Churchill Mayor Michael Spence said no decision has been made to end fluoridation of the community’s water supply following a plebiscite earlier this month. Spence said the town council is still sorting out the plebiscite’s mixed message: An overwhelming majority of only a handful of town adult residents voted to end fluoridation. “We didn’t have […]
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Anchorage: Defluoridation debate flows into Anchorage
Palmer has joined Fairbanks and Juneau to become the latest Alaskan city to stop the practice of adding fluoride to its drinking water. The switch has some residents questioning whether Anchorage should do the same. Anchorage is one of the few cities that has no naturally occurring fluoride in its drinking water, which is why […]
Palmer to stop adding fluoride to city’s public water supply
Palmer has decided to follow the lead of Fairbanks, and stop adding fluoride to its water system. The Palmer city council voted 6-1 Tuesday to forbid addition of fluoride to the public water system. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adding fluoride to community water systems, and considers fluoridation of drinking water […]
Palmer Ordinance that ended fluoridation
Adopted CITY OF PALMER INFORMATION MEMORANDUM NO. 11-039 ORDINANCE NO. 11-007 Subject: Ordinance No. 11-007: Repealing Palmer Municipal Code Section 8.12.010, City Manager Duty, to Prohibit the Addition of Fluoride to the Public Water Supply Agenda of: October 11, 2011 Summary statement: In response to concerns about the risks of fluoride in the Palmer public […]
Philomath fluoride initiative hits snag
Two separate parties have filed objections to the proposed ballot language of a petition initiative to overturn Philomath’s ban on fluoride. The Philomath City Council approved removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water in May after three decades of fluoridation. But since then, a group known as the Citizens for Healthy Teeth are moving to […]
Ontario, Canada: Hamilton airport hush-hush on contamination and cleanup
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Hamilton residents should finally learn next month how badly contaminated their airport is with old firefighting foam chemicals and what will be done about it. Private airport operator TradePort began studying the extent of perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS) pollution at the facility’s old firefighting training pad after tests revealed high levels of the banned synthetic chemical […]
Yanchep and Two Rocks: Fluoride fight flares up
THE campaign against water fluoridation in Yanchep and Two Rocks has stepped up. Anti-fluoride group Perth Fluoride Free took to the streets on October 15 after the Fluoridation of the Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee’s decision last month to get more information on community views. Resident Dan Stewart said the lack of fluoride in the […]
Moncton will rule on fluoride policy next month
Moncton is expected to decide next month on the future of fluoride in the region’s drinking water, after Riverview and Dieppe councils each passed motions to maintain the process on Monday. Moncton officials began to review the policy after a group called for the removal of fluoride from city water. The city asked for a […]
Riverview, Dieppe vote for water fluoridation
Both Riverview and Dieppe councils voted last night in favour of continuing to add fluoride to Metro Moncton’s municipal water supply. “The Canadian Public Health (Association) and others have said that it’s something positive to be kept, our opinion is that it should be kept,” Dieppe Mayor Jean LeBlanc said after a vote was held […]
Watsonville water fluoridation comes up $1 million short: Dental group reviewing bids
WATSONVILLE – A decade-old push to fluoridate Watsonville’s water came up more than $1 million short in the bids for construction. The California Dental Association Foundation must now decide whether to press forward or scrap the project. “If they don’t pay for it, we won’t build it,” said Steve Palmisano, the city’s water division manager. […]