UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) – Voters in Union City and Bronson Township faced proposals on Tuesday’s Presidential Primary ballot, with both measures being approved. In Union City, a proposal to continue putting fluoride into the village’s water supply passes 175-102. In Bronson Township, voters approved an .8 mill renewal for fire protection and equipment 183-77.
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Union City: Local issues on the ballot
BRANCH COUNTY — As voters head to the polls Tuesday, voters in Union City and Bronson will see additional issues on the ballot. Union City In Union City, voters will make a decision on whether or not the village of Union City should continue to add flouride to the public water supply. Union City Village […]
Union City fluoridation vote on March 8
Michigan’s presidential primary is next week, but some Calhoun County residents also will head to the polls to vote on local proposals. There are three proposals — two for Clarendon Township and one for the village of Union City — on the ballot Tuesday. Voters in Union City will vote on whether to add fluoride to the public […]
Kalamazoo City Commission approves purchase of fluoride for water supply
Kalamazoo city commissioners have approved the purchase of fluoride for the municipal water system, which is mixed with tapwater to fight dental decay. It was done over the objection of several residents who think the chemical is a toxin. They told the body that Internet research tells them it’s not safe or wise to expose […]
Qualitest: Michigan to get nearly $700K over false vitamin claims
A national drug company will pay almost $700,000 to the state of Michigan as part of a multi-million dollar settlement stemming from a lawsuit alleging the company falsely labeled a dental health multivitamin sold nationwide. Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Inc. marketed multivitamin tablets that contained less than 50 percent of the fluoride claimed on the labels, Michigan […]
Grants from Delta Dental of Michigan to help communities purchase fluoride equipment
To promote community water fluoridation across the state, and thanks to a gift from Delta Dental of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a request for proposals for the Fluoridation Equipment Grant to offer communities reimbursement for fluoridation equipment purchases. Communities may be eligible if they are not currently fluoridating […]
Effort to ban fluoride in drinking water makes little headway in Michigan
Readers of a certain age may recall a once-ubiquitous accessory in their grandparents’ bathroom: The vessel that held grandmother’s teeth at night. Dentures were so common they were thought to be unavoidable past a certain age. That’s not the case anymore, and the scientific community points to multiple factors keeping more elderly Americans united with […]
Republic-Michigamme School District starts fluoride rinse program
Many municipalities add fluoride to the public water supply, but Republic Township does not. To make up the difference, the school on 227 Maple Street will be giving student weekly fluoride “swishes.” “I think that it helps, we have no fluoride in our water here, so for them it’s a great way to teach them […]
Fluoride spill costly lesson for Marysville
MARYSVILLE — The $27,000 bill to clean up a July fluoride leak isn’t the end of it. A 1,400 gallon tank of fluoride at the Marysville Water Filtration Plant leaked July 29. Marysville officials said they’ll be paying $5,000 of the $26,935 bill, with the city’s insurer covering the remainder. The cost includes recoating the […]
Marysville: Fluoride leak closes Chrysler Beach
Emergency crews have responded to a fluoride leak at the Marysville Water Filtration Plant, 1535 River Road. According to Tom Konik, Marysville chief of public safety, emergency crews believe they have now contained the fluoride to the building. Some fluoride had leaked from the south side of the building into a drain and from there […]