A day after the Metropolitan Water District surprised many in the water world by voting to fluoridate Southern California’s drinking water supply, North County officials were still grappling with how the decision will affect their agencies and customers. Almost all said they were caught off guard by the vote. Some entities, such as the city […]
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Unanimous vote keeps Shaler’s water fluoride-free
Shaler commissioners have decided to keep the township’s water supply free of fluoride. By a 7-0 vote, commissioners decided to go along with a water committee’s recommendation last month to reject a proposal that would add fluoride to the water. Shaler’s water supply, which comes from underground aquifers near the Allegheny River and supplies more […]
Metropolitan Water District to implement massive fluoridation project
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 11, 2003–Drinking water supplies for up to 18 million Southern Californians will be fluoridated after Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors today adopted a policy that calls for the cavity-fighting agent to be added to its treatment processes. “At a cost of less than a dollar a family, the dental and medical […]
Southern California water agency approves massive fluoridation project
California’s largest water agency voted Tuesday to add fluoride to the water it supplies to 18 million customers from the Mexican border to the central coast. California, because of pockets of stubborn opposition, has long trailed the nation on water fluoridation. Only a handful of Southern California cities, including Beverly Hills and Long Beach, currently […]
Shaler commissioners to vote tonight on fluoride measure
Shaler commissioners are expected to vote tonight to keep Shaler’s water supply fluoride-free. Shaler’s water system, which provides more than 30,000 people with water in most of Shaler, Etna, and parts of Millvale, O’Hara and Hampton, has never been fluoridated. Commissioner Bill Cross said he expected commissioners to follow last months’ water committee recommendation to […]
Bottled water creates a ‘fluoride gap’
ATLANTA – As more Americans are drinking from the bottle instead of the tap, dentists are sending patients home with prescriptions for fluoride. Most bottled waters contain little or none of the fluoride that’s standard in tap water and is considered essential to hardening teeth and preventing cavities in children. So dentists are urging patients […]
Refinery agrees to phase out use of lung-searing chemical
WILMINGTON, California — A 16-year effort to ban the use of a potentially deadly chemical at a local refinery ended this month when refinery officials agreed to switch to a less-toxic substance. Neighbors had lobbied to halt use of the lung-searing chemical hydrogen fluoride at the Ultramar refinery, fearing an accidental release could result in […]
Fort Collins Report: Fluoridation safe, effective
Fort Collins’ fluoride technical study group issued its long-awaited report Wednesday, finding that fluoridating the city’s water supply provides cost-effective dental benefits and poses little public health risk. “The report’s conclusion is this is still a proper health protocol to deliver fluoride in drinking water,” said Frank Vertucci, a study group member and vice president […]
Opponents still pushing council on fluoride issue
Patience appears to be growing thin on both sides of the Independence fluoride debate. Six speakers signed up to address the Independence City Council during its meeting Monday night. Mayor Ron Stewart, however, said that he was frustrated, adding that the fluoride dialogue now had been going on for seven months. “I’m getting a little […]
Fluoride: What’s left to be said?
Mayor Ron Stewart says he’s tired of people lining up to speak about fluoride at City Council meetings. The mayor said Monday he would humor the six speakers waiting to speak against fluoridation of the Independence water supply, but he was pretty sure the city staff, City Council and the Advisory Board of Health had […]