The controversial re-introduction of fluoride will be delayed 12 months while experts operate a miniature mock-up of the water system to test for possible increased lead levels. The risk of lead leaching is very low, according to a consultant hired by Windsor Utilities Commission. But the 12-month pipe loop study was urged out of an […]
ORONO, Maine — Orono and Veazie residents will decide in June whether to stop fluoridating their public water supply — which could end a nearly 60-year practice. Fluoride is a mineral naturally found in water, soil and even in some foods and beverages. People can be exposed to it on a daily basis, most commonly […]
ARCATA – What’s old was new again at the Feb. 26 City Council meeting as community water fluoridation was up for reconsideration. Approved in 1956 by that era’s council over the objections of a few, fluoridation didn’t truly begin in Arcata until the early 1960s, when necessary equipment was installed. Hailed by the medical community […]
WINDSOR — The re-introduction of fluoride into Windsor’s drinking water is expected to be delayed as more tests are conducted regarding lead levels. The Board of Commissioners of the Windsor Utilities Commission on Wednesday authorized the management team of Enwin Utilities Ltd. to conduct further tests prior to the reintroduction of fluoride into Windsor’s water […]
Extra tests required to determine how fluoride will interact with corrosion control chemicals already in place Additional water quality testing means fluoride won’t be reintroduced to Windsor’s, Tecumseh’s or LaSalle’s drinking water systems until at least 2021. Garry Rossi, vice-president of water operations with Enwin said the delay is a result of a recommendation made […]
S.N. Briere/staff reporter Cortland County Public Health Director Catherine Feuerherm, right, works with her secretary Cheryl Mrozowski on a presentation Feuerherm will give to the Legislature Health and Human services Committee in March. Feuerherm, who has been the director for 11 years, will retire in March. Two months after Catherine Feuerherm took over as Cortland […]
*Read original study online at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/barthel-2020.pdf Introduction Fossil bones represent valuable paleontological archives for reconstructing the paleobiology and -environments of vertebrates throughout geological time and thus also represent an important window into the evolution of life on Earth. The preservation of organisms or parts of them over long geological timescales requires exceptional conditions before and […]
Nearly 70% of the U.S.’s population receive fluoride through public water systems. Hawaii remains an outlier, thanks to long-standing opposition. This legislative session, two fluoride-related bills cycled through the Hawaii Senate, each with the opposite intention. The first was a proposal to fluoridate Hawaii’s public drinking water, something that has failed over and over in […]
Report highlights EPA’s aggressive and unprecedented efforts to address PFAS in the environment WASHINGTON (Feb. 26, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing the PFAS Action Plan: Program Update. Over the past year, EPA has made significant progress under the Action Plan to help states and local communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) […]
5,000 pounds of hydrogen fluoride released in June 2019 incident Philadelphia proposal could trigger other regulatory efforts Philadelphia leaders hope their attempt to ban hydrogen fluoride from oil refinery processes within city limits will spark other regulation of the chemical compound across the country. The city’s proposal comes after a fire and explosion at Philadelphia […]
