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London may not be the only city known for bad teeth. Lubbock, too, is gaining a similar distinction. The Hub City was ranked as having the worst teeth in the nation in the April 2008 issue of Men’s Health magazine. And the high level of fluoride in Lubbock’s water, as well as the cost of […]

Elgin City Council members took on the decision of fluoridating Elgin’s public water system at the Nov. 20 meeting instead of allowing the issue to go before voters as was considered at a previous meeting. On a split 5-3 vote, the decision was to not add fluoride to Elgin’s water. Voting for the prohibition were […]

FORT WORTH — The city of Fort Worth has temporarily stopped adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies, because of a nationwide shortage of the tooth decay-fighting compound. The city, which supplies drinking water to nearly 1 million people in Tarrant County, ran out of fluoride last month after its contracted supplier failed to deliver […]

Beginning in the 1980s, Elgin, like many Texas towns, put fluoride in its water. But in 2005, with the construction of a new water treatment plant interfering with operations at its facilities, the city’s water utility decided to temporarily suspend its fluoridation. The treatment plant is now complete, but Elgin’s City Council is considering making […]

Faced with a very passionate decision, Elgin city council members will be deciding at their Nov. 20 meeting whether to put the issue of fluoridating Elgin’s water supply to voters or decide themselves. Council members held a workshop on the issue Oct. 16 and had a number of residents and specialists speak as well as […]

Right now, Elgin’s water has minimal amounts of natural flouride, but it’s not enough to prevent tooth decay. “Most of us have been told if you want your teeth to be okay, you should have fluoride in the water,” Elgin resident Jeanette Shelby said. The American Dental Association agrees, saying fluoridation of community water is […]

Fluoridating city of Elgin water was stopped in 2005, according to Doug Prinz, city of Elgin’s director of utilities. “During the construction of the new water plant, we ceased using fluoride because of concerns about health issues. “I have done research in the meantime and have found the side effects really seem to outweigh the […]

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Henderson city water consumers will have fluoride added to their drinking water after city council members voted Tuesday night to approve expenditures for the equipment necessary to add the chemical to the city’s water system – but it’s not clear exactly when that equipment will be bought. Public Utilities Director […]

BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Fluoride will be added to the public water supply on the Bolivar Peninsula by February. The Bolivar Peninsula Special Utilities District board approved fluoridation in an 8-2 vote Tuesday night. Two residents, including former board member Mac McDonald, protested the addition of fluoride before the vote. In an interview, Karen Shobert said […]