JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced that Perryville and 14 other Missouri public water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective […]
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Montrose requests fluoride removal from water
Montrose Borough Council has submitted a proposal to PA American Water Company to eliminate fluoride from the town’s drinking water system. The move was approved at the November borough council meeting. According to the PAWC website, the company has a neutral position on the addition of fluoride to drinking water and – in systems where […]
Removing fluoride from Melbourne water will leave customers vulnerable to tooth decay | Opinion
The Melbourne City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate water fluoridation for 181,000 Brevard residents. Our water is clean and safe to drink. I urge the Melbourne City Council to listen to the recommendation of thousands of scientists and medical and public health associations and keep optimal water fluoridation. The City Council meets at […]
Study: Juneau’s lack of fluoride has increased cavities in children
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is by an anonymous writer identified only as a “Contributor” to the paper. FAN critiqued the Jennifer Meyer study on Juneau and produced a press release on our findings: More Hype Than Evidence on January 17, 2019. JUNEAU — Alaska’s capital stopped fluoridating its tap water about 12 […]
CDC awards Missouri public water systems for fluoridation quality
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced that 15 Missouri public water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective for preventing […]
Many voices with one mission: Seeking a safer future for PES refinery site
Signs are held up as a standing room only crowd listens to testimony given by environmental experts, community activists and residents during a community meeting regarding the future of the site of Philadelphia Energy Solutions in August 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) South Philadelphia residents, labor leaders, health and environmental experts, planners and municipal […]
The FDA Knew the Bottled Water Was Contaminated. The Public Didn’t.
Excerpts from long article that details several incidents of contaminated bottled drinking water … FDA inspections of bottled water facilities, though, declined by 33 percent between 2008 and 2018, according to data provided by the agency, and several years can pass between visits—meaning, as with Sweet Springs, the FDA might not become aware of contamination […]
Fluoride may be removed from Melbourne drinking water, affecting 170,000 across Brevard
For the third time this year, Melbourne leaders will vote on whether to remove fluoride from the drinking water supply of about 170,000 residents across southern Brevard County. As a regional supplier, Melbourne also provides drinking water for Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne Beach, Melbourne Village, Palm Shores, Satellite Beach, West Melbourne and unincorporated Brevard County south of […]
Till 2020 Study: Fluoridation Lowers IQ of Formula-Fed Babies (UPDATE)
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A study published this week found a large decrease in the IQ of children who had been fed infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated tap water compared to formula-fed children living in unfluoridated areas. The study by a research team based at York University, Toronto, followed a large cohort of […]
ADA scrutinizes proposed fluoride hazard rating
Expert panel concludes no compelling evidence to ‘presume’ a neurocognitive risk Washington — The ADA [American Dental Association] affirmed its support of the safety of community water fluoridation by sending comments Nov. 19 to National Toxicology Program officials about the draft monograph from the federal agency that postulates that fluoride is “presumed to be a […]