OLIVER SPRINGS — When the town’s current stockpile of fluoride runs out in about a week, Oliver Springs will discontinue putting that chemical in its water supply. Thursday’s vote on the hot-button issue by the Board of Aldermen — sitting as the Oliver Springs Water Board — puts to rest an issue that’s been discussed […]
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Horsham/Warminster: Federal, state, local officials respond to harmful chemicals found in water near former Naval Air Warfare Center
Residents in Warminster and Horsham Townships are wondering what’s in their water after harmful chemicals were discovered recently. After potentially deadly contaminants were found in private well water at residences near the former Naval Air Warfare Center, in Warminster, federal, state and local officials held an open house meeting to address residents’ concerns Aug. 27 […]
Fight over fluoride heating up in Schuylkill County
… Borough officials say fluoride was added to the water from 1967 until 2010, when it was stopped because of possible health concerns related to fluoridation. … The council voted several months ago to once again start adding fluoride, but Bowman said that hasn’t happened yet. … The water not only goes to Schuylkill Haven […]
Newton County: Authority resists adding fluoride to water
The Ozark Mountain Water authority is resisting a state law requiring water systems to add fluoride to the water it distributes to its customers. Ed Manor, of Jasper, and a member of the authority’s board of directors, told the Newton County Quorum Court last Tuesday night, Sept. 2, that the authority’s board thinks fluoridating water […]
Legal Scholar: Is fluoridation an illegitimate human experiment?
“The cessation of all compulsory water fluoridation schemes should be the goal of all public health agencies, ethical lawmakers and informed citizens,” argues Rita Barnett-Rose, Chapman University Associate Law Professor, (online August 2014), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Evidence of fluoride‘s harm is ignored, downplayed or not studied; benefits exaggerated […]
Scientist says EPA safe water fluoride levels must be zero
Press Conference Friday, September 5, 11 am in DC New evidence indicating that EPA should lower its safe fluoride level goal in public drinking water systems to zero, will be presented by former EPA senior risk assessment scientist, William Hirzy PhD, at the Fluoride Action Network’s (FAN) 5th Citizens’ Conference and Lobby Day on Fluoride, […]
Booneville Water District to add fluoride to its water supply
Residents have twice rejected the idea The Booneville Water District will add fluoride to its drinking water in the coming weeks, district officials said. Officials say they have no choice, but residents had mixed feelings about the idea. “If the state requires it, it’s a good idea,” said Booneville resident, Jim Rodatc. “I don’t think […]
Cape Ann: 35 dentists sign on to back fluoridation
Nearly three dozen Cape Ann dentists, in a rare show of professional unity, have signed onto a letter urging officials in both Rockport and Gloucester to continue adding fluoride to the drinking water of both communities. The letter, crafted by orthodontist Dr. William Bebrin, who maintains an office in Gloucester, comes amid a growing push from […]
C8 medical monitoring begins in Mid-Ohio Valley
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Starting this week, tens of thousands of Mid-Ohio Valley whose drinking water was contaminated by the DuPont Co. chemical C8 can apply for free blood tests and medical screenings to uncover illnesses that could be related to toxic exposure, lawyers for the residents announced Tuesday. The $235 million C8 medical monitoring program […]
American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation on use of toothpaste for children
Excerpt from Fluoride Use in Caries Prevention in the Primary Care Setting: Use of fluoride toothpaste should begin with the eruption of the first tooth. When fluoride toothpaste is used for children younger than 3 years, it is recommended that the amount be limited to a smear or grain of rice size (about one-half of […]