BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Water is on schedule to complete new system improvements and restore fluoride to the city’s drinking water by the end of the summer after nine years. On Thursday, the fluoridation process began as necessary equipment was installed near the filtration plant at the Colonel Ward Pumping Station. A professional diver […]
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Fluoride on the mind: Hillsboro puts water additive on the ballot
To fluoridate or not? That is the question facing Hillsboro voters. For the first time in 70 years, Hillsboro is posing an advisory vote to citizens on whether or not to fluoridate Hillsboro Water’s drinking water supply. The question will be on the ballot this November — however, because it’s an advisory vote, the city […]
Fluoridation: Science & Politics
The seduction of the magic potion narrative is timeless. So, too, are the narratives of betrayal. This episode explores the 20th century magic potion narrative of water or salt fluoridation being safe practices that effectively prevents cavities, and the 21st century science that reveals that fluoridation is not only a mythology that profits various stakeholders, […]
Spencer: The illusion of safety
When did it become okay to cheat in order to achieve an agenda and amass power? That certainly wasn’t what I was taught in parochial school. Perhaps the change in our values originated in the writings of George Orwell who coined the terms “DoubleThink” and “NewsSpeak” to describe a world where the “Ministry of Truth” […]
As bans spread, fluoride in drinking water divides communities across the US
MONROE, N.C. — Regina Barrett, a 69-year-old retiree who lives in this small North Carolina city southeast of Charlotte, has not been happy with her tap water for a while. “Our water has been cloudy and bubbly and looks milky,” said Barrett, who blames fluoride, a mineral that communities across the nation have for decades […]
City March 8 meeting: Commission covers dangerous structure, sports complex sales tax
Fluoride The commission returned to the discussion of whether to discontinue adding fluoride to the water supply. Trevor Witt and John Kollhoff said they have heard equal support and opposition to discontinuing the ordinance. “I go back to my main point and rational for this is that, it’s not critical to the safety of the […]
Brooksville City Council ends fluoridation of city water
BROOKSVILLE — City water users won’t be getting any more fluoride in their drinking water, the council decided April 1. City resident Robert Antonek spoke during public comment and said that people get plenty of fluoride from sources besides drinking water. “Fluoride causes problems,” he said, based on research he said he’s done. “It affects […]
2 toxic releases in Louisiana under federal investigation for safety recommendations
A federal agency will look into separate accidental toxic chemical releases last year at facilities in the Baton Rouge area. Its findings could lead to safety suggestions for the companies involved, rather than any fines or punishment. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued a statement this week indicating that it will investigate the release of hydrogen fluoride […]
Federal Agency Investigating Toxic Chemical Releases at 2 Louisiana Facilities
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that the agency has launched investigations into toxic chemical releases at two facilities in Louisiana during 2023. The agency is investing the release of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and chlorine at the Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies facility in Geismar in January 2023, and the release […]
Norway City Council votes to officially cease water fluoridation
NORWAY — A fluoridation system in Norway won’t be repaired, as the city council has instead passed an ordinance to permanently end adding fluoride to the city’s water. Norway stopped adding fluoride in January 2022 when the system failed. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy required the city either fix the system […]