If John Martinelli, CEO of S. Martinelli & Co., had been allowed to properly finish his statements Tuesday night, many of you wouldn’t be finding out about this now. That fine the city feared the state managing to enforce on Watsonville, $200 a day for not fluoridating, is just about the amount of money the […]
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Green Insider: Fluorinating Atlanta’s Tap Water
A hot topic, yet something rarely discussed, is the fluoride found in our Atlanta water supply. When first introduced into our water stream in 1969, as required by Georgia law, people hailed fluoride as a positive addition to improve dental hygiene. However, today, many national organizations, like the Fluoride Action Network (www.fluoridealert.org) are working to […]
Marine City resumes fluoridation
After more than a year without fluoride, Marine City is now receiving the addition to its water source. The fluoridation tank was shut down last year after a malfunction. The city looked into funding sources and even considered not adding the dental supplement. “We did extensive research on the pros and cons involved,” said Mayor […]
Watsonville to be the county’s first to fluoridate water
Watsonville residents will be the first in Santa Cruz County to receive fluoride in their tap water. In a 4-3 vote, the City Council approved a contract for a $1.6 million grant from the California Dental Association Foundation to design and build a fluoridation system and operate it for two years. Mayor Luis Alejo, Councilmen […]
Valero in trial over refinery worker’s acid burn
A Jefferson County jury has been tasked to decide if Valero Energy is responsible for a refinery worker’s acid burn. Last January, Orange County resident Allan Gaspard, who burned his hand with acid, filed suit against Valero. On Tuesday, Sept. 28 jury selection for the trial of Gaspard vs. Valero began in Judge Bob Wortham’s […]
Fluoridation is still a hard sell in Mass.
Excerpt: SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts, the birthplace of public health, has long led the nation in disease-fighting crusades, vaccinating children at high rates and crafting antismoking campaigns exported around the world. But it ranks 36th when it comes to providing residents with fluoridated water. Nearly 150 cities and towns that could add the substance don’t, a […]
Watsonville Council to decide on water fluoridation
Watsonville’s nearly decadelong fight against water fluoridation could end Tuesday as the City Council votes on whether to accept a $1.6 million grant to build a system. The decision comes two days before a $200 fine imposed against the city by state public health officials for not fluoridating kicks in. “If I could name one […]
Watsonville: Speak out now or happily accept fluoridated water
Remember the Wendy’s TV commercial with the little old lady asking “Where’s the beef?” in regard to hamburger chains not having much of a beef patty between the hamburger buns? The line has become a common one to use to question the validity of a product claim or statement by politicians. In respect to the […]
California has the largest number of residents in the U.S. receiving fluoridated water
Thanks to efforts led by the California Dental Association Foundation to expand access to fluoridation, California now has the largest total number of residents of any state receiving fluoridated water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the latest Water Fluoridation Statistics that indicate 58 percent of Californians (21.5 million) receive fluoridated water, […]
Port Angeles: Fluoride foes ‘exploring all options’ after Supreme Court upholds Port Angeles city
The state Supreme Court sided with Port Angeles City Hall on Thursday in the four-year-long dispute over water fluoridation, but activists aren’t giving up just yet. The high court ruled in a 5-4 vote that water fluoridation in Port Angeles cannot be challenged through the initiative process. The ruling tosses out city-wide initiatives that anti-fluoride […]