SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that two initiatives seeking to stop the addition of fluoride to the public waters of Port Angeles went beyond the scope of the initiative process. In a 5-4 ruling, the court agreed with the Port Angeles City Council, which had declined to enact or refer the initiatives […]
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Crescent City: School Board eyes fluoride debate
The Del Norte County Unified School District Board will consider signing a resolution in support of keeping fluoride in the municipal water system. Crescent City residents will vote in November on whether to remove fluoride from the water supply. Local residents Katherine Kelly and Connie Morrison gathered enough signatures to put the measure on the […]
US EPA makes first change in 24-years to risk of fluoride in drinking water
From FLUORIDE Action Network: On September 20, 2010, a new US Code of Federal Regulations for the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations was published. For the last 24 years EPA recognized only crippling skeletal fluorosis as a adverse effect from fluoride in drinking water at levels over 4 parts per million (ppm). On September 20, […]
Santa Rosa. Should fluoride be put in the water?
By MATHEW PELLEGRINO – Pro: A glass a day keeps the cavities away Bill, it doesn’t surprise me you are against fluoride. I bet the last time you saw your toothbrush, you were on your hands and knees scrubbing out your toilet bowl. People will always assume fluoride in water is bad for them, but […]
McMinnville Council still looking at fluoride issue
McMinnville City Manager Kent Taylor has recommended the city council to schedule a joint work session with the McMinnville Water & Light Commission in October to discuss fluoridation. Considering the matter during its informal dinner session Tuesday, the council took no official action. But it agreed to continue looking into the issue. Mayor Rick Olson, […]
CDC releases 2008 water fluoridation statistics
The CDC has released the latest statistics on community water fluoridation for the nation on its Web site. For this information, go to http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/statistics/2008stats.htm The latest data show that in 2008, 72.4% of the U.S. population on public water systems–or 195.5 million people– had access to optimally fluoridated water. This is an increase from 2006 […]
Red Bay stops putting fluoride in water
The Franklin County town of Red Bay recently stopped putting fluoride in the water. Town leaders say it was an economic decision. They had officials look at several studies and never found any evidence that supported keeping the fluoride in the water. “I guess we wound up saving about 50-thousand dollars a year in the […]
The Chemical Marketplace Series — Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You
Crossposted with www.thegreengrok.com More than 80,000 chemicals are produced and used in the United States. This is one of their stories. With nearly 200 million Americans drinking fluoridated tap water these days, is it time to ask ourselves, do we really need the fluoridation? Fluoridation and the Red Scare I grew up in the 1950s […]
Advertiser editorial: Fluoridated water enhances health
Talk about penny-wise and pound-foolish. Some Alabama water systems have stopped adding fluoride to their water in an effort to cut costs. This is textbook false economy, for the documented benefits of fluoridated water vastly outweigh any modest cost savings gained by eliminating it. As the Advertiser’s Markeshia Ricks reported, 18 water systems in the […]
Halogen Fluorides: Chlorine Pentafluoride, Bromine Pentafluoride, Bromine Trifluoride
National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances [NAC] This interim report presents the committee’s conclusions and recommendations for improving NAC’s AEGL [acute exposure guideline level] documents for 25 chemicals: allyl alcohol, bis-chloromethyl ether, chloromethyl methyl ether, bromine pentafluoride, bromine trifluoride, chlorine pentafluoride, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, chlorosilanes (26 selected compounds), epichlorohydrin, formaldehyde, […]