Still smarting a week after the Olivehurst Public Utility District board voted to stop fluoridating water, the First 5 Yuba Commission decided Thursday to ask the board to reconsider, and also consider internally whether there was a way to ensure future grants didn’t suffer a similar fate. Some commissioners openly expressed disappointment or even anger […]
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Arkansas House panel rejects bill on fluoride
With votes cast along party lines, a House committee rejected a bill that would let 35 water systems decide whether to fluoridate their water… The full article is available only by subscription
Fluoride to Return to Water: Bradford, Vt., Residents Reverse Water and Sewer Commission
Bradford, Vt. — The room grew silent as the moderator leaned into his microphone to announce fluoride’s fate. Town Moderator Mark Johnson said 88 ballots were cast, with 50 water and sewer users voting in favor of re-establishing nearly three decades of water fluoridation, while 38 users voted against the reintroduction of fluoride. “The public […]
Sonoma: County Supervisors to Spend Over $100,000 on Fluoridation Study
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors this evening voted unanimously to spend $103,000 on an engineering and design report for fluoridation of the Sonoma County Water Agency’s drinking water supply. In Sonoma County, only Healdsburg and the Fitch Mountain area have fluoridated water. The proposal to fluoridate the water is one of five approaches to […]
Minnesota: New state study finds 55 percent of third-graders have a cavity
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 98.7% of Minnesota’s public water supplies are fluoridated More than half of Minnesota third-graders have had a cavity. That’s according to the state’s first comprehensive oral health plan, stemming from a 2010 survey of more than 1,500 third-graders in 40 public schools. Chris Carroll of Winona’s Pediatric Dental Care said […]
MN: State budget plan would idle PFC biomonitoring study in Washington County
State health officials plan to idle a study of perfluorochemical (PFC) levels in Cottage Grove and other east-metro residents, but a legislative effort could reverse that decision. The Minnesota Department of Health plans to wind down its monitoring of 3M-produced chemicals in a group of local citizens and divert funds to other public health research […]
Olivehurst Public Utility District decision to stop fluoridation won’t halt First 5 funds
A decision by the Olivehurst Public Utility District board to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water will not hurt the district’s ability to receive grants from the First 5 Yuba commission, according to its executive director. “A lot of our projects aren’t sustainable, and that’s always been an issue,” said Cynthia Sodari, head of […]
Chatham CVS drugstore error leads to oversight agreement
CHATHAM – A national pharmaceutical retailer has agreed to better oversight procedures and a $650,000 contribution to the state’s prescription drug awareness program following a 2012 incident in which several New Jersey outlets, including one in Chatham, mistakenly mixed a cancer drug in with children’s flouride [sic] medication. The agreement was announced Monday by State […]
Bradford Voters to Settle Fight Over Fluoridation
A special Bradford Water and Sewer District meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Bradford Academy auditorium for water and sewer users to weigh in on the fluoride issue. The town will allow its water and sewer system users decide whether to reintroduce fluoride into the municipal water supply. On Tuesday […]
What You Didn’t Know About Your Bottled Water
A guide to the basics of bottled water, spring water, tap water, and filtered water (with taste tests) Remember the days when getting a drink of water meant going to the kitchen sink to fill up a glass? Yeah, we don’t either. Nowadays the market for water is flooded (get it?) with choices to meet […]