CARRBORO – Orange Sewer and Water Authority customers in the Carrboro-Chapel Hill community are being asked to not use water due to a water main break and low tank levels, officials said Friday. Orange County officials said a rupture in a 12-inch water main near Dobbins Drive in Chapel Hill Friday morning is exacerbating the […]
News Archive
Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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Battlefield: Notice of fluoride removal
02-02-2017 NOTICE OF FLUORIDE REMOVAL This is a ninety ( 90) day notice to inform you that we decided to remove the Fluoride in your water.The last day Fluoride will be in the water will be May 31, 2017. If you have any questions, Please call 417-881-1762. Thank you PWSD #1 of Greene County Missouri […]
OWASA getting water from Durham after fluoride overfeed
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority began receiving drinking water from the City of Durham late Thursday afternoon after an accidental overfeed of fluoride within the water treatment process, the utility announced. The overfeed of fluoride was contained within the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant, according to a news release. No water with higher […]
EPA Pressured To Stop Addition Of Fluoride In Drinking Water
Fluoride continues to be a hot-button issue across the country. Just last year, large sections of San Jose, CA, began using fluoride in drinking water. The decision came several years after a huge push by dentists and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, among others. According to NBC Bay Area, in December 230,000 people […]
Bedford Regional Water Authority ends fluoridation
As of February 1, 2017, the Bedford Regional Water Authority no longer adds fluoride to any of the sources we own and operate. Water entering portions of the Forest area will continue to receive fluoridated water that the BRWA purchases from the City of Lynchburg; what this means is that, upon completion of the pipeline […]
Water fluoridation in Somers, part of Yorktown to end temporarily
Starting Friday, water supplied to residents of Somers and part of Yorktown will no longer have fluoride added to it, the Northern Westchester Joint Waterworks announced. That’s expected to last for much of this year, while the Amawalk water treatment plant, on Route 35 in Yorktown, undergoes modifications and the Catskills treatment plant gets a new system for putting fluoride […]
Durango residents sound off on water fluoride issue
Durango residents weighed in Monday night on whether to keep fluoridating their water. The city council held a special meeting after a petition was presented asking them to reconsider adding fluoride to the water. The Durango Herald reports residents against the practice argued consuming fluoride should be a choice, while those in favor pointed out […]
Residents, health/dental community clash on Green Bay’s fluoridization of water
On Monday night, residents, dental and healthcare professionals, and others debated the necessity of continuing to add fluoride to the water supply during Green Bay’s Protection and Welfare Committee meeting. The issue was added onto the committee’s agenda after Green Bay resident Brenda Staudenmaier asked the city to consider stopping the practice… Read the full article […]
After 72 years of Fluoridation, Uncertainty Persists
While pushing through a country-wide fluoridation mandate last year, Israel’s policy-makers and public health officials ignored or denied valid evidence, produced by experts in their fields and respected science groups, showing that fluoridation science has not been settled according to researchers in the Journal of Risk Research, August 2016. The same is true of US […]
Brains are being harmed by bad policy–EPA put on notice to follow rules and protect citizens
Is the rampant increase of brain and behavioral issues such as cognitive deficits, autistic spectrum disorders and ADHD linked to drinking fluoride or exposure in utero? A coalition of national groups, including the nonprofit Moms Against Fluoridation (MAF), has served Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Petition demanding that the […]