The Northern Westchester Joint Water Works will no longer be fluoridating Yorktown’s water produced at its Catskill Facility, the town announced. The facility’s fluoride feed system is in need of repair and was taken off-line as a preemptive measure, officials said. Matthew Geho, operations director, said the duration of the repairs is to be determined. Production […]
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C8 suits moved to federal court
Four lawsuits by Athens County residents, filed last month in county Common Pleas Court against the giant chemical firm E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., have been transferred into federal court. The company has answered the suits, claiming it didn’t knowingly poison anyone, and asking that a federal judge throw the complaints out of court. […]
CFAC a candidate for Superfund list
State senator-elect Dee Brown’s Dec. 17 announcement that she had asked the Flathead County commissioners to take the lead in getting the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. smelter site designated as a Superfund site may have caught some state officials by surprise, but it spurred some action. Two administrators at the Montana Department of Environmental Quality […]
Longview: Mint Farm water treatment plant poised to go live soon
Starting in a couple of weeks, the water from Longview’s taps will originate from a deep aquifer rather than the Cowlitz River, which has supplied the city’s drinking water for decades. The city of Longview plans to activate the new, $33-million Mint Farm Water Treatment Plant sometime around Jan. 14, Public Works Director Jeff Cameron […]
No. 4 News Story of the Year: The furious fight against fluoride: State mandates rile opponents, may be on hold now
Reprinted with permission from Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS — One of the biggest issues countywide in 2012 was the state-mandated fluoridation of the drinking water supply, and the issue comes at No. 4 on our Top Ten list of news stories for the year. While Carroll-Boone Water District’s water is not yet fluoridated, questions […]
Niagara Falls Water Board lowers fluoride level 20 percent in tap water
Most Americans take it for granted that their public water contains added fluoride. We drink, cook, and bathe in water with added fluoride, a group of compounds that are composed of naturally occurring fluorine and one or more other elements. There is ample evidence that shows fluoride works to reduce tooth decay from the outside […]
Dentists can tell whose drinking water is fluoridated
Dr. Anthony DiNapoli says he has little trouble identifying whether his new patients grew up outside Lancaster when he peers into their mouths. “You weren’t born here, were you?” he sometimes asks those whose mouths are free of dental work. Too often, DiNapoli said, fillings riddle the teeth of Lancaster natives, a telltale sign of […]
Many in Appalachia suffer dental woes that start early and last a lifetime
MARIETTA, Ohio — Some of the adult patients at the Southeastern Ohio Dental Clinic didn’t see a dentist once during childhood. Children as young as 5 have had to have all their baby teeth pulled. Patients in their 20s sometimes need dentures. Often, the only thing that brings them there is pain that won’t relent […]
Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A National Consensus Statement
Excerpts: Practice Good Oral Hygiene Brush your teeth with fluoridated toothpaste twice a day… Rinse every night with an over-the-counter fluoridated, alcohol-free mouthrinse. After eating, chew xylitol-containing gum or use other xylitol-containing products, such as mints, which can help reduce bacteria that can cause tooth decay. If you vomit, rinse your mouth with a teaspoon […]
Watertown: Treat water
An old debate over whether to protect the teeth of youngsters in the community from decay has unfortunately resurfaced in Watertown. The city began adding fluoride to the water in 1961 after a contentious debate that had lasted a decade. While the council debated the merits of using fluoride in the water to harden teeth […]