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Carroll County Citizens meet to stand against water fluoridation
Carroll County Citizens for Safe Drinking Water met Tuesday night to discuss ways to stop the fluoridation of water in Carroll and Boone counties early next year. The Arkansas legislature passed a law in early 2011 requiring fluoridation of water in cities and counties of more than 5,000 people. The meeting, which lasted more than […]
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Fluoridation Up For Debate In Wisconsin’s Capital City
Wisconsin’s capital city is wading into one of the water sector’s most controversial questions: Should it fluoridate its water? The city’s water supply has been fluoridated since the 1940s, but the issue went up for discussion at recent water board meetings. “Public Health Madison and Dane County recommended continuing adding fluoride to the city’s drinking […]
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Residents Bring Up Fluoride, Clean Water Act At Fort Smith Meeting
Fort Smith residents turned out Thursday for a public meeting to quiz city leaders about specific street and sidewalk projects, fluoride and the threat of federal litigation over Clean Water Act violations. The Ward 4-specific meeting held at Woods Elementary School attracted about 50 residents. One resident asked for an update on an anticipated federal […]
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Booneville Water District to add fluoride to its water supply
Residents have twice rejected the idea The Booneville Water District will add fluoride to its drinking water in the coming weeks, district officials said. Officials say they have no choice, but residents had mixed feelings about the idea. “If the state requires it, it’s a good idea,” said Booneville resident, Jim Rodatc. “I don’t think […]
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Fort Smith to fluoridate drinking water
Fort Smith is using a $1.8 million grant to cover startup costs associated with adding fluoride to its water system as mandated by the state. The grant from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation comes three years after state legislators passed a law requiring water systems serving 5,000 or more customers to fluoridate their public […]
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Delta Dental gives Des Moines Water Works $17,300 for fluoridation upgrades
Des Moines Water Works has received a $17,300 grant from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation. The one-time grant will provide funding for new analyzer equipment and maintenance of instrumentation, metering and pumping equipment related to fluoride feed systems at each of the agency’s three water treatment plants, Des Moines Water Works said in a […]
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Iowa Job Offer: Community Water Fluoridation Grant Project Coordinator
The Iowa Public Health Association (IPHA) seeks an independent contractor to coordinate the Coming Together to Protect Community Water Fluoridation in Iowa Project funded through a grant to IPHA from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation. Oral health and coalition experience preferred. Proposed project period: 9.01.14 – 4.30.15 Contract amount: Flat fee – $1,000 per […]
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Eureka Springs: Citizens ask water board to delay fluoridation
EUREKA SPRINGS — In another attempt to delay fluoridation of their drinking water, several Carroll County citizens attended the quarterly board meeting of the Carroll-Boone Water District on Thursday, July 16. Among them was Eureka Springs Alderman Mickey Schneider. “I’d give the City of Eureka Springs one week before the majority of our pipes are […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District board to hear update on fluoride facility and funding
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District board will hear an update Thursday on construction of the fluoride-dispensing project, as well as on payments from Delta Dental for the facility and those to the contractor. The board also will consider approval of life insurance and AD&D coverage for employees exposed to silica, part of the […]
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State awards City of Clare one of four Fluoridation Equipment Grants
The Michigan Department of Community Health Oral Health Program recently awarded the City of Clare and three other Michigan communities with Fluoridation Equipment Grants to initiate and maintain community water fluoridation programs. This is the fourth year grants were awarded to community water systems. These grants were made possible by a donation of $100,000 from […]
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