In a small industrial office next to the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Port Hueneme, John Omweg grabs a clipboard with a California Department of Health Services form meant to track fluoride levels in the city’s water supply. He walks through the plant and grabs a sample out of a pipe of water that’s […]
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Dental foundation offers $1.5 million for fluoridation
Five years after its first attempt, the California Dental Association Foundation is renewing efforts to fluoridate Watsonville water with a new funding offer of $1,563,038. In a letter Wednesday to City Manager Carlos Palacios, the foundation announced it would offer $1,242,700 for construction of water fluoridation facilities in Watsonville. Funding also includes $320,338 for maintenance […]
CDC, dental group warn of too much fluoride for babies
Health officials are recommending that parents who feed formula to their babies consider using bottled water — rather than tap — when mixing it to prevent a dental condition that causes subtle white marks on developing teeth. While emphasizing the significant benefits of fluoridated tap water in preventing cavities, new recommendations from the Centers for […]
North Attleboro won’t vote on fluoride
NORTH ATTLEBORO – It appears fluoride will not be placed on the ballot as a referendum question, but town officials say they expect voters will weigh in on the issue when picking a candidate in the board of health race. A majority of selectmen said Thursday they do not favor putting a non-binding referendum on […]
Mention fluoride, and fight’s on
Decades after most of the rest of the nation accepted adding fluoride to the water supply to prevent tooth decay, the issue remains a flashpoint in Oregon. “Of all the issues in the state, this is one of the most contentious,” says Brett Hamilton, a director of the Oregon Dental Association, which supports fluoridation. “It’s […]
Fluoride flows again, for a price
Melbourne’s water system would have run out of fluoride today, but an emergency purchase — at eight times the usual price — kept the tooth-toughening chemical compound flowing out of taps. Cocoa had just 10 days of fluoride left, but a new shipment arrived Tuesday that will last for two months. Brevard County’s two largest […]
Problems at Fertilizer factory leads to shortage of fluoridation chemicals
The county’s water plant west of Delray Beach got good news about strong teeth Tuesday, when its supplier of fluoride said a shipment would arrive there later in the week. County Administrator Bob Weisman said a shortage of fluoride led the county to halt fluoridation of water west of Delray, after the plant ran out […]
Shortage forces halt to fluoride in water
Seven months after Palm Beach County commissioners came within one vote of removing fluoride from the county’s drinking water, a statewide shortage of the compound has forced utility officials to stop using it. County Administrator Bob Weisman said Monday that the utility department already has run out of fluoride at its water treatment plant in […]
Only 82% in Alabama receive fluoride in their water
Added fluoride in Alabama’s drinking water is a given, right? Not necessarily. Eighty-two percent of Alabamians on public water are getting fluoride added at the water plant, reflecting the prevailing belief among health professionals that the practice is beneficial. Yet every county in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area still has water systems that don’t add fluoride […]
Bill would require fluoridation of water
YORK — It’s not something that York opponents of fluoridation probably want to hear, after they fought a city proposal to add it to the water supply. But LB 245 is seeking to create a mandate that all towns with more than 1,000 residents should have to add fluoride to their water. The bill, which […]