Note from the Fluoride Action Network The final report titled, Investigation Report: Sandy City Fluoride Overfeed, was released on May 23, 2019. It is available at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/sandy.final-report.5-23-2019.pdf _______________________________________________________________ SANDY, Utah — Sandy’s Public Utility Director Tom Ward was reinstated after an investigation into Sandy City’s response to water contamination in February found the city did […]
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U. of Washington School of Public Health. Deans: Water Fluoridation ‘Safe, Effective and Practical’
The University of Washington School of Public Health supports community water fluoridation, based on its enormous public health impact and the recommendation of health authorities across the United States. On May 30, 2019, Dean Hilary Godwin joined the deans of the other five UW Health Sciences schools in issuing a letter to Johnny Johnson, Jr, DMD, […]
ADA honors Congressman Mike Simpson with Distinguished Service Award
Washington — Dr. Mike Simpson was reading the paper one morning, when something caught his eye: the local city council had two open seats and only one candidate had filed. Something stirred inside the former political science major who’d followed his father and uncle into dentistry. That was the moment when Simpson the dentist started […]
‘We overdosed them’: Outside investigation details Sandy City missteps in dealing with water crisis
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) In this Feb. 17 file photo, cases of water are stored at the Sandy Operations Center at 9150 So. 150 East for residents to drive through and pick up. The problem started about Feb. 6, when a fluoride pump malfunctioned because of a power outage. It flooded the water […]
Report: Sandy limiting notice of water contamination to avoid ‘panic’ was ‘not warranted’
Investigation finds ‘the city may have either underestimated or downplayed this event’ SANDY — While contaminated water made 239 people sick in February, Sandy took too long figuring out who was impacted by the fluoride overfeed and too long to inform them, according to a new report. “A notice not to drink the water until […]
Sandy City Public Utilities Director Tom Ward reinstated
Mayor Kurt Bradburn announced today the reinstatement of Tom Ward as Sandy City’s Public Utilities Director after completion of an independent investigation conducted by the law firm Parsons Behle & Latimer. The report which included review of thousands of documents, media responses, social media posts and in person interviews found that “Sandy’s operational response to […]
Report: Sandy didn’t comply with notice requirements during water debacle
SANDY — Sandy City did not comply with notice requirements — but did not hide information from the public — during a water contamination debacle earlier this year, an independent investigation concluded. Tom Ward, the city’s public utilities director who was placed on leave following the incident, has been reinstated as of Thursday, according to […]
Michigan leads nation in PFAS. It will lead cleanups, too, U.S. reps say
MACKINAC ISLAND – A report this month found Michigan leads the nation in sites contaminated with toxic chemicals known as PFAS, and the state’s bipartisan delegation in Congress has introduced a flurry of legislation to increase testing. Among the federal bills: one to provide the U.S. Geological Survey with $45 million to develop new standards […]
Dupont and 3M knowingly contaminated drinking water across the US, lawsuits allege
Firefighting foam containing perflourinated compounds has contaminated the groundwater around military bases and fire stations across the US. New Hampshire is the latest state to file suit against a number of companies, including Dupont and 3M, for their roles in a nationwide drinking water contamination crisis. The lawsuit claims that the polluted water is the […]
$2.7 million and 180 acres: Lake Elmo settles with 3M
Lake Jane in Lake Elmo. The city announced it reached a settlement to end its lawsuit against 3M over pollutants the company made that were found in Lake Elmo groundwater. (file photo) After decades of contamination findings, lawsuits and finger-pointing, Lake Elmo and 3M have reached a resolution. The city announced it settled its […]