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Excerpt The Park Hills City Council met in regular session last week to vote on several ordinances and resolutions. Council members voted to purchase a new backhoe for the Water Department, buy a new rock crawler for the Public Works Department, enter into agreements for paving projects, and continue the use of fluoride in the […]

Park Hills City Council members held a work session Tuesday in which they approved maintenance to city water tanks, heard about water fluoridation from representatives of the local dental practice Upward Smiles, and discussed several other matters. The session began with a delegation from Upward Smiles speaking to the council about the benefits of adding […]

WINFIELD, Mo. (KMOV.com) — Albert McDaniel is the father of five children and recently three of them were diagnosed with fluorosis. That’s a cosmetic condition that causes the teeth of children to have white spots and discoloration because of the consumption of too much fluoride. “If you’ve got kids 9 and under, don’t let them […]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1 Has Levels of Fluoride Above Drinking Water Standards Este informe contiene informacion muy importante sobre su agua potable. Traduzcalo o hable con alguien que lo entienda bien. Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, […]

Officials with the Jefferson County Water Authority, which serves customers in Festus and Herculaneum, have been discussing the possibility of discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to the water system. Many water providers add fluoride to their systems because the chemical helps prevent tooth decay. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), fluoridated water […]

Excerpts from State Senator Wayne Wallingford … As promised, I want to share with you the rest of the legislation I have filed for the 2019 legislative session… Senate Bill 278 – This act requires any public water system or public water supply district that intends to modify the fluoridation of its water supply to […]

Signs along North Fountain Avenue for and against flouride in the water in Springfield. BILL LACKEY/STAFF Campaign finance reports filed earlier this month show advocates of a campaign to add fluoride to Springfield’s water supply spent about $14,200 to promote the effort, the largest expenditure for any local race in November’s election. Post-general election campaign […]