ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — After years of debate, fluoride will be added to the city of Albany’s water supply. Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s chief of staff Dave Galin confirmed that Sheehan signed the bill into law on Friday. In February the common council approved the measure 12-0. Pediatricians and dentists supported the measure, saying it will help […]
After much consideration and listening to their constituents, fluoride will no longer be in the City of Amery’s water. While deciding how to vote, council members brought up points based on their research and what they had heard. One of the main points brought up was that the majority of the water gets used elsewhere, […]
Is fluoride making us dumber? In a recent TikTok video, a youngish US woman demands to know, ‘Am I the only one who didn’t know this?’ She then tells of a visiting friend asking her why she’d bought a bag of lemons. The woman said she liked lemon in her water and for cooking. But […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some Union County residents no longer have fluoride in their drinking water. n February, the Union County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of ending water fluoridation at the Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant. According to Union County, this change impacts a third of its customers. The Catawba River Water Treatment Plant, which […]
No action will be taken in response to research into adding fluoride into Manx water, the government has confirmed. A report by public health officials found the approach would be an “effective and safe” way to reduce tooth decay but more data needed to be gathered before further considerations. It was compiled in the wake of a […]
Kentucky state Rep. Mark Hart has been drinking fluoridated water his entire life. In 1954, five years before Hart was born, his home state mandated adding or adjusting levels of the mineral, which occurs naturally in water, in drinking water systems of populations larger than 3,000. But after hearing from a constituent a few years […]
Anew councilman is holding a town hall Tuesday at the Longview Public Library to discuss whether removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water would save needed money. Original article online at: https://tdn.com/news/local/government-politics/should-longview-stop-adding-fluoride-to-its-drinking-water-longview-councilman-wants-to-know/article_4c4b6c40-dbe5-11ee-984d-176057a9b567.html
Nelson City Council had a meeting on Thursday, where the Mayor’s report said that legal uncertainty over water fluoridation had led to an eight month extension. The council also discussed the plan for contaminated sawdust in T?hunanui, a letter about the Gaza conflict, and the Plan Change 29 hearings panel. Several items were pushed back […]
Fluoride will be introduced to Gunnedah Shire’s town water supply on Monday, as recommended by New South Wales Health as a safe and effective way to help prevent tooth decay in the community. Gunnedah Shire’s new water treatment plant has been built to allow centralised treatment of town water for the first time, and to […]
IN A WOOD-PANELED federal courtroom in downtown San Francisco, experts and litigators gathered last month for hearings on an old question: Is it safe to add fluoride to drinking water? Around 210 million Americans today have access to artificially fluoridated tap water, and the policy has had a pronounced effect on oral health by reducing tooth […]
