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Fluoride decision put on hold
Officials have postponed until next month a decision whether to add fluoride to the public water supply on the Bolivar Peninsula. The Bolivar Peninsula Special Utilities District had a public presentation on water fluoridation Tuesday, but a decision was not made because of the absence of several board members, said Jennifer McKnight, the district’s general […]
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Fluoridation attempts are misguided
Sometimes it can be a tough for Oregon’s legislators to determine what the majority of the people they represent actually want. But as the debate over water fluoridation rages in Salem, legislators should remember that many Oregon communities have already voted against fluoridation. Voters in Eugene have rejected fluoridation multiple times. People in Portland, Ashland, […]
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Pico Rivera, in Los Angeles County, moves to remove toxic fluorosilicic acid from pumping sites.
PICO RIVERA – Pico Rivera has taken the first steps to remove toxic waste from six water pumping sites, which eventually will bring the city into compliance with orders from county safety officials. Officials from the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s CalARP unit – California Accidental Release Prevention Program – had given the city two […]
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Public voices fluoride concerns at the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District meeting.
Residents concerned with the possible fluoridation of water in seven Humboldt County areas voiced pros and cons at the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District meeting Thursday morning. While several residents spoke of benefits afforded by water fluoridation as an effective agent in fighting cavities, the majority felt health risks associated from ingesting fluoride were too […]
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Fighting excessive fluoride in drinking water in Rift Valley
A joke that does the rounds in Nakuru district is that besides the national identity card, you can easily identify a local by their brown teeth, the result of very high concentration of fluoride in the water. Doctors are now raising the alarm over the fluoride levels. On Monday last week, the Kenya Dentists Association […]
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Yemen: UNICEF warns of excessive fluoride in drinking water
The organization of UNICEF has announced its readiness to present necessary technical aid for Yemeni districts where habitants suffer high fluoride in drinking water. The UNICEF’ s Eng. Sami Abu Bakr Saeed, general director of Water and Environment Unit, said UNICEF would offer a technical support for fighting the excessive level of fluoride in water […]
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Longmeadow: Voters hold on to fluoridation
LONGMEADOW – Ballot question two, which asked residents if they wanted to discontinue use of fluoride in town water, failed yesterday with 817 voters opposed and 427 in favor. The town’s annual election was held yesterday with only two questions on the ballot and openings on the Select Board, School Committee, Planning Board and Housing […]
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Planned fluoridation of L.A. County’s water causes concern
Starting next October, the water coming to Malibu taps from the Metropolitan Water District via the West Basin Municipal Water District will be fluoridated. This is in compliance with a state regulation passed in 1995 that mandates fluoridation of large public water systems if funding sources outside of cities can be found. And there are […]
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Hail to fluoride: new sculpture will commemorate the fact that Grand Rapids was the first city in the world to fluoridate its water supply.
GRAND RAPIDS — Downtown’s newest sculpture is up, but it will be several months before it will become public. Workers on Sunday erected a 33-foot-high sculpture commemorating Grand Rapids’s historic decision to fluoridate its water supply. It’s in a small plaza near the Grand River, next to the new J.W. Marriott Hotel. The West Michigan […]
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Voters in Stuart to have final say on fluoride
STUART — The Stuart City Commission voted 4-1 Monday to give residents the last word on whether the city should add fluoride to its water supply. The commission had already decided in January to ask voters their preference in a Nov. 6 ballot question, but hadn’t decided whether voters or commissioners would have the final […]
United States, Florida