Fluoridation has not been on a City Council agenda for many weeks, but Watsonville residents made it the most interesting debate of the evening Tuesday as they decried a $7,800 donation to Mayor Luis Alejo from the California Dental Political Action Committee. During public comment at the City Council meeting held on the fourth floor […]
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Military bases’ water supply overloaded with fluoride
Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson are warning people who live and work on or visit the two posts in Anchorage not to drink the water due to excess fluoride in the supply today. The fluoride problem was discovered at about 4 a.m. today at the Fort Richardson Water Treatment Plant, according to a […]
El Doradp: Focusing on fluoridation
Excerpt: Some members of the El Dorado City Council said Thursday they would like to hear from the El Dorado Water Utilities about costs to fluoridate the city’s water system before the city accepts a grant to begin the process. Mayor Mike Dumas told aldermen that the Arkansas Department of Health is offering two grants […]
Austin: Group voices concern over fluoride level in city water
While many city officials tout the benefits of adding fluoride to the public water supply, some Austin activists question the safety of the practice on the grounds that the additive is a hazardous waste. Members of Fluoride Free Austin distributed fliers warning against fluoridation — a practice that has been used in Austin for nearly […]
Escambia County: Fluoride in water fight back on the table
The decades-old debate over fluoridation of local drinking water took center stage at an Emerald Coast Utilities Authority committee meeting Wednesday. The often-contentious issue pitted medical and dental experts against a lone utility board member, Elizabeth Campbell, and a group of concerned citizens at the Citizen Advisory Committee meeting. The off-and-on struggle regarding fluoridation of […]
Guest Column: Fluoride scam goes on after six decades
A Senate committee in Baton Rouge on April 13 advanced legislation that would require water companies to inform their customers of plans to fluoridate their water supplies and forbid the purchase of the chemical additive from China. How can we afford to spend money on one more poison for drinking water? “Fluoride” is actually a […]
Donora: Earth Day roots trace back to a killer ‘fluoride fog’
The Donora Smog that killed residents of a Pennsylvania town in 1948 was the first in a series of environmental disasters that led to today’s environmental consciousness. Every now and then, something reminds David N. Taylor of how much more environmentally conscious the nation has become since the 1940s and 1950s. Sometimes it happens during […]
Somerset. Chairman: Water is completely safe
SOMERSET — Because of a question that was asked at last Thursday’s candidates’ forum for the annual town election, Somerest Water and Sewer Commission Chairman Charles Fisher II and Water Superintendent Robert Lima said they wanted to address any concerns there might be about fluoride being in the public drinking water supply. “We don’t want […]
Sandpoint: approves Clean Water Additive Accountability Ordinance
PROPOSED WATER ADDITIVE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE Councilman Reuter stated that a majority of the Public Works Committee opposed the proposed ordinance, but Councilwoman Davis wanted the matter to be discussed with the full City Council. Councilwoman Davis felt the proposed ordinance sets an objective standard and criteria for assuring the safety of water additives. She stated […]
Louisiana Legislature’s dumb bill of the week fans fluoride fears: An editorial
State Sen. Dan Claitor says that he’s not trying to prevent fluoridation of water supplies, but that’s likely to be the end result of a bill that creates burdensome new requirements for fluoridation projects. Sen. Claitor told the Baton Rouge Advocate that he just wants people to be informed about whether fluoride is being introduced […]