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 […]
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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 […]
Lebanon: Citizen concerned about fluoride
Michaela Martin wants fluoride out of Lebanon’s water. She spoke during the citizen comments section at the Oct. 9 Lebanon city council meeting. Fluoride was originally added to water to prevent tooth decay, she said. But now people get fluoride treatments when they go to the dentist. She said even if people cannot afford to […]
National Report Finds Oral Health of Older Americans in a “State of Decay”
Note from FAN – As of 2010: 66.2% of U.S. population receives fluoridated waterc Reference UPDATE ON THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AS OF DECEMBER 2020: …Oral Health America and their Wisdom Tooth Project, both had to cease operations due to lack of funding. We did not want all their hard work and valuable resources to be lost […]
O’Fallon, Mo. residents concerned after fluoride removed from water supply
Residents in O’Fallon, Missouri are concerned after a compound used to prevent cavities was taken out of the local water supply. “For generations cities across the country have been adding fluoride to drinking water. It was meant to protect against tooth decay, especially among younger children. But over the past several years there’s been a […]
Intel’s air quality permit: DEQ could require fluoride testing, about 55 comments submitted
Intel could be required to perform stack testing specifically for fluoride, an emission it failed to report for years, under a pending state air quality permit for its Hillsboro and Aloha campuses. The public comment period wrapped up Monday for that permit, generating about 55 responses, the Department of Environmental Quality’s George Davis said. The […]
Midtown Dentistry starts a Fluoride Toxicity Awareness Program
HOUSTON: Midtown Dentistry is a leader in educating, diagnosing and treating patients for Fluoride toxicity. Recently, this leading houston dental group has launched a patient awareness program to highlight the hidden dangers of fluoride. CHRONIC FLUORIDE TOXICITY There is concern about chronic fluoride toxicity, although the symptoms can be difficult to accurately assess as the […]