Ursula E. Bauer, PhD, MPH, Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion recently announced that Mr. Casey Hannan has agreed to serve as Acting Director, Division of Oral Health, beginning on April 18th. Casey Hannan currently serves as the Chief of the Arthritis, Epilepsy, and Well-Being Branch where he directs […]
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9th Circuit Doubts Validity of City’s Fluoride Rules
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday expressed doubt that an Arizona city has the authority to impose environmental regulations on a company it claims is in violation. Pure Wafer sued the city of Prescott in 2013, claiming the city’s then-newly adopted fluoride limit threatened to kill their development agreement. Pure Wafer reclaims silicon wafers for […]
House passes new water fluoridation standard
The House on Wednesday passed a proposal to adapt state law to recently issued federal guidelines on the level of fluoride that should be added to drinking water. Water fluoridation has strong support from public health officials and dentists, but also frequently sparks intense opposition from those who believe it should not be added to […]
Saukville to pull the plug on fluoride in drinking water
Cost-cutting decision puts village in minority of municipalities that don’t use recommended additive The Saukville Village Board voted unanimously last week to stop adding fluoride to its municipal drinking water, a process long-considered to be an important, cost-effective way to promote good dental health. Trustees accepted a recommendation from the village’s Utility Committee that treatment […]
Port Angeles ethics board recommends admonishment for Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd
PORT ANGELES — A three-person board recommended this morning that Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd should be orally admonished by the City Council for violating the city ethics code. The panel composed of Frank Prince Jr., Grant Meiner and Danetta Rutten had decided April 1 that Kidd had violated the code by bringing “disrepute” on the […]
Brockton: City Takes First Steps to Fluoridate Drinking Water
Brockton officials have taken the first steps towards fluoridating the city’s drinking water. In the early 1970s, the City Council voted down a measure that would have added fluoride to the water supply. The Finance Committee recently met with One Smile Brockton and the city’s board of health to discuss the subject and talk about […]
Jonesborough: Fluoride may be pulled from water
The Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen began the discussion about possibly removing fluoride from the town’s water system at Monday’s meeting, but the board requires public input before officially making the decision. During the discussion, some board members expressed support in discontinuing the use of fluoride, citing health and financial concerns. According to information provided […]
PFOA-PFOS: Congressmen hold press conference in Horsham on water contamination
Lights. Camera. Action? On Monday morning, Pennsylvania Congressmen Patrick Meehan and Brendan Boyle tried a new approach to bringing attention to the issue of perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water and getting federal authorities to act on the contamination. They invited the media and held a press conference outside the gates of the Horsham Air Guard […]
PFOA blood tests offered to people in North Bennington and Bennington
BURLINGTON – The Vermont Department of Health, with support from Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, is offering PFOA blood draw clinics as part of the State of Vermont’s response to PFOA contamination of drinking water wells in North Bennington and Bennington. The clinic dates are set for late April through mid-May. Private drinking water wells in […]
PFOA: Lawsuits charge that 3M knew about the dangers of its chemicals
FOR DECADES 3M was the primary producer of C8, or PFOA, and was the sole producer of a related chemical known as PFOS. But while DuPont was caught up in a massive class action suit over C8, 3M has largely avoided public scrutiny and serious legal or financial consequences for its role in developing and […]