More than a year after Fluoride-Free San Marcos began its discussions with the City of San Marcos about halting the fluoridation program in the public water supply, LoveHays.com Publisher, Sam Brannon, addresses Council in an effort to keep the discussions above board and in the public eye. Publisher’s Note: There is a line that those of […]
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San Marcos calls for study on fluoride’s possible risks
The San Marcos City Council will study whether or not the city should keep adding fluoride to the drinking water supply, following a council meeting Tuesday. Community groups have been pushing the city to review its practice of adding fluoride to the drinking water for about a year. The citizens utility advisory committee issued a […]
Wolfforth Moving on Project to Clean Up Water
WOLFFORTH, TX — After hearing about the issues for nearly ten years now, the City of Wolfforth is moving onto phase two of their water project, which will filter naturally occurring fluoride and arsenic out of the water. According to the City Manager, Darrell Newsom, ten years ago, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or […]
Pantex exec leaves for post in Ky.
John Woolery, president and general manager of B&W Pantex, will leave Pantex Plant this month to take over a new post in Kentucky. Woolery will continue overseeing Pantex until new contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security assumes management and operations of the Energy Department nuclear weapons plant in July. He will take on his new role as […]
Dallas considers ending water fluoridation
… Dallas is considering whether to renew a three-year contract that provides the city’s water supply with fluoride, according to the American Dental Education Association. The contract is set to expire January 1, 2015, and is worth approximately $1.8 million. Dallas would become the largest city in the U.S. to stop fluoridating its water, surpassing […]
Want water with no added fluoride? Move to the Park Cities.
Dallas City Councilman Sheffie Kadane still isn’t sure Dallas should be fluoridating its water. “Have you seen toothpaste that has fluoride in the toothpaste?” he asked Dallas Water Utilities Director Jody Puckett this morning. “And have you read the disclaimer on it that says ‘Do not swallow, and if you do swallow this toothpaste, go […]
In Dallas, an anti-flouride movement for once not dismissed
Long dismissed as kooks, Dallas’ anti-FLUORIDE activists are speaking out again. This time, we might listen. During a recent city council meeting, Regina Imburgia, a 58-year-old homemaker and self-described anti-fluoridation activist, walked to the microphone to talk about why Dallas should stop putting fluoride in its drinking water. She had spoken to the council several […]
Beaumont could flush fluoride from water supply
Fluoride, the substance that keeps tooth decay away in less than 1 part per million in city water, could be squeezed out of the treated water supply because it corrodes pipes, city water utilities director Hani Tohme told City Council members. A part per million is the same as a milligram in a liter or about […]
Dallas Dental Society opposes councilmembers’ support of dropping fluoride
Critics of putting fluoride in the Dallas water supply received a surprise Wednesday when three members of the Dallas City Council agreed with them. The fluoride opponents have been making regular visits to Dallas City Council meetings for several months asking that Dallas stop the addition of fluoride which has been done for nearly 50 […]
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
At the March 6 Board meeting. the contract to construct the Doe Branch Water Reclamation Plant was approved. The $23,850,000 contract with CDM Constructors is a Construction Manager at Risk Contract. The Board also approved a new policy regarding supplemental fluoridation of our water. The policy recommends not supplementing the level of fluoride present in […]