SANDPOINT — Removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water has been a pungent topic among council members who will once again address the issue in an upcoming meeting. After the narrow defeat of a proposal last year that sought removal of fluoride from the municipal water supply, members of an anti-fluoridation group asked the city […]
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Mt. Pleasant will reduce fluoride levels in water
Mt. Pleasant city commissioners voted 4-2 Monday to reduce the amount of fluoride added to city water. Commissioners also voted to appoint Planning Commissioner Nancy English to fill a vacancy on the city commission. The fluoride vote came in response to a recommendation from a task force that concluded that “artificial fluoridation of the city’s […]
El Dorado: City to get grants for fluoridation
The city of El Dorado will be presented with grants that will cover start-up costs to fluoridate the city’s water system, members of the El Dorado City Council were told on Thursday. Mayor Mike Dumas said Dr. Lynn Douglas Mouden, director of the Office of Oral Health for the Arkansas Department of Health, will present […]
Crowley: Chinese fluoride in water system raises concerns
CROWLEY – On June 4th, a Louisiana House committee voted down a Senate passed legislation that would have limited the use of Chinese fluoride in our state’s water system. Currently, only two cities in the state use Chinese fluoride in their water systems – Crowley and Oakdale. Due to recent problems experienced with Chinese toys, […]
Selmer lets facts determine the outcome of fluoridation debate
Despite the majority of members’ continuing support for the public policy of water fluoridation, the Town of Selmer’s Board of Aldermen unanimously enacted a water additive accountability ordinance that is expected to halt any further use of the fluoridation product that has been the focus of the Board for more than a year. On June […]
Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department releases oral health report
A report released by the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) reveals that applying fluoride varnish and sealants in high poverty, Pierce County public schools is not as effective as anticipated in preventing tooth decay. The study conducted in Bethel School District and Clover Park School District followed students who qualified for the school-based Oral Health […]
Measure to limit fluoride from China in water fails
A Louisiana House committee Thursday turned aside Senate-passed legislation that would limit the use of Chinese fluoride in the state’s water systems. On a vote of four “yes” and seven against, the House Health and Welfare committee refused to favorably report Senate Bill 638 to the full House. Supporters testified that only two water systems […]
House Resolution No. 207 directs questions and response to fluoridation concerns
Note: This undated document was received on May 31, 2010 HLS 10RS-864 Regular Session, 2010 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 207 BY REPRESENTATIVE HARDY WATER/DRINKING WATER: Directs the Fluoridation Advisory Board to address questions and concerns regarding the health, environmental, and fiscal effects of fluoridation of drinking water and to report responses to certain legislative committees […]
Mt. Pleasant: Fluoride findings presented to City Commission
For a year, Mt. Pleasant City Commissioner Kathleen Ling has been the chair for a task force that has been looking at the issue of fluoride in the city’s water. Ling and the committee submitted their findings to the commission, and set a June 14 date for discussion on their recommendations to “suspend it.” The […]
Health officials want 243 rural water systems to fluoridate their water
Nearly half of rural adults in Wisconsin have lost teeth from decay, compared to just over a third of urban adults. Adding fluoride to rural drinking water systems could close that gap, health officials say. But 256 public water systems in the state – all but 13 of them rural – have fluoride levels below […]