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Portage, South Haven receive state grants for new fluoride equipment
Portage and South Haven are among four Michigan communities that have received state grants for new fluoridation equipment. Portage has received $24,000 toward new equipment and South Haven has received $11,216. The cities of Monroe and Clare also received funding, according to a Michigan Department of Community Health press release. In Michigan, 90 percent of the population […]
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Foundations see importance of oral health
Access to oral health care continues to be a challenge in the United States, especially for low-income people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes on its website (updated July 2013) that “oral health disparities are profound in the United States.” They exist for many racial and ethnic groups as well as for other […]
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Milwaukee: Free dental care available to MPS students at 46 schools
NOTE FROM FAN: Milwaukee has been fluoridated since July 1953 and the state of Wisconsin fluoridates 89.4% of its public water supplies. Two tiny kindergarten students reclining in portable dental chairs set up in the art and music classroom at the Henry David Thoreau Elementary School received free dental hygiene services one morning last week.Dental […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District approves bid for fluoride facilities
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District board approved a contract for construction of fluoride-dispensing facilities at the east and west treatment plants on Thursday, awarding the bid to L.E. Davis Construction of Harrison. The bid award had been tabled in December when it was learned that Davis’ bid, the lowest of seven received, at […]
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Carroll-Boone to hear update on fluoride project, with possible vote to award bids
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District will hear an update on fluoride feed stations and the contract with Delta Dental to fund the construction at its quarterly meeting next week. The board may also vote to award a construction bid out of seven that were submitted by the Nov. 19 deadline. The board held […]
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Carroll-Boone: Bid tabled for fluoride facility because of high cost
EUREKA SPRINGS — Seven bids for constructing fluoride-dispensing facilities at the Carroll-Boone Water District were considered Tuesday at a special board meeting, but the award was tabled until January because costs came in above the grant amount from Delta Dental. President Brad Hammond of McGoodwin, Williams & Yates engineering firm said the seven bids received […]
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Carroll-Boone to hold special meeting on fluoride bids
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 9 a.m. The agenda includes the award of a bid on construction of fluoride facilities at both the east and west treatment plants, authorization for engineering services for the project, selection of bond counsel, authorization of a Request […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: Bids to go forward for fluoride treatment
EUREKA SPRINGS — Bids for the state-mandated fluoride treatment facilities at the Carroll-Boone Water District will be taken around Nov. 19, said McGoodwin, Williams & Yates President Brad Hammond at the Oct. 17 board meeting. Hammond requested the board hold a special meeting before Thanksgiving to award the bid. The project has to be completed […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: No reprieve on fluoride
According to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in an opinion issued in July, Act 197 of 2011, mandating that fluoride be added to drinking water, will stand. And on the national front, the Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition to change the source of fluoride in drinking water. State Rep. Denny Altes of Fort […]
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Fluoride facilities to proceed at Carroll-Boone Water District
Despite the best efforts of water operators, concerned citizens and local lawmakers, the new Arkansas law, Act 197 of 2011, mandating water fluoridation of all systems serving more than 5,000 people, remains in place and its implementation is looming at the Carroll-Boone Water District, which serves the cities of Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest, Harrison […]
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