City of Buffalo Water Board officials say they have resumed the process of installing the necessary equipment to put fluoride back in the public drinking water. Officials say city residents can expect fluoride to be in their water by the end of August 2024. The city stopped putting fluoride into its water back in 2015. Once residents […]
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Albany to add fluoride to water supply
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 […]
Soon there will be no more fluoride in city water
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, […]
Union County ends water fluoridation at one treatment plant
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 […]
Fluoride in public water has slashed tooth decay, but some states may end mandates
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 […]
Should Longview stop adding fluoride to its drinking water? Longview councilman wants to know.
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
Baring Teeth: The Long Battle Over Fluoride Comes to a Head
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 […]
Rutland votes to keep fluoride in city water
Rutland city voters spoke loud and clear Tuesday that they want to keep fluoride in the municipal water. A ballot article asking voters to approve a Rutland charter change that would ban fluoride from the city water supply failed on Town Meeting Day. There were 2,031 votes against the proposal and 1,334 in favor of it, according to […]
Stanly commissioners hear views on fluoride in water
Fluoridation of drinking water was discussed at length at Monday’s meeting of the Stanly County Board of Commissioners. Harold Schomecker spoke to commissioners with an update regarding a recent decision by Union County commissioners to remove fluoride from municipal drinking water. S chomecker said he was coming before the board “as a citizen and not […]
Stanly County commissioners hold discussion on removing fluoride from water Monday
STANLY COUNTY, N.C. — Monday night, the Stanly County Board of Commissioners discussed whether the county should remove fluoride from the water. The debate was one of the first orders of business on the meeting agenda for Monday. There aren’t many details available about the plans for the discussion. There was no vote at Monday night’s meeting. […]