Carroll-Boone Water District: Bids to go forward for fluoride treatment

EUREKA SPRINGS — Bids for the state-mandated fluoride treatment facilities at the Carroll-Boone Water District will be taken around Nov. 19, said McGoodwin, Williams & Yates President Brad Hammond at the Oct. 17 board meeting. Hammond requested the board hold a special meeting before Thanksgiving to award the bid. The project has to be completed […]

Intel could face fluoride-related Clean Air Suit

A group of neighbors and attorneys said this week they’ll sue to stop Intel Corp. from emitting fluorides into the atmosphere. Neighbors for Clean Air and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center filed notice of their intent to punish Intel for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act. The groups said Intel disclosed it has emitted fluorides […]

Fluoride Removed from Forsyth City Water

Forsyth aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to discontinue the policy of adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. City Supervisor Chris Robertson recommended the board consider the move for several reasons… “It is an acid, it is dangerous to personnel, which is one of my concerns if it got into their eyes or something that […]

Columbia City Council will consider ending fluoridation

The Columbia City Council on Monday night … decided to consider an end to adding fluoride to drinking water. The council approved a motion to advance a fluoride resolution after a presentation from Michael Szewczyk, chairman of the Columbia Board of Health, which recommended the city continue to fluoridate its water to 0.7 milligram per […]

Sevoflurane: Use of Potable Water Gets Drugmaker a 483

FDA investigators observed employees at Piramal Critical Care’s Bethleham, Pa., plant using potable water in the manufacture of finished drugs, which resulted in a Form 483 [see below]. During the manufacture of inhalational anesthetic drugs isoflurane and sevoflurane, Piramal did not conduct testing for microbial contamination in the water supply, which was used to “clean […]

Politics, Power and Misinformation Bullied City to Resume Fluoridation

Struggling to balance the budget, 2 years ago, the Brooksville, Florida, City Council voted unanimously to stop fluoridation to ease the tax burden on their 8,000 residents. Under siege from misguided and misinformed activists headed by dentist Johnny Johnson and the Tampa Bay Times, the council reversed its decision, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). […]

Intel’s fluoride permit oversight may impact D1X expansion

The Department of Environmental Quality’s investigation into Intel’s non-existent permits for fluoride emissions has turned up more questions than answers and may impact the company’s huge D1X expansion project in Hillsboro. Intel is expanding its $3 billion D1X research fab on its Ronler Acres campus, with the original plan calling for the addition of nearly […]

Santa Rosa: Connett to talk about fluoride issue Oct. 21

Dr. Paul Connett will return to Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 21, to speak further about water fluoridation. Connett, a chemist and toxicologist, has consulted on fluoridation issues and has worked to stop public water fluoridation throughout the United States, Europe and Asia for the past 17 years. He will be taking questions from audience […]