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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

While a group of citizens who staged a protest Thursday against South Blount County Utility District’s recent decision to begin water fluoridation had their voices heard, it’s apparently not going to change anything. The utility’s board of directors, at the request of Blount County Mayor Jerry Cunningham, voted Jan. 2 to begin fluoridation of the […]

As you heard from us yesterday, the South Blount Utility District is the latest in East Tennessee to approve the addition of fluoride to their water supply. It’s a decision that’s rarely met without at least some opposition. There’s a lot of information out there about the health effects of fluoride exposure. Volunteer TV’s Jessa […]

There’s a controversy brewing in Blount County after the mayor there is now pushing for fluoride to be put in the county’s water system. Volunteer TV’s Stephen McLamb has more. One woman with kidney problems is terrified of the prospect that her water supply will be fluoridated. She says when she left a system that […]

The more than 14,000 South Blount County Utility District customers will soon be receiving something extra in the water supply — fluoride. According to County Mayor Jerry Cunningham, the utility’s Board of Directors reversed its long-standing opposition to fluoridation at its January meeting, voting to begin fluoridating the water treated at its plant. The unexpected […]

One soft-spoken battle between a few customers of the Cunningham Utility District in favor of fluoridating the area’s water and the Board of Directors ended Thursday night, but one citizen says the war isn’t over. “I’m going to keep on fighting for it,” said a smiling Nadine St. John, a customer of the district after […]