SANDPOINT — A long-simmering debate about the use of fluoride in the city’s drinking water might finally be boiling over, with a growing number of residents questioning the benefits and safety of the 57-year-old program. Like most communities in America, Sandpoint began adding small batches of fluoride to its drinking water in the early 1950s […]
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Contamination controversy with Newdale’s water
Newdale is facing drinking water quality issues because of excessive arsenic and fluoride levels in the water supply, and that has become the focus of attention in the city. Although there is an offer of assistance with loan money from the state of Idaho, there are concerns among residents that because of the small size […]
EPA to review contamination from Idaho phosphorous plants
The Shoshone-Bannock tribes have convinced the Environmental Protection Agency to take a second look at soil and water contamination from two phosphorous plants that operate within or near their reservation’s borders. The federal agency will review cleanup plans for the Superfund site that includes the plants run by FMC, now called Astaris, and the J.R. […]
Lewiston’s dental achievement
Lewiston has made great strides in improving the dental health of the city’s children through fluoridation of the water supply during the last three years. Results of tests started in June 1947, were released Monday by the city engineer’s office, which conducted the work with the aid of the United States public health service, the […]