The Mayor of Lyerly calls it rat poison, but you are drinking it. The container this stuff comes in has labels with skulls and crossbones with bold letters that say “Toxic.” But yet you are drinking it. The substance in question or debate is the fluoride injected into municipal water systems across the nation. “We […]
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O’Malley will join water supply talks
PRINCESS ANNE– Somerset County officials are scheduled to meet this evening in Baltimore with Gov. Martin O’Malley and Secretary of the Environment Shari Wilson to address ongoing issues with the local water supply. The meeting is likely to be a roundtable discussion — first proposed by Wilson several weeks ago — on how to resolve […]
Does fluoride promote dental health, or jeopardize its users?
For 46 years, residents of Vancouver have been downing a fluoride compound with every glass of tap water they drink. In Vancouver, Camas and Battle Ground, people consume fluoride in infant formula, with bourbon, in instant hot chocolate and tea. They also water their lawns with it, wash their clothes with it and flush it […]
Editorial: Cutting fluoride funding a step backward for public health
In 1985, the city of Brooksville became the first in the region to add fluoride to its municipal water supply. This week, the City Council will consider dropping the common cavity-prevention method as it adopts its budget for the coming year. The savings? Mostly, $7,000 for chemicals plus labor and ancillary costs that have not […]
Holmen committee sets wording for Nov. 4 fluoride referendum
Holmen residents will get a say on whether fluoride should be in the water supply come Election Day. Tuesday, the Holmen Village Board’s Finance and Personnel Committee approved wording for a referendum that will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. The question will read: “Are you in favor of implementing the fluoridation of the village […]
Hastings: Officials try to make sense of fluoride ballot measures
There’s a chance that Hastings voters could cast conflicting votes on the Nov. 4 ballot on the issue of fluoridation. Three ballot issues pertaining to fluoride were discussed as part of a forum on the same topic hosted by the Hastings League of Women Voters Friday at the YWCA of Adams County. “At the end […]
Timberville Postpones Vote On Fluoridation
TIMBERVILLE – The town’s water will continue to be treated with fluoride – at least, for now. On Thursday night, Timberville Town Council decided to put off voting on whether to discontinue fluoridation, a process detractors say is detrimental to the community’s health instead of the benefit most public health officials claim. The delay was […]
Cities of Pierce and Plainview vote on fluoridation November 4
City Of Plainview Issue: Shall the City of Plainview, Nebraska, adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City’s water system? Yes (To prohibit fluoridation from the water system) No (Against the prohibition of fluoride from the water system) City Of Pierce Issue: Shall the City of Pierce, Nebraska, add fluoride to […]
Oasis School on bottled water due to arsenic, fluoride levels
Students and staff at Oasis School in Thermal are drinking bottled water after elevated levels of arsenic and fluoride were found in the school’s well water system, Principal Elizabeth Ramirez said. The higher levels were confirmed on Sept. 4, two days after school started, and the school immediately turned off faucets and switched to bottles, […]
Fluoridation information center opens
GRAND ISLAND — The handmade poster in the front display window says it all — “No need for added Fluoride” — with “No” and “Fluoride” in bold red lettering. It’s a sign at the Fluoride Information Center, which was recently opened by the Grand Island Chapter of Nebraskans for Safe Drinking Water. The center is […]