According to Casey Borchert and Fluoride Free St. Croix Falls, on Monday night (January 28) the city council voted 2 to 1 to discontinue the addition of fluoride to the city’s water supply due to the annual cost perspective and consideration of the safety of the public works employees. Casey Borchert, a resident who tried […]
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The U.S. Military Plans to Keep Incinerating Toxic Firefighting Foam, Despite Health Risks
The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to collect and destroy unused firefighting foam that contains the hazardous chemicals PFOS and PFOA. But in trying to solve one environmental problem related to these persistent chemicals, which have caused massive drinking water contamination, the Defense Department may be creating another. More than 3 million gallons of […]
State lawmaker pushes to add fluoride to Hawaii’s water
A lawmaker is pushing to add fluoride to the state’s public water system to promote oral health in Hawaii. Senator Karl Rhoads explained reducing tooth decay is one of the reasons why he’s fighting for the change. “We have the worst children’s dental health in the country. We’re at number 50. At the third grade […]
Perrine students can receive dental sealants
TWIN FALLS — Perrine Elementary School first- and second-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 starting Tuesday. Dental sealants fill the deep grooves of the back teeth where 90 percent of cavities occur. Fluoride varnish helps protect the […]
4-minute hydrofluoric acid leak reported at Torrance Refining Co. described as minor
An acid leak lasted approximately four minutes at Torrance Refining Co. on Friday afternoon. South Coast Air Quality Management District said in a press release that its personnel received a call at around 3:45 p.m. and responded to a minor leak of modified hydrofluoric acid (MHF) at Torrance Refining Co. on 190th Street in between […]
‘Look ma, no cavities!’
FORT WAYNE, IND. It was the butt of many jokes in the 1950’s and ’60’s when Crest toothpaste rolled out its ‘look mom, no cavities’ commercials, advertising what was actually one of the 20th Century’s greatest leaps forward in public health; the discovery that adding fluoride to toothpaste virtually eliminated cavities. And the man responsible […]
Melbourne to continue fluoridating water, weigh future fluoride voter referendum
MELBOURNE — The city of Melbourne will maintain status quo and continue fluoridating drinking water for roughly 170,000 residents across southern Brevard County. But City Hall staffers will research costs, logistics and feasibility of a future fluoride referendum — which would go before voters in Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and […]
5 workers hospitalized after hydrofluoric acid leak at refinery near Delaware
Five people working at a Pennsylvania energy plant less than two miles from Claymont were hospitalized after a chemical leak occurred Wednesday morning. The contract workers’ conditions were not available Wednesday, but they were being treated at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania. Hydrofluoric acid is hydrogen fluoride when dissolved in water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Utilities director: Clearwater raising fluoride to proper levels
CLEARWATER — The installation of fluoride delivery systems at two of the city’s water treatment plants should be complete sometime in March, the city’s utilities director said last week. The new storage tanks and pumps are designed to increase the level of fluoride in the city’s drinking water to .7 parts per million (ppm), which […]
Fluoride-Disparaging Studies Rarely Publicized. Why?
Poorly done pro-fluoride studies are widely publicized. Fluoride disparaging studies are not. This past year, more studies link fluoride to brain, kidney, thyroid, bone and vascular damage, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies is touted as a safe tooth-decay preventive. However, a growing […]