Volunteers have launched a public education campaign advocating that fluoride be added to the municipal water supply. Upper Valley Oral Health Coalition Coordinator Beth Kopp said the group’s nearly two dozen members — who work or live in Hartford — are handing out information packets, water bottles, window decals and buttons that detail their campaign […]
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Health Trust lays out plan to make people in Santa Clara County healthier
Some 200 people interested in healthy living for infants, adults and the elderly met at the Mexican Heritage Plaza recently to find out The Health Trust’s new initiatives for the next five years. Discussions at the Jan. 16 meeting included a question-and-answer period with five San Jose mayoral candidates, and a speech by Julie Gerberding, […]
Austin Fluoride Free Hunger Strike Continues
An Austin activist group continues a hunger strike that will remain ongoing until the Austin City Council responds to their request to end water fluoridation in the city’s water supply. Currently members Jason Needham and Nicholas Lucier are the public faces for the Austin Fluoride Hunger Strike, working to bring attention to the issue by […]
Wood Village leaders give up on fluoride after vocal, if small, opposition from residents
Sixty-one percent of Portlanders voted against putting fluoride in the city’s water supply last year. When the idea was floated to Wood Village residents last fall, the small town made an even more emphatic statement: 100 percent of those who responded said no. But there’s a catch: Just 10 people — eight of the city’s […]
Meadville: When it comes to fluoride, one size does not fit all
The letter to the editor in The Meadville Tribune written by Dr. Christopher G. Knapp on Dec. 7, 2013, implies that the Meadville Area Water Authority (MAWA) is considering introducing fluoride into the drinking water system. If this is the case then both the members of MAWA and the public affected by the introduction of […]
Paulsboro may sue plastics company over PFCs in water
Officials in Paulsboro may sue a plastics company whose West Deptford facility has been connected to potentially dangerous compounds tainting a water supply. The borough sent a letter to Gov. Christie this week calling for the state’s Departments of Environmental Protection and Health to immediately address the contamination issue. Mayor W. Jeffery Hamilton wrote that […]
EPA Joins the Fray, Hits Allenco for Violations at L.A. Oil Facility Where Investigators Suffered
It took years of complaints from neighbors that the Allenco Energy Inc. oil facility, south of downtown Los Angeles, was making them sick—respiratory problems, nausea, headaches, nosebleeds and the like—before serious attention was paid to the problem. On Wednesday, two months after investigators for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suffered some of the same […]
Keyser may eliminate fluoride in water to save money
The city of Keyser may eliminate fluoridation as a way to reduce operating expenses at its water treatment plant. The surprise announcement was made at Monday’s meeting of the Keyser Water Board, when newly designated Water Plant Supervisor Bobby Paugh proposed a reduction in chemical purchases at the plant on Water Street. Among the many […]
Carroll-Boone to hear update on fluoride project, with possible vote to award bids
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District will hear an update on fluoride feed stations and the contract with Delta Dental to fund the construction at its quarterly meeting next week. The board may also vote to award a construction bid out of seven that were submitted by the Nov. 19 deadline. The board held […]
Editorial: The Fluoride in the Water in Amherst
Tooth decay in the United States has declined dramatically since fluoridation of public water supplies began in the 1940s. But don’t bother officials in Amherst County with that fact. And don’t bother them with other information showing fluoridation is the single-most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay. The federal Centers for Disease Control […]