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Au Gres council mulls adding fluoride to water
The Au Gres City Council agreed to research the possibility of adding fluoride added to the city’s water supply during its regular meeting Feb. 5. Dental hygienist Lisa Wiltse brought up the idea during the council’s public comments period, and said the American Dental Association has an annual grant that provides up to $24,000 to […]
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Cadillac Considers Fluoride
City officials in Cadillac want voters to decide whether to add fluoride to the water. Cadillac is the largest city in Michigan without fluoridation. The city is considering a grant to help pay for a system to add fluoride. Fluoride prevents tooth decay but some council members have reservations about adding it to the city […]
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DEXTER: Jolly Pumpkin’s parent company given tax break by village
Excerpts: The Dexter Village Council approved a motion to grant Northern United Brewing Co., parent company of Jolly Pumpkin, a tax break. The tax exemption is for investments the company is making to its new brewing facility at 2319 Bishop Circle East. The Industrial Facilities Tax Exemption will apply for six years for roughly $1.57 […]
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Cadillac: Council to discuss fluoride grant
The city of Cadillac has a simple theory when it comes to injecting fluoride into city water. If the citizens desire it, then they just have to say so. In the past, the citizens have simply said “no” through the medium of four citywide votes. The last, in April of 1977, was turned down by […]
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City of Midland receives grant for fluoridation equipment
The Michigan Department of Community Health Oral Health Program has selected 11 communities from across the state — including Midland — to initiate and maintain a community water fluoridation program for residents. This is the third year fluoridation equipment grants have been awarded. This year they were made possible by a $100,000 donation from the […]
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Midland receives fluoridation grant
Excerpt: The city of Midland is one of 11 to receive a fluoridation equipment grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. This is the third year these fluoridation equipment grants have been awarded. This year, they were made possible by a $100,000 donation from the Delta Dental Foundation. The allocation to Midland was $12,700… […]
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Kalamazoo: Failed valve allowed excessive fluoride into water system supplying Texas Township
Due to a failed safeguard, too much fluoride entered the city of Kalamazoo’s water system that supplies parts of Texas Township in January, according to a news release from the city. The higher concentration of fluoride entered the city’s system within a three-hour time frame Jan. 15, and city staff corrected the problem Jan. 16, […]
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Michigan: ‘Do Not Eat’ fish advisory issued for Clarks Marsh in Iosco County
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has issued a “do not eat” advisory for all fish taken from Clarks Marsh, south of the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, in Iosco County. Pumpkinseed and bluegill fish samples were collected from the marsh in 2011. Laboratory analysis of the samples indicates that levels of […]
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Wired report examines fluoride effort that started in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS — Our city became the first in the country to add fluoride to its municipal water system 67 years ago today, a public health triumph quickly duplicated elsewhere despite Cold War hysteria that fluoridation was part of a communist plot to poison the water supply. Today, more than two-thirds of public water systems […]
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Hartland Township ends its water fluoridation program
Hartland Township in Livingston County has voted to immediately stop adding fluoride to its water system. The decision came after a long debate over rumored health risks and government control of water additives. Trustee Glenn Harper brought the issue to the board. He called it a health hazard and says people should decide individually whether […]
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