Proponents and opponents of fluoridation will have one more chance to publicly express their views on adding fluoride to the city water supply. Texas-side city officials unanimously agreed at a meeting Monday night to conduct a citywide public hearing they will hold in conjunction with the Texarkana, Ark., Board of Directors from noon to 4 […]
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Texas side of Texarkana weighs in on fluoride
The fluoride debate traveled across the state line Monday night as the Texarkana, Texas, City Council heard comments on both sides of the issue. The hearing followed other city business and did not start until 10:30 p.m. In spite of the time, the council chambers were relatively packed with citizens eager to speak on the […]
Brighter Smiles and Brittle Bones
Fluoride in the water is nothing new – it has come out of area faucets in naturally occurring amounts for years – but now significant quantities are being pumped into our supply for consumption. San Antonio Water System and BexarMet started injecting fluoride into their combined 34 pumping stations Aug. 1. By Aug. 15, or […]
Doctor says fluoride’s benefits may be overstated – Says studies show risks
Doctors and dentists used to believe that ingested fluoride was incorporated into developing teeth, but new research shows the chemical’s decay-fighting properties are provided only by surface contact with teeth, a doctor said Wednesday. Dr. Donald Currie, director of pediatric rehabilitation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, told a gathering […]
Fluoride causes surge in filter sales
Ruby Mann went out three times in the past 35 years to vote against fluoridation of the city’s drinking water supply. This week, she found herself among many San Antonians buying equipment to remove most of the mineral from their water. On Thursday, fluorosilicic acid – a chemical containing the teeth-protecting mineral – began flowing […]
Fluoride is on tap for San Antonio
After three divisive elections and decades of bitter debate, San Antonio begins fluoridating its drinking water next week finally shedding its distinction as one of the last large U.S. cities to shun the cavity-fighting mineral. The first shipment of the chemical known as fluorosilicic acid arrived in San Antonio by tanker truck Thursday. By next […]
Two Texarkanas may add fluoride to drinking water
Texarkana citizens may be making fewer trips to the dentist in the near future, if city governments on both sides of the State Line decide to add fluoride to the drinking water. The issue was originally raised by Texarkana, Texas, Ward 3 Council Member Christie Adams. Other members of the council have followed suit with […]
Under The Volcano (Part I)
“By design, you know, you have these failures,” he says. As part of its agreement with the TNRCC, Crown put in a $1.3 million scrubber to attack the problem of excess sulfur emissions. Critics railed that the company was skirting other, costlier controls. But even Abraham concedes that Crown’s sulfur dioxide emissions are way down. […]
Under the Volcano (Part II)
Old facilities such as Crown’s Pasadena refinery benefit from another provision in the law favorable to polluters. Plants in existence before the Texas Clean Air Act of 1971 were exempted from a permit requirement mandating that facilities use the best available controls to cut pollution. Only if these grandfathered facilities added significant new sources of […]
Crown chemical leak sends six to area hospitals
Six people were sent to the hospital for observation Tuesday evening when an operator at Crown Central Petroleum on Red Bluff opened a valve that contained a mixture of petroleum and hydrofluoric acid at approximately 5 p.m. Bruce Hicks, spokesman for Crown, said the six were transported as a precaution because they might have inhaled […]