Thanks to San Antonio activist Henry Rodriguez, the League of United Latin American Citizens took a strong swipe at the fluoridation of public drinking-water supplies in July. But as quickly as his proffered resolution against the forced “mass medication” of the public while potentially harming minority populations and “sensitive subpopulations” received an unanimous vote of […]
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Fluoride Is too toxic of an issue for Austin City Council
The quality and purity of the drinking water supply has a dramatic influence on the public’s health. What if a sub-population is known to be negatively affected by something artificially added to the water … should city government stop adding that substance, or at least warn the people so that they can make an informed […]
Fluoride Is too toxic of an issue for Austin City Council
The quality and purity of the drinking water supply has a dramatic influence on the public’s health. What if a sub-population is known to be negatively affected by something artificially added to the water … should city government stop adding that substance, or at least warn the people so that they can make an informed […]
College Station council votes to stop adding fluoride to water supply
The College Station water supply will soon have no added fluoride. For a variety of reasons, six of the seven council members voted Thursday night to end the 22 year practice.
College Station: City Manager recommends stopping water fluoridation
For years the City of College Station has been putting fluoride in the water to help fight tooth decay, but it’s a practice they might be stopping. Using water from the faucet, either drinking or brushing, sometimes can be hard to avoid. “I like to brush in the morning, lunch and dinner. It’s important to […]
Midland continues to contain fluoride above the acceptable levels
A recently released report on Midland’s water quality during 2010 shows it continues to contain fluoride above the acceptable levels. Those levels apply only to water taken directly from the Paul Davis Well Field pipeline and not to water that’s provided from the city’s water plant, said Danny Presley, engineering technician at the Utilities Department. […]
Austin: Fluoride free Austin takes action against forced water fluoridation
There has been considerable controversy among health experts regarding the fluoridation of municipal water supplies, enough to arouse public concerns with activist groups working to have it abolished. Petitioning the FDA and USDA and Congress has just not worked. Locally, Hawaii avoided water fluoridation and Fairbanks Alaska recently stopped decades of forced fluoridation. Though the […]
Austin: City Council Is prescribing medicine? Austin experts testify to the dangers of the forced medication of artificial water fluoridation
Fluoride History: Sixty years ago the U.S. Center for Disease Control proposed that fluoride be added to drinking water to prevent cavities. In December 2009, the Austin Environmental Board recommended that city council evaluate the costs and benefits of water fluoridation. In July 2010, Austin Health and Human Services warned mothers not to give fluoridated […]
Marathon leak prompts brief shelter-in-place order
TEXAS CITY — The east side of the city was under a shelter-in-place order because of a leak of butane that contains small amounts of hydrofluoric acid at Marathon’s Texas City refinery, emergency management officials confirmed. The shelter-in-place order was lifted at 6 p.m. about an hour after it was issued. The isolated order covered […]
Austin: Fluoride fighters protest Austin water additive
A meeting of the Austin city council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee drew a hefty crowd to City Hall Tuesday afternoon, many waving mock-ups of vintage cigarette advertisements for brands “recommended” by doctors and dentists. The committee met in the council chambers where the audience was nearly full thanks to a call to arms […]