Excerpt: … A scare last year has caused the utility department to put indicators at all of the pumping stations. A fluoride tank at the Germania Springs pumping station emptied its entire contents into the water supply. Though there was no real danger to residents of the city, the strange coloring and taste of the […]
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North Baldwin Utilities continuing fluoride additive
Bay Minette, Ala. — North Baldwin Utilities will continue to fluoridate drinking water for about 7,000 subscribers in an area including Bay Minette, south to Spanish Fort and east to Stapleton, according to general manager Jason Padgett. The NBU board of directors agreed to continue the additive Oct. 25 after receiving a positive report from […]
Fire at Daikin in Decatur closes fluoropolymer plant
The Daikin America plant was shut down after an unexplained fire in the fluoropolymer melt products building Monday morning. No one was injured in the 12:40 a.m. fire, according to human resources and general affairs manager Marc Singleton, and the fire did not damage other areas of the plant. “We’re still in the process of […]
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 […]
Germania Springs accident: Officials: Jax Water Safe to Drink
JACKSONVILLE Utility crews Monday night were working to dilute the city’s drinking water to return fluoride levels to normal, and said the water was safe to drink. Chris Patterson, manager of the city’s water and wastewater treatment plants, said a pair of unrelated problems had work crews and water customers concerned Monday. Around 4 a.m. […]
Fluoride Overfeed in Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Jacksonville residents were advised Monday to avoid the city’s water supply. According to a public notice released Monday by the utility systems manager, an equipment malfunction caused an abnormal amount of fluoride to be injected into the city’s water system overnight. The above average amount of fluoride is not considered dangerous, but […]
Water supplier to retain fluoride
After a months-long debate, including a lively public hearing, members of the North Baldwin Utilities board have voted to continue adding fluoride to the area’s water supply until the end of the year. The board’s decision is the latest move after it voted in September to end the utility’s 26-year practice of adding the chemical […]
Fluoride Back – with conditions
When North Baldwin Utilities put it’s last drop of fluoride in the water supply earlier this month, NBU had no plans of ordering more fluoride. But, Tuesday NBU put the chemical back into the system. Jason Padgett with NBU says, “I think the board of directors have thought that it was best for the community […]
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 […]
Bay Minette Fluoride Meeting
Should fluoride be removed from Bay Minette’s water supply? That question was debated Tuesday night at city hall. More than 50 people including doctors, dentists and medical professionals packed the city council chambers to talk about the issue. Last October, North Baldwin Utilities announced it would stop adding fluoride to the water system. N-B-U board […]