Seaford to begin fluoridation of water to comply with state law

The City of Seaford will begin adding fluoride to its public water system June 2 in compliance with state law. Under Senate Bill 173, passed in 1998, municipal water supplies must fluoridate drinking water. The General Assembly provided funds for each municipality’s set-up costs and the first three years of fluoride costs. The American Dental […]

DuPont confronted over chemical’s safety

EPA and W. Va. lawsuit challenge risks posed by C-8, used to make Teflon Environmental regulators and a class action lawsuit have challenged the safety of a chemical the DuPont Co. uses to make Teflon, its best-known brand. As part of an ongoing review of ammonium perfluorooctanoate, also called C-8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]

Dover fluoridates its water

Smile, Dover. You’re finally quaffing fluoridated drinking water. On Monday, you joined residents of Wilmington, Newark, Milford, Lewes and Selbyville who have been guzzling the formula of one part fluoride solution per million gallons of water for about two decades now. There are now nine fluoridation facilities around Dover, said Scott Keonig, Dover’s director of […]