John Woolery, president and general manager of B&W Pantex, will leave Pantex Plant this month to take over a new post in Kentucky. Woolery will continue overseeing Pantex until new contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security assumes management and operations of the Energy Department nuclear weapons plant in July. He will take on his new role as […]
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Dentist, doctors urging Traverse City Commission to keep fluoride in
GRAND TRAVERSE CO. — Local dentists, doctors and health officials are urging the Traverse City Commission to continue to fluoridate the city’s water. Health officials made the statement Friday morning in reaction to a small group of people who are asking the city to remove funding for the city fluoridation program from the new budget. […]
Camden: Fluoride to be removed from local water supply
Pease Air Force Base: Officials ‘deeply concerned’ over tainted well
PORTSMOUTH — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to the secretary of the Air Force on Wednesday, sharing her concerns about the financial implications of the contamination of the Haven Well at Pease International Tradeport. “I’m deeply concerned about the situation,” Shaheen, D-N.H., wrote in the letter to Deborah Lee James, secretary of the […]
Sharpsville: Woman calls fluoride in water a threat
A Sharpsville woman says the fluoride added to public water systems to help prevent tooth decay is a health threat and that people should have more flexibility in deciding whether and how they want to use fluoride. Ashley Kamovitch asked members of Sharpsville council Tuesday to inform themselves about the risks she said she has […]
Oak Bluffs public hearing on water fluoridation draws few takers
The Oak Bluffs board of health held a public hearing at 10 am Tuesday morning to get the temperature of the townspeople about removing fluoride from the town water supply. Leading medical professionals consider the practice to be one of the most effective methods of preventing tooth decay. Oak Bluffs is the only town on […]
Attorneys: Boyne City fluoridation-ending vote was legal
BOYNE CITY — Attorneys for Boyne City have found that a split vote by the city commission last month to discontinue fluoridating the city’s municipal water supply was a legal action. At its last meeting on May 27, the Boyne City City Commission voted unanimously to get an opinion from its attorneys about the legality […]
Letter: Take fluoride out of Port water
To the editor: The presentation to the City Council on May 27 was about water fluoridation, requested by the City Council in response to a letter received from Dr. Dan Eyink, M.D. Eyink is a member of Health Roundhouse, a group of concerned citizens working to improve the health and well-being for all Newburyport residents […]
Dallas considers ending water fluoridation
… Dallas is considering whether to renew a three-year contract that provides the city’s water supply with fluoride, according to the American Dental Education Association. The contract is set to expire January 1, 2015, and is worth approximately $1.8 million. Dallas would become the largest city in the U.S. to stop fluoridating its water, surpassing […]
Valparaiso. Guest commentary: Fluoridation’s time is ending
The Times’ editorial regarding the fluoridating of Valparaiso’s water in the future did get one thing right. The answer to this important question is getting easier, but not in the way the editorial states. Many of us who have done the research believe that once the scientific facts are revealed, fluoride will eventually fall the […]