The borough authority’s decision to discontinue fluoridating the water system could be foiled by the council that appointed the authority to power. Council voted 5-3 Monday to appeal, as a body, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to permit the authority’s decision. Council members Randy Brachbill, Renee Brown, Gay Dunne, Karen Harvey and council […]
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Arab: Fluoride issue still not settled as board posts letter stating reasons
The debate over fluoride in the Arab water supply continues. The Arab Water Board doesn’t meet until Nov. 24, so it hasn’t voted on whether or not to comply with the Arab City Council’s directive from Nov. 7 to begin fluoridating Arab’s water supply. However, the board posted a letter on its website last Thursday […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s letter to Alcoa’s Chairman & CEO
November 16, 2015 Klaus Kleinfeld Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alcoa Inc. 390 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Kleinfeld: The recent announcement that Alcoa was closing operations in Massena was, quite frankly, shocking. For years, New York State has gone to great lengths to keep Alcoa’s operations running in Massena. More specifically,we […]
Anti-fluoridation forces to gather signatures to get issue on Marin ballot
Backers of a Marin anti-fluoridation initiative plan to set up tables at the Sunrise Center in Corte Madera on Friday afternoon to begin collecting signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Clean Water Sonoma-Marin wants to require the Marin Municipal Water District to stop using fluoride in water until it can detail what’s in […]
San Marcos shuts off the fluoride spigot at water plant
The crews at the San Marcos Water Treatment Plant have stopped adding fluoride to the city’s water supply, following the will of city voters who approved a referendum Nov. 3 to halt the practice. The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, which runs the water plant, stopped adding the fluoride on Thursday. It will take a few days […]
Florida Phosphate Gypsum Stacks Display Severe Environmental Impacts
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has broad concerns about Florida’s phosphate industry and the hazardous waste they leave behind in the form of huge “gypstacks”. The EPA finds radiation in the form of gamma radiation from these dangerous waste dumps. Gypsum Stacks One of EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) primary concerns with phosphate mines in Florida […]
San Marcos shuts off the fluoride spigot at water plant
SAN MARCOS —The crews at the San Marcos Water Treatment Plant have stopped adding fluoride to the city’s water supply, following the will of city voters who approved a referendum Nov. 3 to halt the practice. The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, which runs the water plant, stopped adding the fluoride on Thursday. It will take a […]
Fluoride debate returning to Port Orange at Nov. 17 workshop
PORT ORANGE — Officials have returned to the debate about fluoride in city water. They are, however, no closer to discontinuing the practice of adding it than they were the last few times they’ve considered options for the chemical. Next week, the council will revisit the subject again at a workshop and will gather information […]
San Marcos Texas voters force end to fluoridation with 61% at the polls
(San Marcos, Texas) – More than two and a half years into their most recent fluoride-free movement, San Marcos residents turned out in the November 3rd election to pass Proposition 1 to end the near 30-year practice of fluoridation. This was San Marcos’ first-ever citizen-led charter amendment offered to voters, gathering 61% of the ballots cast. The measure […]
Arab: After much discussion, council orders fluoride in water
The Arab City Council Monday directed the Arab Water Works board to immediately begin adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Exactly when it will happen is unknown. The council ordered fluoride to be added “at the optimal level as recommended by the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services, which is currently 0.7 […]