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Urbana to place $3.3 million sewer, water bond issue on ballot
The Urbana Board of Aldermen voted at its Jan. 12 meeting to place a $3.3 million bond issue for a new water and sewer system on the ballot for the April 5 election. Alderman Debra Glass made the motion, which was seconded by Sara Cooke. Earlier in the evening SSE engineers had presented a proposal […]
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Maryville: For some, fluoride is nothing to smile at
Maryville, Mo. — Now that Citizens for a Smoke-free Nodaway County has succeeded in gaining City Council approval for a workplace smoking ban inside the Maryville City Limits, a second group of citizens is seeking similar action against what they see as yet another threat to public health — fluoride in the municipal water supply. […]
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Bolivar: Fluoride stays in water
Bolivar’s Board of Aldermen voted 7-1 Thursday evening to maintain its current practice of fluoridating the city’s water supply at the rate of 1 part per million. Fluoride has been in the water supply since 1999. Alderman Arleen Ferguson voted against, and aldermen Bill Jones, Steve Skopec, John Credille, Julie Bond, Darren Crowder, Bill Little […]
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Bolivar: Fluoride on May 13 agenda
Fluoride is on the agenda for the Bolivar Board of Aldermen meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13, at Bolivar City Hall. The aldermen held a public hearing May 4 concerning whether to continue adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. The matter is one of four items of old business on the agenda. Print […]
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Bolivar MO may stop adding fluoride to drinking water after 11 years
BOLIVAR, Mo. — The city says it’s about to get a lot more expensive to keep fluoride in its drinking water. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will require the city to test the chemical levels every single day, even holidays. The estimated cost will be about $25,000 a year, which the city says it […]
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Bolivar aldermen consider removing fluoride as a cost-saving measure
The city of Bolivar may discontinue fluoridation of the city’s public water system due to rising costs, but members of the Board of Aldermen said Tuesday, March 30, they want to hear from the public before making a decision. Discontinuing fluoridation could save the city about $40,000 this year and $17,000 in subsequent years, according […]
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Kansas City, Missouri: EPA Joins Probe in Bannister Investigation
A little background to this newspaper report from an US EPA Fact Sheet of January 2010: Bannister Federal Complex, 1500 E. Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri INTRODUCTION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7, at the request of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), will work with the General Services Administration (GSA) to […]
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Independence: Ordinance would prohibit non-FDA approved additives in city water
Independence, MO — Independence city officials acknowledged that when Independence residents hear “using additives in drinking water” it may conjure up bad memories of a fluoride debate from years past. On Monday, the City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance that would, in effect, establish policy that would prohibit additives of any kind […]
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Chesterfield: 3 are treated at hospital after leak of chemical
Three people were hospitalized Friday after a hazardous chemical leak outside the Missouri American Water plant near Olive Boulevard. Between 150 and 200 gallons of hydrofluorosilicic acid leaked out of a delivery truck about 10:30 a.m. on Hog Hollow Road, Monarch Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Dave Nichols said. The driver of the truck and […]
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Chesterfield: Workers contain spill of approx. 200 gallons of fluoride
Police and firefighters have contained about 200 gallons of fluoride that spill from a ruptured tanker truck at Missouri American Water’s central plant in Chesterfield and they are now waiting for a private clean-up crew to remove the chemical, said Dave Nichols, fire marshal of the Monarch Fire Protection District. An early report from Missouri […]
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