After months of delay, water taps in many parts of San Diego County will begin flowing with fluoridated water tomorrow. What is fluoridation? Fluoridation is the addition of a chemical to water to prevent tooth decay. The Metropolitan Water District, which supplies water to Southern California, will be using fluorosilicic acid to provide fluoridation. Why […]
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Most county residents to get fluoridated water from faucets after long delay
Sixty-two years after fluoridation was introduced in the United States, fluoridated water is scheduled to start flowing out of the faucets of most San Diego County residents today. It’s a reality that thrills many public health officials and dentists, but infuriates many other people. Fluoridation proponents, including the California Department of Public Health, the California […]
Publisher’s view on fluoridation
Fluoridating Santa Monica’s water supply was a controversial matter. I was not in favor of it for the simple reason of why add it to everyone’s supply when people who want it can add it and people who don’t aren’t forced to ingest it. With the water problems we have had with the Charnock Wells […]
Elgin City Council votes ‘no’ on water fluoridation
Elgin City Council members took on the decision of fluoridating Elgin’s public water system at the Nov. 20 meeting instead of allowing the issue to go before voters as was considered at a previous meeting. On a split 5-3 vote, the decision was to not add fluoride to Elgin’s water. Voting for the prohibition were […]
Harrisburg Considers Fluoride In Water
Support is building for an initiative to add fluoride to almost all drinking water in Pennsylvania, with proponents billing it as a safe and effective way to improve dental health across the state. Though some are suspicious of adding any chemicals to public water supplies, widespread scientific consensus supports the belief that adding fluoride to […]
Fluoride fracas afoot in Erie
ERIE — This town of 16,000 is one of just a few remaining communities in Colorado that doesn’t fluoridate its water supply, but that could change next spring when Erie residents head to the polls. Elected leaders are set to vote tonight on a resolution that would place a water-fluoridation measure on the town’s April […]
Fluoride in water pursued
Is adding fluoride to the water supply one of the all-time great public health initiatives? Or is it a plot to weaken the population or perhaps dispose of industrial waste? There’s a new push in Pennsylvania to require that fluoride be added to all public water systems, based on widespread agreement among scientists that it […]
Fluoridation begins in Malibu on November 26
Waterworks District No. 29 will introduce fluoride on Monday to its water treatment plant that supplies a predominate portion of the Malibu district. According to the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, the district purchases water from the West Basin Municipal Water District, which in turn gets water from the Metropolitan Water District. […]
Water District 54 commissioner explains fluoride danger
As your readers know, King County Water District 54 is working with the City of Des Moines, South King Fire and Rescue, and developers to upgrade our delivery system to meet their needs for redevelopment of existing properties. The District stands firm that “Growth should pay for Growth,” not the existing ratepayers where about a […]
Fort Worth stops adding fluoride to water due to shortage
FORT WORTH — The city of Fort Worth has temporarily stopped adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies, because of a nationwide shortage of the tooth decay-fighting compound. The city, which supplies drinking water to nearly 1 million people in Tarrant County, ran out of fluoride last month after its contracted supplier failed to deliver […]