Forsyth residents will have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the policy of adding fluoride to city water. In a special meeting this week, aldermen decided to send out a survey to residents as part of a newsletter in March. Residents will be asked to indicate their preference on the fluoride question, and return […]
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Legislative Progress Report
As a dental hygienist I am all too aware of the importance of fluoride to healthy gums and teeth. Last year my fluoride notification bill passed committee and almost made it to the House floor for debate. I re-filed this bill again this year, because my colleagues also recognize the importance for the public to […]
St. Joseph: Let City Council know you don’t want fluoride in water
As a clinical psychologist for over 20 years in Missouri, including seven years as a school psychologist, I have had the responsibility to evaluate children’s intellectual ability. In interviewing parents to obtain the child’s developmental history one question routinely asked was the child’s exposure to lead… Read full letter
St. Peters health panel to recommend continued fluoridation of city water
The city should continue adding fluoride to drinking water produced by city wells to help prevent tooth decay, a health advisory committee will recommend. Dan Rakers, chairman of the city committee on health and wellness, said the panel Monday night agreed with his intention to draft a report with that conclusion. However, he said the […]
Columbia City Council votes to continue fluoridation of public water
In a unanimous vote, the Columbia City Council denied a plan to stop fluoridating the city’s water. The issue, which took almost two hours of the council’s three-hour meeting Monday, received comment from more than 30 community members. More than half of those who commented were doctors or medical professionals, who all supported continued fluoridation. […]
St. Peters: Local city looks to stop practice of adding fluoride to water
The odds are the water coming from the tap in the area has fluoride added to it. Adding fluoride to water supplies has become a huge controversy and St. Peters is looking at stopping the practice. “When you put fluoride in all of our water you’re taking away my liberty to choose…and that is un-American,” […]
Water fluoridation issue resurfaces, this time in St. Peters
… A city advisory committee on health and wellness is considering recommending that St. Peters stop adding fluoride to water produced by the city’s wells. If it does, the issue would then go before the Board of Aldermen. Barry Pulley, a committee member affiliated with a national anti-fluoride group, worries that long-term exposure to fluoride […]
Columbia: Board of Health recommends city water stay at current fluoride level
The Columbia Board of Health recommended in a report to City Council on Monday night that the amount of fluoride in city water remain at its current level. The council requested the report in January after residents brought the potential dangers of fluoride to its attention, according to previous Missourian reporting. The city spends about […]
Fluoride Removed from Forsyth City Water
Forsyth aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to discontinue the policy of adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. City Supervisor Chris Robertson recommended the board consider the move for several reasons… “It is an acid, it is dangerous to personnel, which is one of my concerns if it got into their eyes or something that […]
Columbia City Council will consider ending fluoridation
The Columbia City Council on Monday night … decided to consider an end to adding fluoride to drinking water. The council approved a motion to advance a fluoride resolution after a presentation from Michael Szewczyk, chairman of the Columbia Board of Health, which recommended the city continue to fluoridate its water to 0.7 milligram per […]