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The board of a sleepy water district in Chattanooga is doused Friday under a cataract of opposition to fluoride that sloshed routine business to the back of the agenda. Hixson-area residents angered at the industrial acid in drinking water say Hixson Utility District is playing with the health of its customers by continuing the chemical […]

Jonesborough officials have decided to wait until after the town’s Nov. 8 election  to take up further debate on keeping fluoride in the municipal water supply. Mayor Kelly Wolfe told Press staff writer Jessica Fuller scheduling conflicts and vacation plans make a vote on the issue unlikely before the holidays. “At this point, we have considered […]

One side calls it extremely harmful to our health, while the other hails it as a major medical achievement. Fluoride has become so ingrained in America since the early 1960s that it is nearly impossible not to ingest it in some form or fashion constantly on a daily basis. Ashley Graham-Smith of Powell is on […]

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A group of East Tennesseans is pushing to stop fluoride from being added to the water supply. The substance has for decades been added into tap water to support better dental health. Along the way, there’s been an undercurrent of people worried the practice poses a risk. East Tennessee Medical Freedom Alliance […]

Two months after a split public hearing, the issue of whether to keep fluoride in Jonesborough’s water supply has been missing from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s agenda. Mayor Kelly Wolfe said residents shouldn’t expect a vote before the holidays — scheduling conflicts with aldermen’s vacations are keeping officials from focusing on the issue […]

Bid Date & Time: 9/20/16, 10:00 AM Prebid: 9/14/16, 10:00 AM Prebid Mandatory: Yes Solicitation Title: Contract 1-Fluoride Improvements at Cleveland Utilities Filter Plant and Contract 2-Fluoride and Building Improvements at WTP Status: bidding Report: 7265996 Country: United States State: TN Location: Cleveland Scope: Contract 1 includes the conversion from dry to liquid fluoride including […]

A Gallatin man  claims city officials are forcefully medicating him by allowing the use of flouride in drinking water. Patrick Reeners made the claim in a lawsuit filed July 21 against the Gallatin City Council and the superintendent of the city’s water department. The suit was filed with the U. S. Court for the Middle Tennessee District. […]

At Monday night’s Town of Jonesborough Public Forum, there were degreed professionals and concerned laymen. Some came from down the street. Others from across the state. But what the 100 or so men and women attending the July 18 meeting all seemed to share was a passion for their cause – and a very different […]

Three months after the idea of removing fluoride from the water supply hit the table in Jonesborough, the public got to add their voices to the mix at the scheduled public hearing on the matter. The hearing before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen yielded almost 20 speakers out of the group that filled half […]

Board members of Soddy-Daisy’s water system are set to vote today on whether to continue their policy of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Several residents have questioned fluoride’s effectiveness and claim it is a health risk. Some of them showed up at last month’s meeting of the board of the North West Utility […]