Stuart residents who want to improve the oral health of their community will vote “yes” Jan. 29 to fluoridate the city’s public water supply. Early voting begins Monday on this important public health issue. Those who will benefit the most if the referendum passes are children from economically disenfranchised families who may not have regular […]
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Cunningham Utility District stands by decision to not fluoridate water
One soft-spoken battle between a few customers of the Cunningham Utility District in favor of fluoridating the area’s water and the Board of Directors ended Thursday night, but one citizen says the war isn’t over. “I’m going to keep on fighting for it,” said a smiling Nadine St. John, a customer of the district after […]
Site lists homes in Lancaster County with too little fluoride
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. – Some Lancaster County communities have too little fluoride in their water to effectively fight cavities. St. Joseph Health Ministries, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children’s health, has created a way for people to learn whether they live in one of them. The group Thursday launched the “Fluoride Finder” interactive […]
Caution on Expanding Water Fluoridation
We are approaching the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District release of the engineering report that will reveal the costs of potentially expanding community water fluoridation (CWF) to a handful of surrounding communities. Manila will be the first of those communities to let its citizens have a choice when they vote on February 5th. A January […]
Littleton: Hearing to consider fluoridated water
Littleton – The Board of Health is holding an open meeting this month to hear from the public about adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. The meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Littleton Light and Water Department, 39 Ayer Road. Board Vice Chairman Ted Doucette said […]
City of Ste. Genevieve: Meeting On Fluoridation Marked By Diverse Opinions
Elected officials of the City of Ste. Genevieve heard what local residents think about the benefits and disadvantages of fluoride last Thursday night, at a special meeting set up to help the board of aldermen decide whether to place the issue of fluoridation on the April ballot. The two-hour session was opened by Mayor Dick […]
Fluoride again prevails in Davis
Utahns for Better Dental Health fought tooth and nail to get citizen approval to add fluoride to water in Davis County. The group scored a victory in the 2000 general election, with 52 percent of the voters saying yes to fluoridation. Then, two years later, UBDH won again after it successfully sued to stop a […]
Milton to add fluoride to H2O
The City of Milton will once again be adding Fluoride to their municipal water sources due to a $20,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health. Milton had been adding fluoridation to the water since 1989, but stopped in late 2006 when the City Council voted to discontinue it due to an older, unreliable injection […]
For some, fluoridated water still hard to swallow
A chemist called it “criminally intolerant chemical warfare to enslave the American people.” A self-described inventor and “secret investigator” said the government was trying to “kill you slowly.” Another man put it bluntly: “Communism is one of the factors behind it.” In the summer of 1966, a year after the Watts riots, Los Angeles City […]
Improvements planned for Marathon’s refinery
More than $206 million in improvements to clean the air and water are planned at the Marathon refinery in Stark County. The work includes $170 million in new equipment to produce low-sulfur diesel fuel, said Michael R. Armbrester, division manager for the Ohio Refining Division. In addition, $36 million is earmarked to improve waste water […]