MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – People in Skagit County will have fluoride added to their municipal water supply. Tuesday, county commissioners voted in favor of fluoridation – an issue that has divided the community for years and could now end up in a courtroom. It was a mix of cheers and jeers Tuesday as Skagit County […]
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Fluoride shortage affecting water
Fluoride, a compound that prevents tooth decay, has not been added to Evansville’s drinking water supply since February. That’s when American Water Enterprises, the company that operates the city’s water treatment plant, ran out of the compound. The company has not been able to get more. Evansville is not alone in having unfluoridated water. A […]
Editorial: Corning council’s approval of fluoridation
The Corning City Council kept its word because a retired dentist kept his. And with two ends of the bargain tied up, council members made the right decision Monday by approving fluoridation of the city’s water system. Now the job is to make the project happen over the next year or possibly two. The council […]
Corning City Council votes 7-1 to fluoridate water
CORNING — With $100,000 promised by fluoride proponents, the Corning City Council voted 7-1 Monday to proceed with fluoridation of the city’s water supply. “This thing has been beat to death,” said Mayor Frank Coccho. The vote confirmed a November decision to fluoridate the city’s water if supporters could come up with $100,000, or about […]
Bill could overide fluoride opposition
SALEM — During the 1950s, as cities across the nation considered whether to add fluoride to their water supplies to prevent tooth decay, communist machinations abounded as people questioned whether under the guise of offering stronger teeth was in actuality a government plot to control them with chemicals. That was some three generations ago, yet […]
Anti-fluoridation camp opens wide in Yarmouth
SOUTH YARMOUTH — Two years ago the Yarmouth Board of Health bowed to public pressure and voted not to recommend fluoridation of the town’s water supply. Now the debate is on again and last night at a hearing on the topic the pressure in the room was palpable. “Why with anything so questionable, so possibly […]
The town of Beatty using interim well with higher fluoride content
Residents have been advised they still need to be mindful of conserving water until some time in June when the town’s main water well should be back on line. The well went down late last year, and the Beatty Water and Sanitation District trustees took advantage of the down time while a new pump was […]
Corning may reject fluoride plan
CORNING – The city of Corning Monday will consider backing out of a tentative plan to add fluoride to the municipality’s water supply. Betty Coccho, D-6th Ward, said supporters of fluoridation have failed to raise the $100,000 in grant money required by the plan adopted last November. “The mayor suggested that we address the issue […]
Fluoridation is not safe way to go
House Bill 3099 would force Oregon cities including Portland, Eugene, Bend and Ashland to add fluoridation chemicals to their drinking water even though each of these cities has specifically voted against fluoridation. Fluoridation promoters have been unable to convince most local communities in Oregon to fluoridate their drinking water, so they are pushing the Legislature […]
Picayune has fluoride in the water
PICAYUNE — Picayune residents have been getting a daily dose of fluoride to help protect their teeth for about two months now. The process began Feb. 15 and is added weekly to the operating wells in Picayune. Through a grant with the Mississippi Health Department the proper equipment and chemicals were supplied to the city, […]