The regional regulatory agency overseeing the oil industry will hold a public meeting Saturday in Torrance to discuss potential alternatives to the use of potentially deadly hydrofluoric acid in two South Bay refineries, the only ones in the state that use the chemical. The South Coast Air Quality Management District town hall meeting begins at […]
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Winchester city receives water fluoridation award
WINCHESTER — The city has received the Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Department of Health (DOH) and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the third consecutive year the city has received the designation, according to a recent news release. It indicates that the local water is […]
Another View: Dentist unfairly dismissive of concerns about fluoride
They may not be scientists, but residents of the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District raise valid issues. In his Oct. 12 Maine Voices, Joseph R. Kenneally, DMD, is disturbed by people whom a headline writer called “anti-fluoridation activists.” He’s disturbed that the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District board and superintendent won’t accept the […]
A teleconference with regulatory officials on April 9, 2015
For the previous months leading up to this event, Jill Jennings-McElheney of the Northeast Georgia Children’s Environmental Health Coalition worked to arrange a teleconference meeting with officials in U.S. regulatory agencies to dialogue with non-government participants on issues pertaining to the toxicology and science of fluoride (and if possible, the ethics of their decision-making). This […]
Amid drought, there’s a debate in Ashland about fluoride in water
ASHLAND — The town has been drawing water from Southborough since late September, and since, a concern has trickled to the surface several times: water in Southborough has fluoride, and Ashland doesn’t, per a decade-old Town Meeting vote. The town has drawn 200,000 gallons or less on a handful of days to replenish drying wells […]
Experts call for fluoridated water to combat dental decay
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named community water fluoridation “one of the 10 great public health achievements” of the 20th century “because of its contribution to the large decline in cavities in the United States since the 1960s.” But Hawaii water supplies are not fluoridated. And a recent report from the state […]
Andrew Young Sends Letter to GA Governor and American Water Works Association Calling for Fluoridegate Scandal Hearings
Says Story Offered by Fluoridation Promoters “Keeps Changing…and Changing…and Changing” Ellijay, Georgia — Civil rights pioneer and former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young sent a letter to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and House Speaker D avid Ralston calling for hearings to investigate why water fluoridation is continuing despite numerous reasons for ending the practice. “This is […]
Few local communities have fluoridated water and dentists can tell
Eau Claire dentists say they have noticed over time definite improvements of people who drink fluoridated water. However, the City of Eau Claire is the only municipality in the county to put fluoride in its water. The myth that fluoride is bad for you is a thing of the past according to the Eau Claire […]
Flash those pearly whites: Dental program in Jefferson expanding to surrounding counties
A dental program begun by the Jefferson County Public Health Service has been so successful that it will be implemented in Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties as well. Keep the North Country Smiling is a pilot program started in March 2014. Its purpose is to provide more fluoride varnishing for children through primary care, […]
Greenville: Council votes to resume adding fluoride to water supply
A split Greenville City Council voted Tuesday to resume adding fluoride into the local water supply for the first time in three years. Two council members said they were against the measure, which was being recommended by a local dentist. “I’ve just got some real concerns,” said James Evans, who asked most of the questions […]