Wichita Falls will take a wait-and-see stance on continuing to add fluoride to its water supply. Cities across the county are taking a second look at fluoride after a federal report linked high levels of fluoride in other countries to lower IQs in children. The report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicity […]
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City of Abilene stops adding fluoride to water, citing recent court decision
ABILENE, Texas — During a media briefing Monday morning, the City of Abilene announced they will no longer add fluoride in the water. City Manager Robert Hanna said they will immediately stop adding fluoride in the water as an abundance of caution. The decision was made based on a recent federal court ruling in California […]
Dallas City Council Put On Notice Over Fluoride
Anti-fluoride activist Regina Imburgia has put the Dallas City Council on notice regarding the dangers of water fluoridation that were recently enumerated in a bombshell report by the National Toxicology Program. On August 29, Imburgia emailed the entire Dallas City Council and Sarah Standifer, head of Dallas Water Utilities, a recent story by The Dallas Express that […]
Bombshell Fluoride Report Finally Released
A bombshell report from the National Toxicity Program has made devastating findings regarding the health impacts of water fluoridation on American children. A review of the literature in the study’s abstract found substantial evidence in nearly every study that there is a strong “inverse association” between childhood fluoride consumption and a child’s IQ. “Eight of […]
Will The EPA Be Forced To Ban Fluoride Use In Tap Water?
Arguably one of the most consequential public health court cases in American history has sat for months in the Northern District of California without a ruling from the judge. After years of legal wrangling, trials, and retrials, arguments in Food & Water Watch, Inc. v. EPA concluded in March, and the last docket entry is […]
White House Issues Warning On Cyber-Attacks
The White House has issued a new cyber warning. The warning, sent to the nation’s governors, suggests that foreign hackers are conducting cyber attacks against water and sewage systems. Cities often run these systems on older equipment that needs upgrading. Max Kilger of UT-San Antonio says a hack could inject more chlorine or fluoride into […]
Opinion: A Black Dallas School Teacher Opened the Door to Fluoride’s History
A Dallas African American school teacher opened the door to a dark, hidden history. It is the history of secret human experiments by the government, universities and industry during World War 2 and the Cold War. It is the history of water fluoridation and the toxic, multi-fluorinated PFAS “Forever Chemicals” like Teflon and Scotchgard. Prior to World War 2, no one […]
Consent tips scales in talks about fluoride in Union water
MONROE – Union County commissioners have directed staff to draft a text amendment that would prohibit water fluoridation from sources the county controls. If the amendment is approved, this would apply to the Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant but not the Catawba River Water Treatment Plant, which is jointly owned by Lancaster County. Commissioners also directed […]
Notice of Permanent Termination of Fluoridation – Brushy Creek, TX
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER Notice of Permanent Termination of Fluoridation Sept. 1, 2023 Dear Brushy Creek MUD residents, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to officially notify you that our public water system Brushy Creek MUD, PWS ID 2460061, is permanently terminating fluoridation of drinking water. As stated in […]
Parents urged to take precautions to prevent Fluorosis in children
Editor: We just received the 2022 annual drinking water quality report. Fluoride content of the Refugio municipal water supply was an alarming 1.51 ppm. This is a warning to ALL parents in the region with children under ten years of age. Having tested many water supplies over the last four decades, Fluoride is generally in […]