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A man who has spent a career installing and repairing water and sewer systems was unanimously chosen by Meadville City Council to fill the Meadville Area Water Authority seat that has been vacant since January. … Gildea knows a hot button issue which has divided the community is whether the Meadville area should fluoridate its […]

Putting fluoride in Meadville’s water supply has been a topic which has been debated off and on for more than 60 years. Discussion in front of the board that decides Meadville water supply’s fluoride fate could return as early as August. Fluoride is a hot button topic because talks of adding it to the city’s […]

Debates come and go, but there’s one — the seven-decades-old battle over fluoridating drinking water — that appears to be rekindling in Western Pennsylvania. Officials in Brackenridge were set to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply a few weeks ago. Then the borough’s switchboard began to light up. “At first, we were going to […]

CHAMBERSBURG – Despite objections from dental and medical professionals voiced at a Monday night meeting, Guilford Water Authority is moving forward with plans to stop adding fluoride to the public water system. The move is expected to affect about 26,000 people in Guilford and Greene townships and, to a lesser extent, several other locations. While […]

It’s been more than three years since West Manheim officials made the decision to keep fluoride in the township’s public water supply, but several residents are now asking that the supervisors reconsider that decision. When Karen Berger moved to the township from Maryland several years ago, she had no idea that West Manheim was still […]

Dentists plan protest for next Guilford Water Authority meeting CHAMBERSBURG – Word that Guilford Water Authority is moving forward with plans to remove fluoride from its public water supply sparked a pointed response from dental health professionals this week. In a letter delivered to GWA customers Saturday, the authority announced its decision and revealed it […]

Brackenridge Borough wants to join the growing list of water suppliers that don’t fluoridate their water. After months of discussion, Brackenridge Council has taken steps to discontinue fluoride‘s use. Councilman Timothy Kolar recommended the move, saying it would save the borough about $4,000 per year and would make the plant safer by eliminating a chemical. […]

Fluoride will not be added to the borough water supply, the borough council decided Wednesday. The council had voted Feb. 5, 2014, to add fluoride to the water but council member Roger Spotts made the motion Wednesday to rescind the vote with council member Jerry Bowman seconding. A roll call vote was then taken. “I […]

Ford City will stop adding fluoride to its drinking water when its water plant being built next year goes into service. “This is a matter of removing a poison,” said Borough Manager Eden Ratliff. “And it’s about the government not forcibly medicating our population.” The American Dental Association endorses fluoridation as safe, effective and necessary […]

… In other water plant business, council may vote Monday on whether to add fluoride to its water when the new plant is constructed. Members want residents’ input. The borough’s current plant uses the chemical, which is commonly added to public water supplies to reduce tooth decay. Council Vice President Jerry Miklos said nixing fluoride […]