WOLFFORTH–Drinking water can sometimes be taken for granted. But for residents in Wolfforth, another newsletter serves as a reminder that their water isn`t safe. Water composes more than 2/3 of your body. But for Wolfforth residents, their supply is saturated with hazardous levels of fluoride. “It concerns me a whole lot,” says Michael Hill, a […]
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Residents debate need for fluoride
The debate over fluoridation continued Wednesday at South Blount Utility District’s monthly board of commissioners meeting. The district’s decision not to fluoridate water at its new plant, completed this year, has drawn staunch support and opposition from customers. Both sides made an appearance at the meeting Wednesday. Commissioners decided to continue collecting information on fluoridation, […]
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate – that is the question
MARYVILLE – The Internet has become the newest battleground in the controversy over the South Blount County Utility District’s decision to remove fluoride from the water the organization provides its 13,000 customers. Mike Biddle, who runs his own Web hosting and site design service, entered the fray during the weekend, bringing online a site dedicated […]
The Fluoride Debate Hits the Web
To add or not to add that’s the question in one East Tennessee community, as the debate concerning whether or not fluoride should be in the water continues. The South Blount County Utility District used to buy its water from other districts which added fluoride. But it decided to leave fluoride out when it started […]
Arcata fluoride initiative circulating
ARCATA — The group seeking to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water can now legally collect signatures on an initiative petition. Arcata City Manager Dan Hauser said the petition became eligible for circulation on Wednesday, having been delayed because of disagreements over the wording that have since been resolved. The Arcata Citizens for Safe […]
Customers’ input sought for South Blount utility meeting
MARYVILLE – Officials of Blount County’s Community Health Initiative are calling on customers served by the South Blount County Utility District to express their views about the district’s decision to eliminate fluoride from the water it delivers. Laura Harrill, director of community outreach for Blount Memorial Hospital and facilitator of the health initiative, said the […]
State proposal could force fluoridation
LITTLE ROCK – A joint committee of the Arkansas General Assembly is considering a proposal which would mandate fluoridation of all public water systems in the state. A hearing on Interim Study Proposal 2003-157 was held in September by the Joint Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. Currently, the option of water fluoridation is […]
City waiting to remove fluoride
Mount Pleasant residents wanted to know when fluorid will be taken out of their water at Monday’s Cit Commission meeting City officials said the fluoride has not been removed and residents asked when it would be done. Voters approved city Proposal 1 by a 52 percent to 48 percent majority Nov. 2, forcing the city […]
Tracking Fluoride in the National Food Supply
The Agricultural Research Service has launched a database that lists the level of fluoride in 400 separate food and beverage items. The list will be important to researchers who strive to estimate the amount of fluoride that individuals consume daily. For more than half a century, to prevent tooth decay, small amounts of fluoride have […]
More Tooth Decay in Poor Children; Fluoridation No Help
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ — “Caries experience may be associated with income,” reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Low income, not fluoridation deficiency, predicts more cavities is revealed in newly-released statistics posted 10/25/04 on the CDC’s website(1). Those states reporting third-graders cavity rates and children living below the federal poverty level indicate […]