Despite all the uncertainty with its continued operations, the chaos surrounding the North Country Children’s Clinic has resolved one key issue: The city of Watertown cannot now possibly consider removing fluoride from its supply of drinking water. The clinic came close to shutting its doors last week because it was running out of money. But […]
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Brief filed by attorneys in suit against California’s Metropolitan Water District’s use of hyrdofluosilicic acid
On October 10, 2013, the California lawyers at Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a reply brief in the ongoing water fluoridation lawsuit asking the Court for a trial to present the modern science supporting their claims. The original Complaint was filed in August of 2011 and claimed that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California […]
Portland: NWHF Supports City Club Dental Task Force
Northwest Health Foundation is proud to announce its partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Daniel Deutsch, the largest in-state donor for the anti-water-fluoridation campaign, to support City Club of Portland in creating a special task force that will bring together both sides of the fluoride debate in the name of children’s dental health. We recognize that while community members may disagree about the benefits […]
Albert Burgstahler, editor of the journal Fluoride, died October 12
A Memorial Mass for Albert William Burgstahler, 85, Lawrence will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 18, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He died Saturday, October 12, 2013 at his home. Albert was born July 10, 1928 in Grand Rapids, MI the son of Albert Ernest and Constance (Foster) Burgstahler. He received […]
Intel promises to address Hillsboro neighbors’ pollution concerns
Intel says it plans to address neighborhood concerns about atmospheric pollution at its Hillsboro factories, responding to residents’ frustrations that the company failed to report fluoride emissions to regulators. “Quite honestly, it’s embarrassing to us because this isn’t the way we do business,” said Todd Brady, Intel’s global environmental director. “We are doing a tremendous […]
East Lyme: Water Fluordation Survey
Did You Know There Is Fluoride in Your Water? Please take a short survey to help us with your opinion and thoughts. Consistent with recommendations of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health to reduce tooth decay, East Lyme fluoridates the public drinking water. Water fluoridation has been Town policy since 1974. The East […]
DRUC: No plans to stop adding fluoride to water
Although several Tennessee cities have voted to discontinue the adding of fluoride to their municipal water systems, the Duck River Utility Commission (DRUC) has no plans to stop using the chemical known to benefit oral health. Randal Braker, manager of DRUC, which supplies water to Tullahoma, Manchester and surrounding areas, said he has yet to […]
Des Moines Water Works asks public about fluoride in drinking water
The Des Moines Water Works has added fluoride to the drinking water for more than 50 years. It stops tooth decay, but critics say it’s toxic. Water Works General Manager Bill Stowe is well aware of the controversy, and so is longtime Des Moines resident Jeri Kemple. View video. Bill Stowe said, “We just think […]
Clarksburg: Anti-fluoride forces turn out at Water Board meeting
Opponents of adding fluoride to the water supply continued to argue their case Tuesday before the Clarksburg Water Board. Shannon Jackson, with Clean Water Clarksburg, presented the Water Board with rival petitions for and against the fluoridation of the city’s potable water. Some 56 people signed the petition against fluoridation, while 16 others signed the […]
The next phase: Kaiser’s Mead smelting plant undergoes demolition
Thousands of people drew paychecks from the sprawling Kaiser Aluminum smelter in north Spokane during its more than 50 years of operation. The California company that bought the Mead site last year is about a third of the way through a project to put people to work on the property again, this time as a new […]