Just 15 months after receiving an award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for excellence in community water fluoridation, the city of Grayling, Michigan, changed course. With little notice or fanfare, council members voted unanimously in May to end Grayling’s decadeslong treatment program. The city shut down the equipment used to deliver the […]
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Fluoride-wary Texas AG gets toothpaste maker Colgate to tone down the fluoride in its ads, packaging
Colgate-Palmolive, the company that owns several toothpaste brands sold nationwide, is squeezing out a new marketing plan for its packaging and advertisements after two Texas politicians — and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — voiced concerns over excess fluoride consumption. San Antonio news: First amendment, Mayor Jones, Hotel Havana One of those politicians is […]
Queens pol draws heat over MAHA-inspired proposal to remove fluoride from NYC water: ‘Addled’
Time to make NYC healthy again? City Councilman James Gennaro is drawing heat over an apparently MAHA-inspired proposal to remove fluoride from Big Apple drinking water. Fellow pols accused the Queens Democrat of trying to take a page out of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s book with his longshot bill to […]
Decision on fluoride in Pasco water may be near after public input
PASCO, Wash. – The Pasco City Council continues to evaluate whether to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. As part of the public process, the city has been collecting feedback through a survey and public feedback sessions. The final session took place Wednesday night, allowing residents to share their thoughts with the city […]
What’s Behind The Movement To Ban Fluoride?
Florida and Utah have banned adding fluoride to public water…and some Wisconsin municipalities are considering following suit. But you don’t have to change the law to avoid fluoride – and community water supplies in the United States rarely reach excessive concentrations. That’s according to Dr. Johnny Johnson, a pediatric dentist and President of the American […]
Alicia Williams overwhelmingly wins recall in DeForest; incumbent unseated in primary
In a special election on the recall of DeForest Board of Trustees member Bill Landgraf, challenger Alicia Williams overwhelmingly defeated him and Stacey Peterson, another challenger, earning 78.4% of the vote. Landgraf got 10.8% and Peterson 10.6%. With three candidates in the race, if no candidate got more than 50% of the votes, the top […]
City of Pasco to gather additional feedback on water fluoridation changes
PASCO, Wash. – The City of Pasco is inviting residents to a second listening session to share their opinions on the potential discontinuation of water fluoridation. This initiative is part of a 90-day notification process by the Pasco City Council as required by a Washington State law that governs how public water systems reach customers […]
MAHA moment? NYC Council bill would ban fluoride in drinking water
A new City Council bill seeks to ban fluoride from New York City drinking water, ending what the bill’s two council supporters called “forced medication” of an entire population. It’s also aligned with a movement to de-fluoridate water that has a federal champion in U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The […]
Colgate to change toothpaste packaging to address Texas AG fluoride concerns
Colgate-Palmolive (CL.N) will introduce new packaging and marketing for its toothpaste products, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed concern that its marketing of fluoride could harm parents and children. Paxton said on Monday that beginning on November 1, Colgate will depict “safe, age-appropriate amounts of toothpaste” for children under six for its Colgate, Tom’s […]
Construction of Chemical Building draws controversy from COMO Safe Water Coalition
COLUMBIA — The McBaine Water Treatment Plant is getting a new addition to its facility: a chemical building that will be used to put in fluoride, chlorine and other disinfectants into the water. Columbia Water and Light would normally add these chemicals in its administration building, which is on-site at the treatment plant. Yet, the construction of the Chemical […]