SALINA — Residents showed up in droves at Monday’s Salina City Commission meeting to protest fluoride in the city water supply. Those participating provided information alleging fluoridation of the water causes diabetes, heart disease and also effects the nervous system. A study was mentioned giving information that fluoride could take up to 20 years before […]
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Salina: Opponents of fluoride present petition to city
Several people who want Salina to quit adding fluoride to its water presented a petition to the Salina City Commission on Monday night. In addition to their previous objections that fluoride in water is ineffective at fighting cavities and causes various health problems, they said they’d recently found that the fluoride Salina uses could come […]
Vitamins with fluoride
… “Everybody needs vitamins, the question is, do you need additional vitamins than what you’re (getting from) eating, and that depends on what you eat,” said Arnold Solof, a doctor with Vineland Pediatrics. “(The need for vitamins) may also depend on your age, sex, and any unusual aspects about an individual, such as an underlying […]
Updated: Amherst County will not add fluoride to water
The Amherst County Service Authority has ceased fluoridation of its water supply, long upheld as a simple way to reduce tooth decay in the general population, and at this time does not appear ready to resume the practice. Other municipalities that provide water in the area, including Campbell County and the city of Lynchburg, will […]
Why Is the US getting in the way of international efforts to make clean water a basic human right?
On 21 November 2013 the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee (The Committee) adopted a resolution on “The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.” There, all UN member states agreed that the rights to water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living. As a result, these rights are […]
State’s lawsuit against 3M over PFCs at crossroads
More than three years after Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued 3M Co. over PFC pollution damages, the state’s case is at a crucial pivot point, at risk of having to start from scratch. The state Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments with high stakes for both sides: whether the state can keep using […]
Added fluoride to continue in Tama water
City water officials last month told the Tama City Council concerns are being voiced in other cities, Des Moines in particular, over the addition of fluoride to municipal water supplies. Council members said they would mull over the idea of holding a public hearing for input from residents concerning the practice. On Monday night the […]
Fluorogypsum: Old base materials causing cracks in resurfaced roads
GONZALES — Only months after being widened and resurfaced earlier this year, a new 350-foot section of Roddy Road in Ascension Parish began cracking and heaving. Looking like what happens to corn bread freshly baked in the oven, the cracks marred what was otherwise a welcome $1.85 million investment to a one-mile stretch of a […]
Intel committed to applying for rigorous retroactive construction permit for D1X following fluoride flub
Intel committed to pursuing an environmentally rigorous, retroactive construction permit for its multibillion-dollar D1X expansion in an attempt to mitigate fallout from its fluoride flub, according to a letter its lawyer sent the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in November. Intel and the DEQ have been in closed-door talks for months on how to move […]
Honeywell to pay penalty for hazardous chemical releases in Metropolis
CHICAGO – Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday Honeywell International, Inc., has been ordered to pay a civil penalty of $90,000 following three dangerous releases of hydrogen fluoride at its Metropolis, Ill. plant. The company also completed a series of system upgrades as required by Madigan and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. “The dangerous air […]