CORNING — The city of Corning will take a “fluoride timeout” until after the Nov. 4 general election. The City Council voted 7-2 Monday to rescind its Nov. 6, 2006, decision to fluoridate city water and to put the issue on hold until at least December. A referendum on the ballot in November could strip […]
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Editorial: Put fluoride back in Poughkeepsie’s water
A fight that’s come before local politicians isn’t exactly the kind they’re used to wrangling with. The Poughkeepsie Common Council recently found itself in the middle of a controversy over teeth. The council recently heard from medical officials, including Dutchess County’s leading health expert, that a recent vote by the local water board to remove […]
Corning: City council puts halt on fluoride
Corning, N.Y. – The City Council called a time-out Monday night on the fluoridation project. The council voted 7-2 instructing City Manager Mark Ryckman not to spend any time, money or resources on the project until after a November public vote on the issue. Councilman Hilda Lando, D-3, and Betty Coccho, D-6, cast the dissenting […]
Corning Fluoride Vote Rescinded
CORNING — Fluoridating Corning’s water supply is no longer an issue — at least for now. Monday night the Corning City Council voted 7-2 to rescind its November 2006 vote to fluoridate the water. That means everything fluoride-related the council has worked on since then is null-and-void. City Manager Mark Ryckman will no longer work […]
Poughkeepsie: Water board to discuss fluoride use
The Poughkeepsie Joint Water Board Tuesday is expected to discuss whether to reinstate fluoride to drinking water used by about 80,000 residents in four Dutchess County communities. The board has come under fire from local health officials, doctors and dentists after it voted in January to remove fluoride from the water system, which serves the […]
Fluoridation sound health, fiscal policy
For the past 60 years, one scientific study after another have proven that adding fluoride to water supplies is a safe and effective method to significantly reduce tooth decay for those who consume the water. The time is now for Pennsylvania to join other states in requiring water systems to fluoridate their supplies to the […]
City revisits manager’s role on issue of fluoride
CORNING — The Corning City Council will decide Monday whether City Manager Mark Ryckman should continue planning for fluoridation of the municipality’s water supply. The council, which meets at 7 p.m. at Corning City Hall, will consider a proposal that Mayor Tom Reed says is designed to clarify Ryckman’s fluoridation role prior to a referendum […]
Fluoride vote in Corning
CORNING, N.Y. — Corning city leaders are set to take another vote on fluoride. In May, council members voted to add fluoride to city water. But in November, bound by a petition, they voted again to put fluoride to a referendum. That second resolution also instructed the city manager to pursue fluoridation but not spend […]
Massachusetts Presstek faces $125k EPA fine for release of 750 pounds of hydrofluoric acid
Presstek faces a fine of more than $125,000 for alleged environmental violations relating to a 2006 chemical spill at its plant in South Hadley, Mass. In an administrative complaint, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that the Hudson-based provider of printing equipment released some 750 pounds of hydrofluoric acid — “an extremely hazardous chemical,” according […]
Presstek hit with $125k fine over ’06 leak at Mass. plant
Hudson-based Presstek faces $125,000 in environmental fines for a 2006 chemical spill at its South Hadley, Mass., plant. The spill evacuated neighbors within a mile radius and caused next-day school closings. Presstek is accused of violating federal Environmental Protection Agency laws when it failed to report the hazardous chemical spill Oct. 30, 2006, according to […]