Title: Prohibits the sale or offer for sale at retail of bottled water for human consumption, food preparation or culinary purposes in this state in a beverage container unless such container includes on its label certain information; requires an annual bottled water report to be prepared by the purveyors of bottled water. Summary: BILL NO: […]
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Walden again considers dropping fluoride
The debate over the practice of water fluoridation in Walden is poised to continue, as the Village Board decided unanimously during its June 6 meeting to further explore the possibility of dropping fluoride from its water supply. In the coming weeks, the village council will weigh the facts of the issue via testimony from outside […]
Unprecedented Lawsuit Could End Water Fluoridation in US Based on Neurotoxicity Studies
Story at-a-glance Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is among a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban artificial water fluoridation The EPA has been served with a petition that includes more than 2,500 pages of scientific documentation detailing the risks of water fluoridation to human health New […]
Public weighs in as Meadville water fluoridation vote looms
The five-member Meadville Area Water Authority board will vote on water fluoridation at 10 a.m. Wednesday at a special meeting at the Lew Davies Community Center, 1034 Park Ave. The meeting is open to the public. With the vote fast approaching, forces on both sides of the debate, board members, MAWA staff and others have […]
Movement to Remove Fluoride From US Water Supplies Continues
Story at-a-glance While water fluoridation is purported to decrease your risk of dental cavities, fluoride needs to be applied topically for this to work. It doesn’t benefit your teeth when swallowed Swallowing fluoride displaces iodine from your thyroid, as iodine and fluoride are both halogens. Without iodine, you cannot make active thyroid hormones, raising your […]
Short Film Reveals the Lunacy of Water Fluoridation
Story at-a-glance Research links fluoridated water consumption to endocrine dysfunction, hypothyroidism, ADHD, and reduced IQ Many water authorities do not use pharmaceutical grade fluoride; they use hydrofluosilicic acid — a toxic waste product of the fertilizer industry that is frequently contaminated with heavy metals and other toxins 97 percent of Western European countries do not […]
Corvallis: H&V installs new filter
Hollingsworth & Vose is installing new pollution control equipment the company says will significantly reduce particulates and other emissions at its south Corvallis plant. On Thursday morning, workers with Forslund Crane Service and Bender Mechanical Services used a crane to lower a 7-ton fan into place for the first of a planned 18 ceramic dry […]
Fluoridation to continue in Marin’s water
The Marin Municipal Water District board at a sometimes raucous meeting this week voted 4-1 to continue to buy chemicals needed to fluoridate Marin’s water supply. Questions about the process arose when the board took up an item Tuesday night about whether to approve a purchase of chemicals for fluoridation and other purposes, which it […]
Walden to consult with health professionals on fluoride removal
WALDEN – The Village Board will consult with health professionals about the benefits and side effects of having fluoride in the water, a step mandated by state law before a municipality can remove the chemical from the public water. During a board meeting on Tuesday evening, the trustees unanimously agreed during an informal poll to […]
Walden may remove fluoride from water supply
WALDEN [Orange County] – The fluoride added to the village’s water supply will be up for discussion during the village’s board meeting on Tuesday and could be headed to the chopping block. Village Manager John Revella said fluoride had been added to the water for many years but was removed in 2010. In 2013, village […]