Excerpt: … As the meeting closed the focus shifted briefly from petroleum to fluoride—after the council learned fluoridation of city water had ceased. In an email utility manager John Handeland says fluoridation of city water had been suspended due to a lack of certified operators. It was a known issue to City Manager Moran but […]
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Effort to ban fluoride in drinking water makes little headway in Michigan
Readers of a certain age may recall a once-ubiquitous accessory in their grandparents’ bathroom: The vessel that held grandmother’s teeth at night. Dentures were so common they were thought to be unavoidable past a certain age. That’s not the case anymore, and the scientific community points to multiple factors keeping more elderly Americans united with […]
Bellefonte to hold public hearing on water fluoridation decision
Bellefonte’s water was named the best tasting in 2014 at the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association Conference, but the borough authority’s decision to pull fluoride from it has left a bad taste in some people’s mouths. The Bellefonte Borough Authority voted 5-0 at its May 5 meeting to discontinue putting fluoride into the water, pending approval […]
Board member quits in protest after fluoride returns to Snowmass water
Dawson believes state money unduly influenced local interests An eight-year member of the Snowmass Water & Sanitation District board has resigned because of the Oct. 21 decision to return fluoride to the system that serves 3,100 users. “I am sad to say that as much as I was connected to and fondly affiliated with the […]
Gloucester: Passions on both sides of fluoridation debate
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? That is the question being put to Gloucester voters in a non-binding referendum on Nov. 3. Passions about fluoridation run high around the globe, not just in Gloucester. Public health experts point to 70 years of U.S. safety in adding miniscule amounts of fluoride to public drinking water and […]
Port Angeles Fluoride hearings continue on Thursday
Port Angeles – The public hearing process continues this Thursday over the fluoridation of the Port Angeles water supply. The city has turned to the public to help decide whether or not to continue adding fluoride to the water. A contract with the Washington Dental Foundation runs out in 2016, and that had been adding […]
Snowmass water official resigns over fluoride vote
A Snowmass water board member who has fought to stop fluoridation of the district’s public water resigned Monday in response to a pro-fluoride vote taken last week. After close to eight years of service, David Dawson submitted a letter of resignation Monday, citing discomfort retaining his seat in light of the board’s decision to resume […]
Fluoride level reduced in Sharon water
The town of Sharon has reduced the level of fluoride in its public water in response to a change last spring to federal guidelines. The US Department of Health and Human Services issued a recommendation in April, cutting the optimal amount to prevent tooth decay to 0.7 milligrams per liter. The Sharon Board of Health […]
Final Rule for National Emission Standards for HF from Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
Summary of the Major Provisions The EPA is finalizing MACT emission limits for non-Hg HAP metals (or PM surrogate) and Hg, and a health-based emission limit (HBEL) for acid gases (hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine (Cl2)) for BSCP tunnel kilns… b. Clay Ceramics Manufacturing NESHAP The EPA is finalizing MACT emission limits […]
Iowa Fluoride Study Gets NIDCR Grant
The National Institute of Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has given a 2-year, $2.3 mllion grant to Dr. Steven Levy of the department of preventative and community dentistry at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry to work on the Iowa Fluoride Study. Launched in 1991 and funded by the NIDCR, the Iowa Fluoride Study recruited a cohort […]