The more than 14,000 South Blount County Utility District customers will soon be receiving something extra in the water supply — fluoride. According to County Mayor Jerry Cunningham, the utility’s Board of Directors reversed its long-standing opposition to fluoridation at its January meeting, voting to begin fluoridating the water treated at its plant. The unexpected […]
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Pinon Pines Mutual Water Company serves water with high fluoride levels (2.5 to 3.2 mg/L)
Shareholders of the Pinon Pines Mutual Water Company were informed by their board of directors on December 21, 2007 that recent rain and snow storms did not recharge the water table sufficiently to alter the pumping schedule that has been in use all summer. That schedule will remain in effect. Water is being blended from […]
Ashland library to show films critical of fluoride
Two films critical of the health effects of fluoride will be screened at the Ashland Public Library next week, spurred by a developing discussion on whether to add the chemical to the town’s water. The Friends of the Ashland Library’s documentary film series will present two 30-minute films from a DVD called “Drinking Water: Let […]
Bridgeville begins fluoridation of water to comply with state law
The Town of Bridgeville began adding fluoride to its public water system on Jan. 2 to comply with state law, according to the Division of Public Health’s Office of Drinking Water. Under Senate Bill 173, passed in 1998, municipal water supplies must fluoridate their water. There is no established time frame for compliance. The DPH […]
Water district fluoride study almost ready
HUMBOLDT – A study on the economic impacts of adding fluoride to the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District’s system is almost done and will soon be released to the seven communities it serves. The district and its seven municipal customers – Arcata, McKinleyville, Eureka, Glendale, Blue Lake, Manila and the Humboldt Community Services District – […]
Arcata Fluoride Forum on January 22
The League of Women Voters will sponsor a public forum at the Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Drive on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. to discuss the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the community water supply. Measure B on Manila’s Feb. 5 ballot addresses this issue. Speaking in support of the measure […]
County appeals ‘Rules of game were changed’
FARMINGTON — Davis County has asked the Utah Supreme Court to reconsider its decision awarding attorney’s fees to Utahns for Better Dental Health. Late last month the court ruled the Davis County clerk/auditor’s office would have to pay the attorney’s fees to David Irvine, UBDH — Davis’s counsel. But the Davis County clerk has asked […]
Mosaic Mine Expansion A Rocky Proposal
The Tampa Tribune recently ran a story about a small band of Hillsborough County residents who are teaming up and gathering petitions against Mosaic Co.’s proposal to expand its Fort Lonesome and Four Corners phosphate mining operations by 1,599 acres. Residents worry about contamination to their wells and toxic dust blowing in the wind, sometimes […]
Fluoride-Gate, naming names at Centers for Disease Control
Americans’ distrust of societal institutions continues to grow, and now comes evidence of yet another burgeoning scandal: Fluoride-Gate. A torrent of recent bad news about the safety of fluorides has brought key names to the surface from the murky alphabet soup of players in the fluoride game at EPA, CDC, FDA, NIDCR, USDA, ADA, and […]
Fluoridation Flows and Flaws
Fluoride recently began flowing through the tap water into millions of Southern California households. But the pipeline of information to warn the public about fluoride exposure is apparently clogged up with something. Many people need to avoid fluoride altogether to preserve their health, we know this because scientists in government agencies have documented it thoroughly. […]