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EXCERPT: The Greenfield City Board met Tuesday evening to discuss the town’s business, with the most notable items on the agenda focusing on beautifying the downtown area… Director of Public Works Tony Stout then told board members he had received a letter from the state informing him that the board has the option of discontinuing […]

*SB 3760 by *Gresham. (HB 3790 by *Dennis.) Water – As introduced, requires manufacturers of products added to public water systems to verify the safety of such products to the system operators. – Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7. Fiscal Summary Increase State Expenditures – $213,900/General […]

The Smithville water treatment plant will begin fluoridating the city’s water supply again starting Tuesday, January 10, according to Secretary-Treasurer Hunter Hendrixson. Though neither a state or federal requirement, the new liquid fluoride system was installed as part of the rehabilitation of the water plant, according to the wishes of city officials and members of […]

Members of the board of directors for the Lawrenceburg Utility Systems voted unanimously Thursday evening to discontinue the practice of adding fluoride to the local water supply. Board members have discussed the matter during recent meetings. Utility systems near and far have opted recently to take this same action. Leaders in Waynesboro, Hohenwald and Spring […]

The Hohenwald City Commission voted to remove fluoride from their water system, becoming the second city in the past month to make this decision. Hohenwald followed the lead of Spring Hill, which voted last August to remove the chemical compound from the water supply. The Hohenwald City Commission passed the vote unanimously on Sept. 6. […]

Resolution 3509 to remove fluoride from the City water system passed unanimously and shall become effective immediately. Recently the City of Spring Hill has made a similar move and the City of Waynesboro made the same decision over 12 years ago. Most fluorides used in public drinking water were originally sodium fluoride. This fluoride is […]

With numerous sources of fluoride now available, members of some Tennessee communities have begun to question whether the continued addition of this chemical to sources of public drinking water is still necessary. City aldermen in Spring Hill voted last week to discontinue the addition of fluoride to their city’s water. Spring Hill joins the cities […]

SPRING HILL — City leaders voted unanimously Monday to quit adding fluoride to city water. Alderman Amy Wurth asked the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the change, saying that not all city residents may need the supplement because it appears in many more sources than it did in 1945, when fluor- idation began as […]

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The controversy over the use of fluoride in drinking water continues. Several legislators are taking a stand, asking that federal officials not promote or endorse water fluoridation. Fluoride has been added to drinking water in the U.S. since the 1940s. The goal was to help prevent tooth decay. “Nowadays we see anywhere […]

A bipartisan group of Republican and Democrat legislators in the Tennessee House of Representatives has sent a letter to State Health Commissioner Susan Cooper, asking that she direct state health department employees to halt activities that promote the practice of water fluoridation. The group includes Beth Harwell, Speaker of the House, legislator-physician Dr. Joey Hensley, […]