Jacksonville firefighters worked for hours Tuesday to secure a fire at a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Cecil Commerce Center on the Westside. The building, toured in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama, didn’t show signs of flames on the outside but needed to be evacuated for the potential dangers of the hazardous materials. Chief Keith Powers said […]
The debate over the feasibility of continuing to add fluoride to the City of Petal’s water supply continues, as officials have yet to come to an agreement over where to get the product, or if that measure would make sense given some of the purported pricing. Petal dentist Dr. Barbara Mauldin, who recently supplied the […]
In discussion with Mark Hepworth of Abbey Dental and Simon Hearnshaw, a Coordinator of the National Community Water Fluoridation Network in the UK. *Original full-text article online at: https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/island-life-series-specials/episode/fluoridation-for-the-nation/
Editor: The EPA is being sued for violating the Toxic Substance Control Act. Does this seem backwards? Multiple groups filed the suit based on numerous recent studies that compared pregnant mothers in fluoridated versus non-fluoridated communities. Results demonstrated a significant reduction of IQ in infants. This moves fluoride from the realm of dental issues to […]
Sun Prairie Utilities notified about 9,000 customers earlier this month that an equipment malfunction caused fluoride levels in some city water to exceed state and federal safe drinking water standards but resulted in no immediate danger to public health. The Feb. 23 pump valve failure was discovered during a daily inspection Feb. 24 and resulted […]
UK fluoridation network coordinator discusses benefits and misinformation The Isle of Man has a real opportunity to look at putting fluoride in the water supply and a ‘basket of other measures’ to help with oral health. That’s from a coordinator of the National Community Water Fluoridation Network in the UK. The measure is something that’s being considered […]
In a court hearing on Tuesday, the second trial date was set for Jan. 29, 2024, in the ongoing lawsuit (pdf) brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) “to prohibit the addition of fluoridation chemicals to drinking water supplies.” The lawsuit that began six years ago has seen many delays and recently revealed (pdf) […]
The U.S. government and plaintiffs have agreed to begin a second phase of the long-delayed fluoride lawsuit in January 2024. On Tuesday Judge Edward Chen, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a date of January 29, 2024 for the second phase of the ongoing fluoride lawsuit. The second phase […]
Council decided to stop adding fluoride to the Williamsburg drinking water after much discussion over several council meetings. Deciding factors included difficulty in regulating the fluoride, corrosion to equipment at the new water treatment plant and that fluoride is already available in toothpaste and mouthwash. Council members Jeff Steinkamp, Jake Tornholm, Dale Walter, Anne Zalenski […]
A top dentist says that adding fluoride to water ‘shirks responsibility. It comes after public health department staff were asked to research the possibility of adding fluoride to water to help reduce worrying levels of tooth decay, particularly in children. The results of this research is due to be considered by the Council of Ministers […]
