking fluoride-free water, unbeknownst to them or the utility’s governing board until engineers made the disclosure during a board meeting last week. Nothing about the […]
After decades, Clemson University shuts down a chemistry laboratory over safety concerns
For the last year, Cameron Parrish has kept a blue Post-it note hanging in the lab where he works at Chemours, a chemical company. The note contains a handwritten quote from scientist Theodore Gray. “One should not fear the substance, only the ignorance that leads to its mishandling.” The quote is personal to Parrish, who graduated […]
Acid splashes worker at Westinghouse nuclear plant; employee sent to hospital
A worker at the Westinghouse atomic fuel factory near Columbia was transported to a hospital last week after spilling a toxic acid solution on his clothing while cleaning up, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC said the worker, whose name was not available, apparently was unhurt. He was released from the hospital […]
Uranium and Fluoride Leak at Westinghouse’s Nuclear Fuel Plant in Columbia
Columbia, SC (WLTX) – A chemical leak at Westinghouse’s Nuclear Fuel Plant in Columbia raised concerns about potential harm to drinking water. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released a report on July 23 documenting the recent chemical spill. Radioactive uranium leaked into a 3-inch hole in the floor of their Nuclear Fuel Plant and seeped […]
Bainbridge: Battle over fluoridating Greenville’s water lasted two decades
In August 1950, when the little town of Ninety Six fluoridated its water supply, it was the first in South Carolina to do so. It took 23 years for Greenville to follow suit. The fight to add fluoride to our water was long and contentious. It is now almost totally forgotten. But the people and […]
Greer: Drinking water and fluoride seminar Tuesday at Cannon Centre
A second seminar to learn about drinking water and fluoride will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Cannon Centre. Customers of Greer Commission of Public Works and other residents interested in drinking water and fluoridation are invited to attend and make comments and ask questions. The forums are being held after the U.S. […]
Greer CPW seeks input on water fluoridation
The Greer Commission of Public Works is seeking input from customers and the citizens of Greer on the fluoridation of drinking water, which has been hailed as a significant public-health achievement but is not as necessary as it once was. A series of public forums to include presentations from experts about CPW’s treatment processes will […]