Following mounting scrutiny over its decision to stop adding fluoride to drinking water, leadership at Central Alabama Water is offering a new explanation: fluoridation had already lapsed years earlier under the previous Birmingham Water Works Board. Rather than just a recent policy shift, CAW officials now describe the situation as a gradual breakdown caused by […]
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Colgate must face lawsuits over safety of mouth rinse for young children
A federal judge on ?Friday said Colgate-Palmolive (CL.N) must face two lawsuits claiming its packaging for mouth ?rinse misleads parents into believing children under 6 can use the products safely. The judge dismissed a similar lawsuit concerning Colgate toothpaste. Consumers in the proposed class actions said U.S. health authorities warned that children ?under 6 should […]
Colgate Wins One, Loses Two Bids to Dismiss Kids’ Fluoride Cases
The Colgate-Palmolive Co. can’t dismiss two cases alleging it mislead consumers with advertising suggesting that certain fluoride-containing mouthwashes it produces are safe for young children, but a case making similar allegations about toothpaste will be dismissed, a federal district court ruled Friday. Judge Andrea R. Wood with the US District Court for the Northern District […]
Birmingham files lawsuit against Central Alabama Water over fluoride in water
The City of Birmingham is filing a lawsuit against Central Alabama Water (CAW) over its decision to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. The lawsuit claims that the utility stopped adding fluoride to the water supply without giving proper notice. In this latest filing, the City is requesting a temporary restraining order and injunction to […]
Birmingham sues water utility to restore fluoride to local drinking water
The city of Birmingham filed a lawsuit and requested an emergency court order this week against the local water utility, demanding it immediately resume adding fluoride to the public drinking water. In a complaint filed Thursday in Jefferson County Circuit Court, the city accused Central Alabama Water of illegally and abruptly stopping its nearly 50-year […]
Hanover seeks pause in fluoride use amid shortage
Hanover Borough is seeking an emergency permit to stop adding fluoride to its water due to a supply shortage. The borough’s fluoride supplier was unable to source the chemical and declined its supply contract. Current fluoride supplies for the water system are expected to run out within four to six weeks, officials say. Hanover Borough […]
EU Delegation to Korea hosts a Seminar on Fluorinated Gas Reduction & Management
SEOUL, 25 March 2026 – On Wednesday, 25 March 2026, the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, as part of the EU-Korea Green Partnership, successfully hosted an expert-level seminar on the reduction and management of fluorinated gases (F-gases). The event opened with high-level remarks from Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European […]
‘Corrosion’ risk prompts pause on Hamilton’s fluoride
Hamilton City Council is taking a three-week break from fluoridating the city’s drinking water due to potential “corrosive” qualities detected in the chemical additive. However, the quality and safety of Hamilton’s water was not at all compromised – rather, it was the areas where the council stored its fluoride, before adding it to the water, […]
ADPH, state lawmaker question if Central Alabama Water followed law for removing fluoride from public water
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Less than a week after Central Alabama Water (CAW) announced its intention to remove fluoride from public drinking water at one of their filter plants, officials with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and a state lawmaker are questioning if the utility followed state law to do so. Section 22-23-21 […]
Massive rare earth oxide reserves discovered in Sichuan
China has discovered an additional 9.67 million metric tons of rare earth oxides in Mianning county, Sichuan province, raising the total to 11.46 million tons, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Tuesday. The increase makes the county’s Maoniuping deposit the world’s second-largest in-production source of light rare earth elements, behind the Bayan Obo site […]