Police and firefighters have contained about 200 gallons of fluoride that spill from a ruptured tanker truck at Missouri American Water’s central plant in Chesterfield and they are now waiting for a private clean-up crew to remove the chemical, said Dave Nichols, fire marshal of the Monarch Fire Protection District. An early report from Missouri […]
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College Station to resume adding fluoride
The city of College Station has temporarily stopped adding fluoride to its water supply but plans to resume the supplements as soon as possible, officials said. Dave Coleman, the city’s water services director, said the lapse in fluoridation shouldn’t cause any problems for residents. The interruption began about a month ago when the city’s vendor […]
St. Robert: Fluoride choice residents’
The opinion on fluoride in water supplies is as varied as there are personalities in the world. Those who endorse its use often cite the mineral’s ability to prevent tooth decay, while opponents claim the benefit is minimal and that ingestion can actually cause harm to the body. With the varying amount of information available, […]
Louisiana: Funds requested for statewide fluoridation
Excerpt of article titled: Funds sought to add children’s dental care Requests to allocate more money to dental care for poor residents and nurse partnerships for first-time mothers came before state legislators during a budget subcommittee meeting Wednesday. Another group advocating independent living programs for disabled residents asked that legislators maintain funding levels without cuts. […]
Chippewa council votes down fluoride
A plan to add fluoride to the municipal drinking water in Chippewa Falls was shot down again Tuesday night. The council voted 5-2 to take no action on a recommendation to add the chemical to the water supply, killing the measure. Several council members said the cost for adding fluoride – $209,000 in upfront installation […]
St. Croix Falls city council sinks teeth into fluoridation issue
Ten years ago the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the fluoridation of community water systems as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th Century for reducing the incidence of tooth decay. Is water fluoridation still right for the 21st Century, though? The St. Croix Falls City Council wrestled with […]
County Board of Health urges fluoridation for Chippewa Falls, Bloomer, Cadott, Lake Hallie & New Auburn
There’s a set of numbers to consider before the Chippewa Falls City Council hears a plea Tuesday night to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. And those numbers are 70 to 30. That’s the percentage that an April 2004 advisory referendum on fluoride was crushed by city voters. The referendum vote was quickly followed […]
Editorial: Fluoridating Santa Clara County’s water supply is overdue
Only one of the 10 largest cities in America is so backward that it does not fluoridate its water. That would be San Jose, whose residents should be embarrassed that their city doesn’t provide one of the most basic services to improve public health. Liz Kniss, a registered nurse and president of the Santa Clara […]
Give public access to Statehouse floor
Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, R-Union, is catching flak from fellow lawmakers because he had the audacity to think regular folks should have an opportunity to talk to legislators from the floor of the Legislature. Next thing you know Bramnick will be asking that taxpayers have the same direct access to lawmakers as well-heeled lobbyists do. Bramnick […]
Timberville: Fluoride To Stay
Mayor Don Delaughter found himself in a position Thursday that he had hoped to avoid. “I was afraid this would happen,” he said after Town Council split on a vote of whether Timberville should continue to add fluoride to its water. “It’s a difficult decision for me. … I do believe in fluoridation, and I’m […]