WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal budget passed last month includes just under $44 million to clean up the toxic chemicals that have poisoned drinking water sources near Stewart Air National Guard Base and other military facilities around the country. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced the funding for the U.S. […]
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High level of firefighting chemical detected in East Quogue
Result came from a groundwater monitoring well, but Suffolk County plans to offer testing of private drinking water wells at 107 nearby homes. A monitoring well drilled near a former landfill in East Quogue has detected a perfluorinated compound in a concentration more than 150 times the level at which federal officials say exposure in […]
Editorial on Ida Grove City Council’s decision to end fluoridation
A thistle to the members of the Ida Grove City Council who voted to end the town’s water fluoridation program. They made the decision based on the results of a survey sent in residents’ utility bills. Had the leaders relied on science and public health experts instead of the opinions of half the town’s residents, […]
Fluoride reports prompts parents’ concerned calls to dentist
Too much fluoride is toxic and can impact brain development in young children. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A recent report about the dangers of fluoride is prompting calls to a Coastal Bend dentist, and he is warning parents not to overreact. A Centers for Disease Control report points out that parents often allow their children […]
DEP settles with Franklin over violations associated with fluoride in water system
Too much fluoride in Franklin’s municipal water system last year has resulted in the city of Franklin and its General Authority having to pay a $25,000 civil penalty while Franklin’s operator-in-charge of the drinking water system will pay a $2,500 civil penalty and surrender his state certification. The penalties are part of a settlement agreement announced Tuesday […]
Fluoride: Too much of a good thing can be harmful
Residents of Kilmarnock received a message with their water bills last month which caused some alarm, especially among those who have recently moved to the region. Water utility customers in town were informed the municipal drinking water supply has a concentration of fluoride which is higher than the recommended level set by the Environmental Protection […]
DEP Announces Settlement with City of Franklin, General Authority Over Violations Associated with Overfeed of Fluoride in Water System
Meadville, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a settlement agreement with the City of Franklin and the City’s General Authority for violations of the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act associated with an overfeed of fluoride in the Franklin water system in February 2018. The agreement requires the City and the General […]
Tim Ryan’s Long, Weird History of Palling Around With Fluoride and Vaccine Skeptics
At a 2018 question-and-answer session at a summit for wellness influencers in San Diego, an attendee wanted to talk to Tim Ryan about fluoride. Ryan, a Democratic congressman from Northeast Ohio, had co-sponsored a resolution in 2015 hailing water fluoridation as a public health triumph. But the woman told Ryan that water fluoridation had given […]
DEP Announces Settlement with City of Franklin, General Authority Over Fluoride Violations
Excerpts: … The agreement requires the City and the General Authority to take actions to update operational procedures, provide public notice of certain conditions, submit records, and obtain permits for equipment changes at their water plants. The agreement includes a $25,000 civil penalty for violations associated with the 2018 fluoride overfeed and irregularities in the […]
Should You Be Concerned About PFAS Chemicals?
These ‘forever chemicals’ are in our water supply—and in the body of nearly every American A group of substances known as PFAS chemicals are behind a variety of everyday conveniences that make our lives a little bit easier. They line pizza boxes and fast-food packaging so grease doesn’t seep through, form the nonstick coating on […]