BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Fluoride will be added to the public water supply on the Bolivar Peninsula by February. The Bolivar Peninsula Special Utilities District board approved fluoridation in an 8-2 vote Tuesday night. Two residents, including former board member Mac McDonald, protested the addition of fluoride before the vote. In an interview, Karen Shobert said […]
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Oregon’s Hynix air pollution exceeds allowed hydrogen fluoride levels
The Hynix computer chip plant in west Eugene released more air pollution than it was allowed to in 2006 under its permit. But local air quality regulators say the company had been trying since last July to get its permit level raised. That process has just taken longer than anyone anticipated, officials with the company […]
Fluoride missing from New Orleans tap water
Without mentioning it to residents for nearly two years, the Sewerage & Water Board quit adding cavity-fighting fluoride to New Orleans’ drinking water supply after Hurricane Katrina and has not restarted because of a supply shortage. S&WB Executive Director Marcia St. Martin said Wednesday that the agency got cut off from its supply chain because […]
Juneau: Group attempts to put fluoride on October ballot
A group of local health professionals and concerned citizens said it has collected almost enough signatures to let voters decide whether fluoride should be added back into the city’s water supply. Citizens Promoting Dental Health has until July 12 to collect 1,952 signatures from qualified voters to put the contentious issue on the Oct. 2 […]
Island Towns Found Lacking on Flouride in Water Supplies
The town that is home to the largest number of nonprofit institutions may also have the fewest cavities. Oak Bluffs is the only town on the Island that fluoridates its public water supply. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) also adds flouride to the well water that serves the tribal housing project in Aquinnah. […]
A capsule look at what Oregon Legislature did
Excerpt: Included in the twenty-two “key accomplishments of the 2007 Oregon Legislature” in this article… FLUORIDE — Lawmakers continued their long-standing opposition to efforts to expand the fluoridation of municipal drinking water. Oregon is ahead of only New Jersey and Hawaii in the percentage of residents who drink fluoridated water. Fluoride opponents argued that the […]
Editorial: What’s in Oxford’s water?
Like water itself, the truth has leaked out: Oxford’s water no longer contains fluoride. Citing rising costs, the city’s Water Works and Sewer Board decided 15 months ago to stop adding the chemical to its supply. The board broke no laws. It followed state procedure. It notified the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the […]
Juneau: Study fluoride before signing ballot petition
Several dentists and public health workers are attempting, with American Dental Association funding, to gather the 2,000 signatures needed to put the fluoride issue on a ballot in October. While I believe that the citizens of Juneau would step up and vote the right way- to keep our water uncontaminated – as a member of […]
Manila to ask residents about fluoride
MANILA – In considering the prospect of having the Humboldt Bay Municipal Bay Municipal Water District add fluoride to its water supply, the Manila Community Services District’s board of directors wants the input of voters. The board met last Thursday, June June 21 and unanimously approved a resolution that calls for an advisory ballot election […]
State fluoride legislation goes down the drain
SALEM — House Speaker Jeff Merkeley, D-Portland, made it official Wednesday. Mandatory fluoridation of drinking water will not pass the 2007 Legislature. “The bill does not have the votes to get out of the Ways and Means subcommittee,” he said, even though amendments were made to the original measure to attract legislative support. One would […]