The advisory includes Monroe and Wayne counties and Milan. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued an expanded ” Do Not Eat” fish advisory for all fish harvested from the Huron River in five counties in southeast Michigan, including Monroe and Wayne counties. The advisory is for people living in Livingston, Oakland, […]
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How safe is the fluoridated water in Davis County?
Excerpts: Davis and Salt Lake are the only counties in Utah that add fluoride to their water supply… ABC4 News went to Layton, the largest city in Davis County, to see what measures are being taken to ensure only the approved amount fluoride makes it to residents… Layton’s water is tested in what’s called a split […]
Letter: Fluoride an issue for local towns
To the editor: In reply to Dr. Gardner’s recent letter (“Fluoride is safe and effective,” March 7), which was primarily an attack on the author of another letter (“Elected officials need to address fluoride issue,” Feb. 7), the science published in recent years does not support the dogma that Dr. Gardner learned in medical school […]
Water Authority Will Appeal Fluoride Water Ruling
BOONE COUNTY, Ar. — An Arkansas water authority is ready to fight a circuit court ruling that says they must add fluoride to their drinking water. The Ozark Mountain Public Regional Water Authority, near Lead Hill, filed the appeal against the Arkansas Department of Health, but a judge ruled against the appeal on Tuesday. Under […]
Longview to consider cutting off fluoride injections in city water
The Longview City Council may halt the addition of tooth-decay fighting fluoride to the city’s drinking water — a public process that caused considerable debate in Kalama five years ago. Councilwoman MaryAlice Wallis first broached the idea late last year when she proposed stopping the purchase of fluorosilicic acid, the chemical the city uses to […]
Water authority gets day in court; to fluoridate or not is question
The Ozark Mountain Public Water Authority is still waiting to see if it has to fluoridate water after a hearing last week before 14th Judicial Circuit Judge Andrew Bailey. Arkansas Act 197 of 2011 requires all water systems with more than 5,000 customers to fluoridate water. In 2015, the water authority appealed the state Health […]
3M taking steps to remove toxic chemicals, but some want more action
Extensive ongoing efforts by 3M Co. to deal with chemicals once disposed of in Decatur and Lawrence County included the erection of a privacy fence last week around property it purchased recently that is contaminated by its own chemical waste. Lawrence County resident Beth McCarley said hiding the remediation efforts west of Trinity behind a fence […]
From flooding to sick kids and pets, small legal claims show Sandy water crisis had a big impact on residents
In the wake of Sandy’s water contamination crisis, residents fear long-term damage to their children’s health, their pets and their homes — and a number are asking the city to pay for their missed wages, medical bills and replacement water filters. The more than 20 small-damage claims filed with the city after a fluoride pump […]
Board chairman: Fluoridating water could be ‘a liability’
VALLEY SPRINGS — At a recent meeting of the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority board, board chairman Andy Anderson encouraged as many customers and board members as possible to attend a hear this coming Thursday regarding the mandate to fluoridate the system’s drinking water. Arkansas Act 197 of 2011 requires all water systems with […]
Richfield students can receive free dental sealants
RICHFIELD — Beginning March 18, Richfield first- and second-graders and seventh- and eighth-graders are scheduled to receive free dental sealants and fluoride varnish to help prevent cavities, as part of Delta Dental of Idaho’s Grins-on-the-Go program. Dental sealants fill the deep grooves of the back teeth where 90 percent of cavities occur. Fluoride varnish helps […]