Fluoride proponents picked up a significant endorsement Thursday, increasing the likelihood that Portland will end its status as the largest city in the country that hasn’t taken steps to fluoridate its water. With Commissioner Nick Fish joining Randy Leonard in support, fluoridation will now only stall if each of the remaining three Portland City Council […]
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Portland: Fish supports fluoridation
A second city commissioner has said he will vote to fluoridate Portland’s water before the first hearing has been held on the issue. A coalition of health providers, minority organizations and social service agencies is lobbying the council to add flouride to the city’s water to reduce cavities. Commissioner Randy Leonard, who oversees the Portland […]
Portland Water Bureau: “any fluoridation project would have to use liquid, or fluorosilicic acid”
This was an attachment to an August 16, 2012, article in The Oregonian, titled Fluoride would cost $5 million and take 5-plus years: Portland City Hall roundup Subject: Upstream Public Health Questions Regarding Fluoride Costs PWB prepared capital and O&M costs for a fluoride system. The PWB provided this cost information to Mr. Rader on […]
One woman’s curiosity reopens water fluoridation debate in Phoenix
WASHINGTON – When she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2004, Phoenix resident Jody Clute had no idea it would lead her, and her city, to revisit one of the biggest public health debates of the 20th century – water fluoridation. After her diagnosis, Clute read “every book she could get her hands on” about the […]
Portland: Fluoride would cost $5 million and take 5-plus years
If the Portland City Council decides to add fluoride to local drinking water, it should prepare for three things: sizable costs, big-time opposition, followed by a half-decade wait. Putting fluoride in Portland, Gresham, Tigard and Tualatin’s water supply would require “significant” project costs of about $5 million and ongoing operations and maintenance expenses of $575,000, […]
EPA proposing to amend a significant new use rule for PFAS and LCPFAC chemicals
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Public comments due by October 15, 2012. Read full proposal Excerpt Action Proposed Rule. Summary Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing to amend a significant new use rule (SNUR) for perfluoroalkyl sulfonate (PFAS) chemical substances to add PFAS chemical substances that have completed the TSCA new chemical review process but have […]
Groundwater quality and its health impact: An assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift.
Highlights We mapped groundwater fluoride distribution and identified fluoride health risk areas. Dental fluorosis (DF) was evaluated based on TFI scale (Thylstrup and Fejerskov index). Relationship between groundwater fluoride and its dental health impact was established. Effect of milk consumption on DF was evaluated and contributed to reducing DF severity. The findings have implications for […]
Southampton: Fluoride matter is out of our hands
IN response to the letter ‘Irony of water improvements’ (Daily Echo, August 1), I’d like to clarify Southern Water’s position on the issue of fluoride . Under the Water Act 2003, if a strategic health authority requests us to dose fluoride, then by law we must do so. This is a health matter and the […]
Charters Tower: MPs quizzed on fluoridation stance
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A Katter’s Australian Party MP has challenged LNP opponents of fluoridation to make their voices heard in the party. A meeting will be held in Charters Towers this afternoon to discuss plans to add fluoride to the town’s water supply in December. Katter’s Australian Party’s Shane Knuth says LNP members have spoken out against compulsory […]
Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Community water fluoridation benefits everyone
Fluoride in community drinking water provides protection against tooth decay, the most common chronic disease of children. For more than 60 years, water fluoridation has been proven safe and cost-effective. Research shows community fluoridation continues to reduce tooth decay by up to 40 percent, even in an era where other fluoride sources, like fluoride toothpastes, […]