NAPLES, Fla. – Hundreds of Collier County residents are asking commissioners to take fluoride out of their drinking water, despite a local dentist insisting that the U.S. Surgeon General called water fluoridation one of the ten greatest health achievements of the 20th century. Listen to TV broadcast
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Fort Smith adds fluoride to city’s water supply Monday
Up until Monday, Fort Smith was the largest city in the state without fluoridated water flowing through its pipes. But crews started adding the chemical to treatment plants in Van Buren and in Mountainburg Monday morning, where Fort Smith and some other local cities have their drinking water treated. As per a law passed by […]
What You Need To Know About Tap Water
Excerpt: Then There’s Fluoride Fluoride is of the most controversial chemicals of our times, and a chemical that is routinely added to municipal water supplies in the U.S. Many scientists believe that it makes an important contribution to dental health, and that is has been proven safe. Others believe its dental value is unproven, and […]
Union City: Local issues on the ballot
BRANCH COUNTY — As voters head to the polls Tuesday, voters in Union City and Bronson will see additional issues on the ballot. Union City In Union City, voters will make a decision on whether or not the village of Union City should continue to add flouride to the public water supply. Union City Village […]
Fluoride will go in Fort Smith water
FORT SMITH — The city will begin Monday adding fluoride to the water it provides for its 160,000 users in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Once the chemical is introduced into the water system at the Lake Fort Smith and the Lee Creek water treatment plants, it will take about 36 hours for the water […]
Port Angeles mayor issues statement after ethics complaint is filed against him
PORT ANGELES — Mayor Patrick Downie said his remarks at two Port Angeles City Council meetings were to encourage civil discourse rather than an attempt to silence speakers, contrary to the allegations in a complaint filed against him. Downie provided a written statement Thursday in response to an ethics complaint filed against him Tuesday by […]
Canyon County: Free well water tests offered Tuesday
CALDWELL — Southwest District Health officials are asking residents living off of well water to have it tested in honor of National Ground Water Awareness Week, which starts Sunday and ends March 12. Southwest District Health offices will provide free water nitrate tests from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The local office is at […]
Arab Water board attorneys demand that suit be dismissed
Apparently neither side in the fluoride is willing to back down as evidenced in two letters between the attorneys in the City of Arab vs. Arab Water Works in the fluoride debate. A hearing is set for Tuesday in Marshall County Circuit Court for Judge Tim Riley to hear the city’s motion for him to […]
Idaho Senate kills resolution lauding community water fluoridation
The Idaho Senate has rejected HCR 34, the House-passed resolution recognizing community water fluoridation as a “significant public health achievement,” on a 16-18 vote. Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, asked the Senate, “How can we pass legislation like this where there’s a big contention on the health issue side? If we’re not sure, we should not […]
Ethics complaint filed against Port Angeles mayor amid fluoridation debate
PORT ANGELES — A third ethics complaint against members of the Port Angeles City Council was filed Tuesday night — this time against Mayor Patrick Downie. Marolee Smith, a Port Angeles resident and former City Council candidate, filed the complaint against Downie during the council meeting’s second public comment session at the end of Tuesday’s […]