Any local dentist could tell you — Shelbyville children are being neglected. Luckily, the neglect wasn’t intentional nor was it permanent, and the long-term effects may not be anything more than a cavity or two. For several months now, the water leaving the Shelbyville treatment plant has been leaving without fluoride, that secret ingredient of […]
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Tennessee: Lawmaker campaigns against fluoride bill
Tennessee Rep. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, wants all water systems in Tennessee to stop adding fluoride to water. “It has too many side effects, and the benefits are not there to warrant giving mass drugs to the population whether they need it or not,” said Rep. Hensley, who also is a family practice physician. A national […]
Chancellor dismisses South Blount fluoride lawsuit
Chancellor Telford E. Forgety today dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force South Blount County Utility District to stop fluoridating its water supply and to provide documentation showing fluoride in water is safe to drink. The utility’s Board of Directors voted Jan. 2 to begin fluoridation at the request of Blount County Mayor Jerry Cunningham. Fluoridation […]
Fluoridation suit heads to grand jury on Aug. 4
Linda King is taking her fight against fluoridation to the Blount County Grand Jury. King is currently involved in a lawsuit against the South Blount Utility District Board in regard to their decision to begin fluoridation of the utility’s water supply. On Aug. 4, she will seek to convince a panel, consisting of the jury […]
Plaintiff amends fluoride lawsuit
The lawyer for citizen activist Linda King has filed an amendment to a lawsuit against South Blount County Utility District, now alleging the district’s Board of Directors did not provide a required 72-hours notice before voting to begin fluoridation. Attorney Thomas Mabry said his clients went ahead and amended the complaint because there had been […]
Shortage can’t be brushed aside
Water without fluoride opens a child’s mouth to tooth decay during the developmental stage and could cause problems through adulthood. Decatur Utilities feeds the water with it daily, but recently there were missed periods. “There’s been a supply shortage across the United States,” said Tom Cleveland, plant and engineering manager. “When we do have problems […]
Blount County: Fluoridation set to start; lawsuit also to proceed
MARYVILLE – The manager of a Blount County water supplier says his utility will proceed with fluoridating its product, irrespective of a citizen action group’s request that a court halt the move. Citizens for Blount County’s Future filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon in Blount County Chancery Court against the South Blount County Utility District board […]
Blount County: Fluoride set to flow despite lawsuit
The effort to keep fluoride out of the South Blount County Utility District water supply is now in the hands of lawyers, but the utility still plans to start fluoridation on Wednesday. Linda King filed suit Monday in Blount County Chancery Court requesting that the utility provide documentation showing fluoride in water is safe to […]
Group says South Blount fluoridation plan bites
MARYVILLE – Opponents of reintroducing fluoride into South Blount County Utility District water say they are considering suing to prevent the action, which is planned in about a week. But the manager of the district says the utility is moving ahead with putting fluoride back in its 14,000 customers’ water, probably immediately after next week’s […]
Putting fluoride in South Blount water delayed a month
MARYVILLE, Tenn (WVLT) — It’s just a technicality, but some South Blount Utility District customers are glad they have another month to fight back against the utility’s move to add fluoride to their water. Fluoride was to be added Wednesday, but the board for the utility delayed adding it because they forgot to send a […]