On Friday, President Barack Obama signed legislation into law retaining the food uses for the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride. The measure is part of the much larger, 950-page plus Farm Bill Conference Report. The enactment of the sulfuryl fluoride provision caps offs a monumental legislative victory for the National Pest Management Association – one that would […]
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Water contamination latest blow for Paulsboro
The very thing Shirley Johnston is fighting against is all around her, flowing from the faucet in her cozy kitchen, showering onto family members in the bathroom. Johnston and Paulsboro’s 6,100 other residents are navigating the latest public health scare – elevated levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), used to make plastics and other materials, in […]
Debate over fluoridation of water to be taken up by Hernando commission
The contentious debate over the fluoridation of water that took place at Brooksville City Hall last year is about to move to the Hernando County Government Center. The issue is scheduled to come before the County Commission on Feb. 25. Several dentists have approached county commissioners in recent weeks, asking them to consider fluoridating the […]
Schuylkill Haven council votes to put fluoride in water supply
The Schuylkill Haven Borough Council voted Wednesday to add fluoride to the water supply. By a 4-3 vote, the council made the decision. The issue was not on the agenda for the meeting. Voting in favor of adding the fluoride were council President Marlin Berger Jr. and members Ruth Tucci, Paul Bedway and Kurt Montz. […]
Fluoride fight pits oral health advocates against those who say their science is outdated
Two years ago, Jessica Thompson and Richard Simms started an online petition to keep fluoride out of the city of Lawrence’s water supply. They managed to get nearly 500 signatures and a segment on the local TV news. Nothing came of it. But Thompson, a cashier, and Simms, a stay-at-home dad, are political novices. Mark […]
Fluoride-Fighting Update #1 from Kansas
This is a follow-up to a letter you should have gotten from us yesterday or two days ago, about our effort to pass a bill in the Kansas Legislature that many people see as the first step toward making Kansas the first fluoride-free state in America! In case you did not get the 1st letter, […]
Sebastopol votes to oppose county fluoridation plan
The Sebastopol City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to join the city of Cotati in opposing fluoridation of Sonoma County’s drinking water, even if its own water supply would not be directly affected. The 5-0 vote came despite a written, last-minute plea from county Board of Supervisors Chairman David Rabbitt, who asked the council to […]
Farm Bill Would Prohibit Consideration Of All Fluoride Sources in Risk Assessment
Pesticide Provisions in Farm Bill Key Development: Farm bill includes language requiring EPA to exclude nonpesticidal sources of fluoride in aggregate risk assessment of sulfuryl fluoride residues. Impact: Language would prevent EPA from moving ahead with proposed withdrawal of sulfuryl fluoride tolerances, according to the Fluoride Action Network. What’s Next: The Senate is expected to […]
Point of View: Wellington council right to ban fluoride from water
Itinerant fluoridation promoters, enraged by the decision to end fluoridation in Wellington, are busily attacking the village council and those who oppose fluoridation with letters and online postings on The Post’s website. Basic common sense issues about fluoridation have kept the controversy raging for over 60 years. All other chemicals that are added to public […]
Paulsboro water saga brings lawsuit against Solvay Specialty Polymers
A class-action lawsuit has been filed by 12 borough residents against Solvay Specialty Polymers in regards to Paulsboro’s public water supply being contaminated with chemicals that were used in the company’s plastics-making enterprise. Tests of Paulsboro’s main water supply — well No. 7 — has found levels of perfluorochemicals (PFCs), such as perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) […]