SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A bill that would prohibit fluoridation in Utah’s water system has passed through committee and will advance to a vote on the House floor. H.B. 81 — titled Fluoride Amendments — passed in a 10-3 vote late Wednesday afternoon with passionate debate coming from supporters and critics of the bill. […]
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Most Massachusetts residents have fluoride in drinking water. Is it really good for us?
NEWBURYPORT – Linda Paulhus adds a substance to each glass of water, because she’s hyper conscious about what she drinks. “It alters the molecular structure of water,” the 81-year-old Newburyport resident tells WBZ. Would she ever drink a glass straight from the sink? “Never,” she says. Why? Paulhus has spent the last 39 years fighting […]
Council begins process to remove fluoride from city water
By a 6-5 vote Jan. 21, the Rolla City Council approved a motion to notify city water customers, as well as the state government, that it intends to pass an ordinance 90 days hence that will cease fluoridation of the city’s water supply. Well, that is the intention of the current city council, but before […]
Why Water Fluoridation Is Still In Dispute
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking a seat before senators today in an attempt to secure his bid to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He has said we do not need fluoride in our water. This post is not an endorsement of him. He is an environmental lawyer, and our paths have […]
Fluoride Discussion at Special Meeting
(Batesville, IN) – A special meeting will be held on Thursday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. in Batesville City Council chambers on the second of the Memorial Building to discuss fluoride in the water. City officials say the meeting will provide an opportunity for questions, answers, and discussion about fluoride in the city’s water system. […]
Arkansas Moves To Scrap Fluoride
A bill that would repeal a state mandate to include fluoride in Arkansas’ drinking water systems is on the state Senate‘s agenda. The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor has said that it will discuss the issue Wednesday on whether to “repeal the statewide fluoridation program and to remove the mandate for water […]
Fluoride in water again on city agenda
MONROE — The issue of fluoride in municipal drinking water has resurfaced here with city officials, after being hotly debated and narrowly dismissed late last year. But this time the choice is not fluoride vs. no-fluoride in city water — although that is still very much a thing nationally — it is to tighten up […]
Jellico Utilities Board talks fluoride in water
The Jellico Utilities Board met on Tuesday night and discussed the current fluoride treatment used in the water — and if it should think about discontinuing that treatment. Concerns were raised by representatives of Jellico Utilities about a possible acid component in the fluoride that could be harmful to those drinking the water. Original article […]
National politics stall effort to remove fluoride from Monroe drinking water
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 […]
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 […]