MONROE, Wis. (WKOW) – Following national attention, an effort to remove fluoride from Monroe’s water supply has stalled. But a city leader is committed to finding other ways to try and satisfy the concerns of local residents. Monroe Common Council President Andrew Kranig helped initiate the effort to remove fluoride last fall. He attributed the […]
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Bill aims to remove state’s fluoride mandate for drinking water systems
A bill that would repeal a state mandate to include fluoride in water systems across Arkansas is on Wednesday’s agenda in the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. Senate Bill 2, which would do away with Arkansas’s statewide fluoridation program, is sponsored by Sen. Clint Penzo (R – Springdale) and Rep. Matt Duffield […]
Three Southwest Washington cities consider removing fluoride from drinking water
Longview, Camas and Battle Ground will soon decide whether health concerns about adding fluoride to their city drinking water outweigh the oral health benefits of the cavity-fighting mineral. Longview city councilors will weigh the benefits and risks of fluoride in drinking water on Thursday during a public debate-style workshop that’s set to last several hours. […]
Fluoridation on Trial: The Court Rules on Fluoride’s Risk to Public Health
The fluoride controversy, where advocates and opponents argue in the media, is a distraction because the views of real and armchair scientists have been overruled. After weighing the scientific evidence, a federal court told the EPA that our current fluoride standards might not be as safe as advertised, ordering the EPA to take another hard […]
City Commissioners balk at restarting water fluoridation program
Benton Harbor City Commissioners have put the brakes on a plan to start adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. At Monday’s regular city commission meeting, City Manager Alex Little said the city for decades fluoridated its water to help maintain the dental health of residents. However, the fluoridation program was halted about two and […]
Manatee County Commission to discuss proposal to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Manatee County commissioners will discuss rising concerns about potential health risks associated with fluoride in drinking water on Tuesday, and could soon heed guidance from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo that calls for an end to the longstanding practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. Commissioner Amanda Ballard is scheduled to introduce a proposal to […]
Bartow sets public workshop to reevaluate adding fluoride to water, with big-name panelists
Bartow’s City Commission will hold a public workshop regarding the pros and cons of adding fluoride to its water supply on Feb. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bartow Civic Center. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Lapado and American Fluoridation Society President Johnny Johnson will be among the panelist. Following presentations on both sides […]
No Fluoride, No Problem
Park Cities residents don’t need to rush out for Waterpiks if President Donald Trump removes fluoride from drinking water. Fluoride isn’t added to Park Cities water, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it apparently never has been. Fluoridation was debated in the late 1960s. But the issue died after […]
With Melbourne, Palm Bay councils voting against fluoride, debate moves to Cocoa, Titusville
Adding fluoride to drinking water as a way to prevent dental decay has sparked opposition from some since it was first started in the 1950s. One common belief among early anti-fluoridation advocates was that it was a communist plot to undermine American public health. But with strong support from the medical community, water providers throughout […]
Does Palm Beach County treat its drinking water with fluoride and will that change?
There appears to be little appetite in Palm Beach County to stop treating water with fluoride, despite a claim by Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo that doing so amounts to “public health malpractice.” Lapado has called on water departments across the state to stop fluoridating their water, arguing that it could result in lower IQs […]