WEIRTON – With concerns over issues with the national supply chain, the Weirton Area Water Board is implementing a policy concerning its stocking of certain necessary materials and equipment. “We have experienced significant inability to seek the supplies we need,”Utilities Director Butch Mastrantoni explained during Thursday’s Water Board meeting. He pointed to such materials as […]
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‘Equipment malfunction’ deposits extra fluoride into Utah town’s drinking water.
FAN Note: Samples collected in Sunset, Utah municipal water show fluoride levels as high as 13ppm! An “equipment malfunction” poured extra fluoride into the Sunset City water system this week, prompting officials in the Davis County town to advise residents to “flush” — or run — tap water for several minutes, along with other precautions. […]
Harris Township Supervisors Ask Water Authority to Continue Fluoridation.
Harris Township’s Board of Supervisors wants the State College Borough Water Authority to reconsider its recent decision to begin the process of removing fluoride from the water supply serving approximately 75,000 people in and near the Centre Region. The township is one of six municipalities served at least in part by the SCBWA and is […]
TSCA citizen petitions face uncertain path in court.
Recent filings highlight challenges in convincing courts to force agency action. Recent activity in a pair of long-simmering lawsuits has shined a fresh light on the challenges organisations face in compelling the US EPA to act on chemicals of concern through TSCA ‘citizen petitions’. Public health advocates this week asked a federal court in California […]
Sunset residents warned of excessive fluoride in water due to system malfunction
FAN Note: In 2019, a similar situation in Sandy, Utah exposed thousands to extreme levels of fluorosilicic acid and heavy metals caused by its corrosion: https://fluoridealert.org/content/sandy-utah-february-2019-drinking-water-contamination-event/ SUNSET, Utah, Sept. 14, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — City and state health officials are warning Sunset residents to take precautions after a malfunction in the city water system injected excessive fluoride. […]
Why anti-fluoride conspiracy theories have persisted for over 70 years.
FAN Editorial Note: Lazy journalism from Matt Rozsa. A fair shake at the fluoridation story would include the current NTP #fluoride report, the TSCA #fluoridelawsuit, and the NIH-funded studies on fluoride neurotoxicity. Back in 1999, Salon did a much better job covering fluoridation, “Questions about the safety of this cavity-fighting chemical aren’t just for right-wing […]
Dallas For Safe Water: Wed 9/14 Hold the Date! You can make a Difference!
To: Everyone that cares about the the health of Millions of people receiving water poisoned by the actions of the Dallas City Council– PLEASE Join us at City Hall THIS Wednesday 9/14/22 VOICE Your concerns and Tell the Council to NOT Allocate Any money for the purchase of the “fluoride”- I will get more details […]
Hazmat spill closes portion of Mitchell County road overnight, troopers say
MITCHELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — An incident involving a tanker and a subsequent hazmat spill in Mitchell County is expected to close a road at least until Thursday morning, Sept. 8. Rohn W. Silvers with North Carolina State Highway Patrol said crews received a call that a tanker hauling 4,500 gallons of hydrofluorosilicic acid crashed on […]
Groups contact the state, recommend ways Alcoa can mitigate water contaminants
Concerned with on-site hazardous waste from Alcoa, which continues to leach into nearby waters in Badin, several groups wrote recently to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resources about ways the organization could improve. The actions come as the site, now known as Badin Business Park (BPP), recently reapplied for its […]
Waterloo dentist argues for putting fluoride back in the water.
FAN Editorial Note: Dr. Nothem makes many false statements in this article including: “It would take 85 glasses of water per day for an adult to develop chronic fluorosis” – research has shown that dental fluorosis often develops early in life during a critical window of fluoride over-exposure. (JS) With Waterloo having discontinued using fluoride […]