For the first time in more than 50 years, the federal government has recommended lowering the level of fluoride in drinking water. Since 1962, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) suggested that public tap water contain between 0.7 and 1.2 milligrams of fluoride per liter. But on Monday, the department said now it’s […]
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Pease, Portsmouth wells at risk of contamination
The move to shut off the city-owned Haven well, which is located near the main runway at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, means it’s now more likely the contamination that closed that well could travel to other wells, according to Scott Hilton, project manager for the state Department of Environmental Services’ Pease Superfund site. “Now […]
Califorina. KRCB Radio: Fluoride in our water – Sunday April 26 @ 6:00pm
Sunday at 6 p.m., Mouthful tackles the complicated issue of fluoride in our water system, with four special guests: David Little of Little Organic Farm; Scott Goyne of Henhouse Brewing; Michael Girout of Alvarado Street Bakery and Dawna Gallagher-Stroeh, director of Clean Water Sonoma Marin. That’s this Sunday evening at a new time, 6 p.m., […]
Editorial: How we learned to stop worrying and love fluoridated water
OPPONENTS OF water fluoridation on the North Shore may not believe, as a character in the classic 1964 satire “Dr. Strangelove” did, that adding fluoride to water is a communist plot. But their half-baked reasons for asking Rockport and Gloucester voters to end water fluoridation, in votes scheduled for this May and November, aren’t much […]
County health board wants more answers on Columbia Falls Aluminum site
When it comes to cleanup talks for the closed Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. smelter plant, gathering more information about contamination is the stated goal of government agencies and the plant’s owner, Glencore. But sharp discussion at the April 16 meeting of the Flathead City-County Board of Health shows there’s less agreement about whether the Superfund […]
Oneida: Opposing views on fluoridation shared at public hearing (update)
More than a dozen people shared their opinions during a Tuesday night public hearing on a proposed law that would fluoridate the City of Oneida water supply. There were about 55 in attendance. The hearing, the first agenda item of the night at the Oneida Common Council meeting, lasted just shy of two hours. About […]
Statement by Erin Brockovich
“After a great deal of research and personal thought, I am opposed to the continued policy and practice of drinking water fluoridation; I believe this harmful practice must be ended immediately. Public drinking water is a basic human right; and its systematic use as a dispensary of a substance for medical purposes is deplorable. Shocking […]
Petaluma: Anti-fluoride campaign gains momentum
One of the nation’s leading activists against fluoridating public water supplies will speak in Petaluma later this month on a controversial county plan to add fluoride to the drinking water supply as a technique for reducing tooth decay in children. Dr. William Hirzy, a professor of chemistry at American University, questioned the dental health benefits […]
Opinion: Like vaccinations, fluoridation is vital to public health
THE recent measles outbreak that has infected more than 100 people nationwide, including eight cases in Washington state, is a wake-up call regarding the value of prevention and the high costs of neglecting it. As a health officer and primary-care doctor on the Olympic Peninsula, the site of five confirmed measles cases, I and other […]
Meadville’s Mark Gildea tapped for Water Authority seat
A man who has spent a career installing and repairing water and sewer systems was unanimously chosen by Meadville City Council to fill the Meadville Area Water Authority seat that has been vacant since January. … Gildea knows a hot button issue which has divided the community is whether the Meadville area should fluoridate its […]