Eastern Municipal Water District will begin fluoridating water it sells to its San Jacinto Valley customers and to agencies that resell it to their customers in October. Eastern’s parent water district, Metropolitan, has begun fluoridating water it sells to its member agencies, but Eastern will add the tooth decay-preventing chemical at its San Jacinto filtration […]
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Metropolitan Water District to add more fluoride to local water
GRANADA HILLS – The Metropolitan Water District will begin adding more fluoride to Southland drinking water – including in the San Fernando Valley – despite concerns by some activists that too much of the chemical may cause health problems. State and federal officials have long advocated fluoridated water to prevent tooth decay, and MWD officials […]
ADA Distributing Misleading Information on Two Federal Fluoride Reports, Says Fluoride Action Network
The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) charges the American Dental Association (ADA) with circulating false and misleading information in its newsletter (8/15) that expressed concern over professional “opposition to community water fluoridation.”(1) ADA misrepresented important findings in the 2006 National Research Council (NRC)(2) report and trivialized the significance of the dental fluorosis epidemic afflicting American children […]
Tap water: now with fluoride
The regional agency that supplies most of the South Bay’s drinking water plans to mix in fluoride this fall, despite lingering debates over the additive’s health benefits. The Metropolitan Water District board of directors voted in 2003 to fluoridate the water it supplies in a six-county service area – a move cheered by advocates who […]
Controversy Over Fluoride In Water
Since the 1940’s, cities across the nation have added fluoride to their drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Now, San Diego joins that list but, it’s an idea that’s flowing with controversy. San Diego County is now the nation’s largest metropolitan area without fluoride in the water. But, that will soon change as Metropolitan […]
Plan to Add Fluoride to Southern California Tap Water Will Put 64,000 Kids at Risk
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) — More than 64,000 children a day in Southern California will be exposed to an unsafe dose of fluoride when the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) begins adding fluoride to drinking water in October, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The water district’s plan to add […]
Editorial: Add fluoride to York water
In the classic Cold War satire “Dr. Strangelove,” Gen. Jack Ripper goes “a little funny in the head” and orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. His reason for attacking? Fluoridation of water. Gen. Ripper believes fluoridation of water was a communist plot to pollute Americans’ “precious bodily fluids.” In a pivotal scene, Gen. […]
The Madison Water Utility battles criticism over high fluoride levels in Well 28
The Madison Water Utility had to shut down far west side Well No. 28 Tuesday because there was too much fluoride in the water pumping into the drinking water supply, the utility announced Friday. While the utility is so far unsure what caused the elevated fluoride, the incident has sparked further concern the utility is […]
Fluoride to be added to most of western Riverside County.
The agency that serves much of the drinking water to 18 million Southern Californians will start adding fluoride to its supply beginning in late October at a treatment plant that provides water to most of western Riverside County. Although state and county health officials said Friday that fluoride is considered beneficial to prevent tooth decay, […]
New Orleans runs out of fluoridating chemical
wo weeks after it resumed adding fluoride to New Orleans’ drinking water for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the Sewerage & Water Board said Wednesday it has run out of the compound and, starting today, will not be able to add any to the water until a new supply is found. Most U.S. cities […]