The city of Lockport will spend $60,000 to make improvements to its fluoride feed system at the water treatment plant. The city previously received a $50,000 grant through the New York State Department of Health, with a $60,000 local contribution, for the project. Hohl Industrial Services, Inc. was selected for the work after it submitted […]
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Fluoridated Kentucky had the fifth highest rate of tooth loss among people 65 and over in 2012
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This is an excerpt from a much longer article. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked Kentucky as the Number One state for the fluoridation of public drinking water. CDC noted that the percentage of public drinking water supplies in Kentucky was 99.9% in 2012 and 2014, while this […]
Albuquerque: Water fluoridation plan faces key vote this week
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The public debate about drinking water fluoridation in Albuquerque appeared to have been settled in the 1970s, both at the ballot box and in the courts. In a November 1970 election, a 57 percent majority of city voters supported an ordinance to fluoridate the Albuquerque’s water supply. The city began fluoridation in […]
Ban on toxic acid may test Californians’ thirst for cheap fuel
Californians are used to paying more for gasoline, but that may be tested soon if a pair of Los Angeles-area refineries are forced to stop their use of a toxic chemical. The local air-quality regulator indicated this month that it may ban hydrofluoric acid from both PBF Energy’s Torrance refinery and one owned by Valero […]
Meadville. Council: You’re preaching to the choir over water authority’s fluoride vote
Frustration boiled over on both sides at the end of Wednesday’s Meadville City Council meeting as opponents of fluoridation once again aired their grievances only to be told that council meetings are the wrong forum for doing so. Five fluoridation opponents addressed council in what soon became a contentious public comment period at the conclusion […]
Editorial: Keeping fluoride on tap is a wise call
We commend the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen for wisely reversing its earlier decision to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply. In the end, science and the facts prevailed. The board decided 3-1 in February to end the fluoridation process, with Alderman Terry Countermine voting against the motion. Countermine told his colleagues removing […]
Feds raise concerns over Uranium Processing Facility safety designs
(Photo: Y-12) The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has raised concerns over the revised designs for Y-12 National Security Complex’s Uranium Processing Facility. The revised plans reportedly eliminate thermal barriers from the UPF design, according to the Board’s June 26 letter to National Nuclear Security Administrator Frank Klotz. The thermal barriers, which existed in the original […]
Need fluoride added to your drinking water? Some cities go without it
Health officials hail the practice of adding fluoride to our drinking water as one of the 20th century’s top health achievements. And yet, hundreds of thousands of South Floridians don’t reap the benefits, because some utilities don’t boost the presence of the cavity-fighting mineral in their water. The battle over fluoridation has reignited in Palm […]
Athens: City agrees to seek grant to update fluoridation equipment
In the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove,” Brigadier Gen. Jack Ripper believes the Communists are using the fluoridation of water to pollute America’s “precious bodily fluids.” The general, who turns out to be stark raving mad, triggers a nuclear first strike on the Soviet Union over the issue and, presumably, global nuclear war. Nothing like that […]
Frankford Adds Fluoride to Water
FRANKFORD, Del. – The town of Frankford added fluoride to its water on Tuesday, one of the terms in their loan forgiveness settlement with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, according to the town treasurer. Frankford Treasurer Marty Presley says the town reached a tentative settlement with DNREC earlier this year, after the […]