Ripon suspends fluoridation program until problems with wells are fixed.

The Ripon Common Council voted to suspend the city’s water fluoridation program until some of its wells are complete and compliant with state regulations for storing chemicals at water utilities. During a council meeting earlier this month, utility officials presented key points from the 2022 Sanitary Survey Report for the Ripon Water Utility, which found […]

Judge Lifts Stay In Fluoride Trial In Narrow Bid To Obtain Draft NTP Report.

Excerpt: The judge overseeing anti-fluoridation groups’ long-running suit over EPA’s denial of their petition to ban fluoridation under TSCA has lifted his years-long stay to try to obtain the latest draft of a key scientific report on the mineral’s toxicity so that he and the parties in the case can review it to determine if […]

New Zealand councils that fluoridate water failing to do so properly

Newshub can reveal that every single council in New Zealand that fluoridates its drinking water is failing to do so at the proper level. A new report shows councils are only putting correct doses of fluoride in the water 50 percent of the time which means more than one million Kiwis are missing out on […]

What happened to promise of fluoride research centre?

Finance and Health Minister T. Harish Rao accused BJP national president J.P. Nadda of failing to fulfil the promises made to the people. “What happened to the promise of ‘fluoride research and mitigation centre’ at Marriguda you made during a visit in 2016 as Union Health Minister? Six years have completed and the Telangana Government […]

Letter to the editor: Stop adding fluoride to Maine public water systems.

I commend the Press Herald’s coverage (Oct. 17) of the Fluoride Opposition Committee in Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport, which is lobbying to stop adding fluoride to the public water in the Boothbay Region Water District. Fluoridated water is not dental care or medical care. It is water treated with toxic waste from the fertilizer […]

A town employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in water has resigned.

A town employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in a Vermont community’s drinking water for years has resigned — and is asserting that the levels had actually been low for much longer than believed. Richmond water superintendent Kendall Chamberlin disclosed in his five-page resignation letter, submitted Monday, that fluoride levels have not been in the […]

Vote no on fluoride referendum.

Dear Editor: On Election Day we will vote on whether to continue fluoridating our public water supply.  I will be voting “no.” While I understand fluoride prevents tooth decay, I want it out of our water.  Here’s why: It has been shown fluoride is most effective at preventing tooth decay when applied topically—as in most […]

Fluoride levels to be reduced in Cheyenne’s drinking water.

CHEYENNE – Supply availability will cause a reduced level of supplemental fluoride in Cheyenne’s drinking water beginning on or around Oct. 24. The Board of Public Utilities’ supplier of granular, pure fluoride is not able to provide its product at this time, nor has a future delivery schedule been received by BOPU staff. Fluoride in […]

Vote to eliminate fluoride.

Dear Editor: There are at least four main reasons to vote to eliminate fluoride from our drinking water: 1. Research claims fluoride is a toxic substance that is a risk of cancer, weakens bones, thyroid risks, etc. (check reliable online resources for lists). 2. Fluoride is a compound with usually a metal and it is a […]

Matthew Prudell is running for Albany council to rid water of fluoride.

Matthew Prudell does not want fluoride in Albany’s drinking water. In fact, it’s the sole reason he is running for City Council, he said, two leashes in hand as he walked his Pomeranians. He’s one of four candidates in Ward 1, which includes North Albany, downtown and the Willamette neighborhood east of Lyon Street and north […]