Aiken City Council will be discussing the fluoridation of the City’s water in the coming months. During the meeting Monday, Councilman Dick Dewar requested a work session to look at the issue of fluoride which has become quite controversial around the country in recent months. “This subject, it has been getting a lot of talk; […]
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Critics want stop to government promotion of water fluoridation
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The controversy over the use of fluoride in drinking water continues. Several legislators are taking a stand, asking that federal officials not promote or endorse water fluoridation. Fluoride has been added to drinking water in the U.S. since the 1940s. The goal was to help prevent tooth decay. “Nowadays we see anywhere […]
Sacramento: Drinking water fluoridation – a roadblock to greenness?
We keep hearing about our greenness. Here in Sacramento we have a tree program, various recycling programs, and other earth friendly initiatives. But can one policy trump all this? Can a city be truly green when it knowingly adds toxic chemicals imported from China to its drinking water? And to top it all, 99.99% of […]
Morganton will reduce fluoride levels in water
Morganton, NC — City residents probably won’t notice the change, but their water soon will contain 30 percent less fluoride. Jason Green, superintendent of the Morganton water plant, says the city will drop the chemical’s level from 1 milligram of fluoride per liter of water to 0.7 milligrams, because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released […]
EWG: Proposed federal fluoride cap too high
February 14, 2011 Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Secretary for Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Community Water Fluoridation Comments Division of Oral Health National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS F–10 Atlanta, GA 30341–3717 Submitted to: CWFcomments@cdc.gov Subject: […]
Dublin: What new federal fluoride recommendations mean for Dublin
The Federal Department of Health and Human Services recently recommended that community water systems reduce the amount of fluoride added to their water systems to 0.7 milligrams per liter, or parts per million, as the optimal fluoride level to prevent tooth decay. “Dublin San Ramon Services District customers can expect no immediate change to fluoridation […]
HOUSE BILL 901: Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water – Study
By: Delegate Kipke Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2011 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Environment – Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water – Study FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department […]
Legislators ask State Health Department not to promote water fluoridation
A bipartisan group of Republican and Democrat legislators in the Tennessee House of Representatives has sent a letter to State Health Commissioner Susan Cooper, asking that she direct state health department employees to halt activities that promote the practice of water fluoridation. The group includes Beth Harwell, Speaker of the House, legislator-physician Dr. Joey Hensley, […]
Group asks Davis County to warn against mixing fluoridated water, infant formula
CLEARFIELD — A state watchdog group challenged the Davis County Board of Health Tuesday to require fluoridated public water systems to advise their users that reconstituting infant formula with tap water could cause enamel fluorosis in their children. Lorna Rosenstein, director of Waterwatch of Utah, cited a 3 1/2 year study released by the National […]
Dear HHS: Science Dictates Fluoridation Must End
The federal government has proposed that water fluoride levels be lowered to 0.7 parts per million to stem the growing incidence of dental fluorosis (discolored and/or pitted teeth), which now affects 41% of adolescents ages 12-15. However, this “lowered” level of fluoride is still too high, and will not protect millions of American children from […]