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SANDY — Sandy City did not comply with notice requirements — but did not hide information from the public — during a water contamination debacle earlier this year, an independent investigation concluded. Tom Ward, the city’s public utilities director who was placed on leave following the incident, has been reinstated as of Thursday, according to […]

Utah’s renowned holistic dentist, Dr. Judson Wall, of Dental Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of their latest blog article that challenger pro-fluoridation evidence. “Earth Day has been celebrated for almost 50 years. This year’s theme was to Protect Our Species. What better way to do that than to challenge the media reporting […]

Spenser Heaps, Deseret News FILE – Sandy city employees Taylor Vick and Mike Fox distribute water to residents at a staging area on 700 East in Sandy on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A new summary of the health impacts caused by the accidental release of fluoride in Sandy says there were 239 cases of people […]

SANDY — Salt Lake County Health officials say two weeks of testing involving more than 700 residents showed only one individual with elevated levels of lead in a blood sample in the aftermath of a fluoride contamination event in early February. The free testing was offered from Feb. 23-March 8 to affected residents in a […]

Tests taken after Sandy’s recent water contamination found no sign of elevated lead levels in residents’ blood, the Salt Lake County Health Department reports. Intermountain Healthcare administered 704 blood tests between Feb. 23 and March 8 to residents of the three zones in Sandy where fluoride, copper and lead leaked into the water system. Of […]

SANDY, Utah — Recordings of two 911 calls to Sandy City’s dispatch center reveal concern and confusion from residents about what we now know was acute levels of fluoride in their water. “I went to take a drink of it and I had to spew it out. There’s something wrong with the water,” one man […]

1 of 8 Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Water pours from a faucet in Kathe Bolan’s home in Sandy on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Test show high levels of lead and copper in Bolan’s water after a pump that regulates fluoride in the water system failed in February. SANDY — The drinking water crisis is not […]

Excerpts: Davis and Salt Lake are the only counties in Utah that add fluoride to their water supply… ABC4 News went to Layton, the largest city in Davis County, to see what measures are being taken to ensure only the approved amount fluoride makes it to residents… Layton’s water is tested in what’s called a split […]

In the wake of Sandy’s water contamination crisis, residents fear long-term damage to their children’s health, their pets and their homes — and a number are asking the city to pay for their missed wages, medical bills and replacement water filters. The more than 20 small-damage claims filed with the city after a fluoride pump […]

The Sandy City Council has voted to move forward and begin accepting bids from third-party groups to investigate last month’s contaminated water issues, but not before narrowing down the scope of the review. The city has met a swirl of controversy starting in mid-February when the Department of Environmental Quality found high levels of fluoride […]