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Atlantic City: Fluoride to be added to water supply
The resort’s Municipal Utilities Authority will begin adding fluoride to the city’s water supply in February after years of its absence. The authority’s installation of a new fluoridation system will allow fluoride to be put back into the city’s water after about five years without it, according to a news release from the authority. The […]
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Blount mayor’s letter strict about adding fluoride to water system
There’s a controversy brewing in Blount County after the mayor there is now pushing for fluoride to be put in the county’s water system. Volunteer TV’s Stephen McLamb has more. One woman with kidney problems is terrified of the prospect that her water supply will be fluoridated. She says when she left a system that […]
United States, Tennessee -
AM calls for Wales to sink its teeth into fluoride issue
THE time has come – once again – for Wales to decide whether fluoride should be added to the water supply, a politician has said. A Labour AM has called for a national debate on the controversial issue, which has the potential to divide the nation. Fluoride was last added to the water supply in […]
United Kingdom, England -
Waterloo rethinks the fluoride issue
The residents of Waterloo have an interesting and complex question ahead of them. They will have to decide whether they want their city to continue adding fluoride to their water. This isn’t the first time that Waterloo has looked at this question. Far from it. The city has looked at it four times since 1967. […]
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State promotes fluoride for Ocean Springs water
OCEAN SPRINGS — The Mississippi Department of Public Health, in the interest of stronger teeth, would like to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. Dr. Nick Mosca, State Dental Director, said Wednesday that the state offers grants to cities that pays 100 percent of the equipment needed to add fluoride to city water. The […]
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Pinon Pines Mutual Water Company serves water with high fluoride levels (2.5 to 3.2 mg/L)
Shareholders of the Pinon Pines Mutual Water Company were informed by their board of directors on December 21, 2007 that recent rain and snow storms did not recharge the water table sufficiently to alter the pumping schedule that has been in use all summer. That schedule will remain in effect. Water is being blended from […]
United States, California -
Mayor confirms South Blount Utility District will add fluoride
The more than 14,000 South Blount County Utility District customers will soon be receiving something extra in the water supply — fluoride. According to County Mayor Jerry Cunningham, the utility’s Board of Directors reversed its long-standing opposition to fluoridation at its January meeting, voting to begin fluoridating the water treated at its plant. The unexpected […]
United States, Tennessee -
Bridgeville begins fluoridation of water to comply with state law
The Town of Bridgeville began adding fluoride to its public water system on Jan. 2 to comply with state law, according to the Division of Public Health’s Office of Drinking Water. Under Senate Bill 173, passed in 1998, municipal water supplies must fluoridate their water. There is no established time frame for compliance. The DPH […]
United States, Delaware -
Ashland library to show films critical of fluoride
Two films critical of the health effects of fluoride will be screened at the Ashland Public Library next week, spurred by a developing discussion on whether to add the chemical to the town’s water. The Friends of the Ashland Library’s documentary film series will present two 30-minute films from a DVD called “Drinking Water: Let […]
United States, Massachusetts -
Why we can turn down the tap of fluoride in our drinking water
Under the Microscope: The public water supply has been fluoridated at a low level by the authorities since 1964. Many studies have shown that this is a very effective preventive measure against tooth decay and little or no evidence of side-effects has been reported beyond a low incidence of tooth discolouration. Ingestion of fluoride at […]
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