Fears, fights, and conspiracies over fluoride in community water supplies are practically a national pastime throughout the United States. Cities across the country started adding fluoride to their water supply more than 68 years ago to fight tooth decay. Even with decades of use and millions of people consuming the treated water, objections to fluoridation […]
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Holmen fluoride debate continues Thursday
… The village board has several fluoride related items on the agenda for its meeting Thursday, including a proposal to hold another referendum on fluoridation in conjunction with the April 2014 municipal election. Village board member Mike Dunham is proposing an April 2014 referendum, after an attempt at an April 2 vote came too late… […]
Lincoln. Guest Commentary: Lindentree Farm owner on the fluoride question
At Town Meeting on March 25, there is a vote to start the process of looking at fluoride in Lincoln water. Lincoln started fluoridation in 1971. I believe it is time to revisit this and see if we would like to continue. My path from a place of not thinking too much about fluoride to […]
Duxbury. TOWN MEETING PREVIEW: Do voters want fluoride in their water?
DUXBURY — The addition of lead to the town’s water supply over time as a consequence of adding fluoride to the water has added fuel to the fire for advocates who want it to stop. Short of a Board of Health vote to stop the practice of adding fluoride to the water, opponents the practice […]
Utah: Senate approves water-content bill
SALT LAKE CITY — Davis County-driven legislation forcing suppliers to provide documentation of the products used to fluoridate county water systems is headed to the governor’s desk. The Senate voted 23-2 on Thursday to approve HB 72, sponsored by Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville. Dubbed the Safe Water Disclosure Act, the legislation was run at the […]
Two million gallons of hydrofluoric acid shipped by DUF6 project
LEXINTON, KY. — Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services announces that the DUF6 [depleted uranium hexafluoride] Project has safely shipped more than two million gallons of hydrofluoric acid (HF) since it began conversion operations. More than one million gallons have been shipped from each of the two plants located in Piketon, OH and Paducah, KY. The […]
Au Gres council discusses fluoridation benefit, feasibility
The Au Gres City Council discussed potentially fluoridating the city water supply during its meeting March 5, but ultimately reached no decision on the matter. Each member of the city council had researched the topic, but questions still remained on whether or not it would be worthwhile for the city to pursue it. Mayor LaVern […]
Sonoma editorial. Fluoridation: Is it worth the cost?
A study last year revealed that an alarming number of children in Sonoma County are suffering serious dental health problems. The report showed that almost half the county’s kindergarteners and about 60 percent of its third graders had experienced some form of tooth decay. More importantly, 16 percent of the children showed untreated tooth decay, […]
Arkansas: Fluoride bills in committee; House split on fluoride control bill
While Arkansas House Bill 1312 ended up with a 9-9 split vote Feb. 27 in the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, other bills have yet to be voted on. HB1312, sponsored by Republican Bruce Westerman of Hot Springs, gives local control over fluoride levels in water systems and gives each public water system […]
Fluoride Choice: Duxbury adds lead to water
Opponents to water fluoridation in Duxbury say that the town is inadvertently adding lead to its water because that heavy metal is found in small concentrations in the town’s sodium fluoride additive. Town officials say the levels of the lead in Duxbury’s water are well within the state and federal standards. Duxbury Fluoride Choice, a […]