Sewer Water Committee report was given by Josh Hallberg. The DNR recommends that the Village obtain electronic scales to measure and better monitor the dosage of the addition of fluoride in the public water system and also to build a separate room addition to each well station to store the fluoride. There are no requirements […]
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Yorktown: State training program offers fluoridation tools and resources
Yorktown, N.Y.—When Yorktown, N.Y., faced a fluoridation challenge last month, Dr. Carl Tegtmeier was prepared, thanks to fluoridation spokesperson training he received in June 2012. Dr. Tegtmeier was one of 19 dentists to participate in the New York State Oral Disease Prevention Program presented by the New York State Department of Health in Albany. Fluoridated […]
Concern About Fluoride In Salina Water
More than 50 people filled the Prescott Room at the Salina Public Library on Thursday evening January 31st to hear Dr. Albert Burgstahler of Lawrence Kansas, explain why fluoride is unsafe and ineffective. Dr. Burgstahler is a world recognized expert on fluoride, co-author of Fluoridation, The Great Dilemma, editor of Fluoride, the peer-reviewed Journal of the […]
Fluoride bill tabled in Pierre
Now an update on a bill we first told you about last week. South Dakota Senate Bill 201, which would remove the requirement for Fluoride to be added to South Dakota’s drinking water, has been tabled. That means this issue has been postponed for later discussion. Supporters of the bill say it’s time we looked […]
Markley balks at fluoride on principle, not science
SOUTHINGTON — When Republican state Sen. Joe Markley proposed a bill on Jan. 11 to eliminate the state mandate of adding fluoride to the public water supply, he was bombarded by negative reactions. The basic response to S.B. 131 was “How can you be against good teeth?” Markley said. “It’s a more complicated question than […]
Editorial: Brooksville fluoride debate falls into cavity
There are two things wrong with the Brooksville City Council’s decision to take fluoride out of the municipal drinking water. It’s the wrong public policy that will prove costly to residents’ oral and financial health and it was done in a clandestine manner to avoid public scrutiny. The council should be ashamed for ducking a […]
Rolla: Anti-fluoridation ‘force’ has been quiet
It’s been awhile since Bob Stewart showed up at a Rolla City Council meeting to ask the council to direct Rolla Municipal Utilities to stop fluoridating the water supply. I hope he’s all right. Although I don’t care one way or the other about fluoridation, I have to admire Bob for his tenacity. He’s the […]
The Delaware Valley School Board discontinued fluoride tablet program in 2010
MILFORD — The Delaware Valley School Board welcomes back former board member Sue Casey, who will be filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Diane French. French submitted her resignation in December, saying she was leaving the board for personal reasons. Two applicants were nominated by the board. Jessica Adler Decker, director of Milford’s […]
Proposed bill would eliminate state mandate to add fluoride to drinking water
A new bill will hit the South Dakota Senate Local Government Committee on Monday that would take away the state’s mandate for adding fluoride to drinking water. Since the 1970s, state and federal regulations made it mandatory to increase the level of fluoride in drinking water after research showed its benefits to preventing tooth decay. […]
Longview starts drawing from Mint Valley aquifer
It’s the end of an era — the city of Longview officially has switched its water source to deep wells after decades of piping water from the Cowlitz River. At 10 a.m. Thursday, Longview Mayor Don Jensen and City Councilmen Tom Hutchinson and Steve Moon turned a valve at the $33 million Mint Farm Regional […]