LAYTON — Fluoridating Davis County’s water will cost at least twice as much as voters were told when they approved fluoridation in 2000. And that prospect has elected leaders of one city — Layton — livid. In a scathing letter to the Davis County Commission and Health Department last week, Mayor Jerry Stevenson accused former […]
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Taking Truth to Power
Dear All, I was honored a couple of weeks ago to be invited by the US EPA to participate in a one on one debate on fluoridation to be held in Washington DC on May 6. However, those responsible for finding an opponent are experiencing difficulties finding someone. Now if this was a prize fight […]
Waste Water Heading To Gulf With Federal OK
PALMETTO – The federal government on Wednesday gave the state permission to dump more than half a billion gallons of waste water from the abandoned Piney Point phosphate plant into the Gulf of Mexico. But an improved way to treat the water could cut the amount dumped in the Gulf – possibly by 1 million […]
No Fluoride in Holladay’s Water?
Fluoridated water may not flow to thousands of taps on Salt Lake County’s east side this fall — unlike the rest of the valley. Holladay Water Co. does not plan to include the additive to its supplies despite a countywide vote in 2000 approving fluoridation of all public drinking water. The company serves about 15,000 […]
Piney Point: 500-million gallons of acidic waste heading to gulf
TAMPA — In an unprecedented move, federal regulators announced Thursday they will allow Florida to dispose 500-million gallons of acidic wastewater into the Gulf of Mexico. The waste from the abandoned Piney Point phosphate mine in Manatee County could be loaded onto barges and sprayed into the gulf starting in two weeks, said Allan Bedwell, […]
Dover fluoridates its water
Smile, Dover. You’re finally quaffing fluoridated drinking water. On Monday, you joined residents of Wilmington, Newark, Milford, Lewes and Selbyville who have been guzzling the formula of one part fluoride solution per million gallons of water for about two decades now. There are now nine fluoridation facilities around Dover, said Scott Keonig, Dover’s director of […]
Turner plans Charter vote to stop fluoridation in San Antonio
Still stung by the passage of a fluoride referendum more than two years ago, grass-roots activist Kay Turner is gearing up to stop the addition of the cavity-fighting chemical to the local water supply. Turner, a high-profile personality in battles against the Applewhite reservoir and previous fluoridation attempts, said she is drafting a proposed amendment […]
Fluoride question vexes Tigard
TIGARD — Beaverton’s plan to fluoridate its drinking water is creating ripples in neighboring cities. The Tigard City Council on Tuesday heard a presentation about how fluoridation may affect Tigard and the surrounding area. Tigard is negotiating to receive up to 4 million gallons of drinking water a day from the Joint Water Commission, which […]
Maize Council rejects petition on fluoridation
The Maize City Council has rejected a petition seeking a referendum on whether the city should fluoridate its new water system. The council said that the matter was an administrative decision that had already been made and that it did not require a public vote. “It’s in the water, and, as far as we’re concerned, […]
Panel to let residents decide on fluoride
The issue of whether to add fluoride to three Shelby County municipal water systems will be decided in a public survey the second in as many years. The Columbiana Water Board is asking its customers in a printed questionnaire to answer “yes” or “no” on whether they want fluoridated water to flow to area homes […]