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Norphlet Chemical, Arkansas: Chemical cleanup operation begins in Norphlet
Authorities say workers have begun removing 7,800 gallons of hydrofluoric acid improperly stored at a chemical plant in Norphlet. Yancey Kyle, Union County’s emergency management coordinator, says workers began removing the acid from the plant yesterday morning. Kyle says the cleanup operation likely will last three or four days. Union County Judge Bobby Edmonds declared […]
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State oral health director challenged over comments about fluoridation
EUREKA SPRINGS — The battle against mandated fluoridation in the State of Arkansas has again been enjoined by concerned citizens, who are challenging recent statements made by the state’s oral health director. A letter dated Feb. 19, 2009, by Hot Springs attorney Janie Evins, representing a group of concerned citizens, challenged State Oral Health Director […]
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Conway Corp. resumes fluoridation
Fluoride made its return to Conway’s drinking water Friday afternoon. A water line failure at a Conway Corp. treatment plant in October 2007 put the fluoride injection port out of service. Restoring fluoridation has involved putting the fluoride injection port and its associated equipment in a new location and constructing a building around it. The […]
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Conway: Fluoridated water may return soon
Restoring fluoride to Conway’s drinking water will take a few more days, Conway Corp. CEO Richie Arnold said. Conway Corp. has been waiting since November for parts needed to restore fluoridation that Arnold said were supposed to arrive and be installed today. These parts were still on-schedule Thursday afternoon, Arnold said, “but we had to […]
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“The anti-fluoride movement exists to make money for the people who run the organizations.”
Q. I saw another anti-fluoride letter to the editor the other day. Is the stuff she writes in the letter correct? If fluoride is so horrible why do so many cities add it to their water? A. I get this question from patients all the time. The answer is pretty simple. Fluoride at one part […]
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El Dorado might fluoridate drinking water
The city of El Dorado, AR is trying to decide whether to fluoridate its drinking water. The city council approved the move in 2005 but the city has yet to carry it out. City council members say that after the ordinance was approved, the costs to fluoridate the water system came in higher than expected […]
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Conway: Fluoridation delayed until January
Conway’s drinking water has been without fluoride since the catastrophic failure of a water line at Conway Corp.’s Roger Q. Mills Jr. Water Treatment Plant over a year ago. Conway Corp, the city-owned utility service, did not publicly acknowledge the lack of fluoride until July, when a state official pointed out a Conway Corp. memo […]
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CDC money to be used to promote fluoridation in Arkansas
Oral Health is once again at the forefront of public health activities in Arkansas. The Office of Oral Health in the Arkansas Department of Health has recently been awarded two Federal grants to support oral health activities in the state. The funding is designed to improve basic state oral health services including program leadership and […]
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Money Found To Put Fluoride Back In Conway Water
The Conway Corporation board of directors has amended its 2008 water department budget to help put fluoride back in the water. The vote was taken just this week. Conway Corporation stopped putting fluoride in its water last October because the acidic chemical eroded a pipe at the water treatment plant. The public utility did not […]
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Conway: Is Fluoride in your Water?
You figure the water you drink from the tap is safe, and good for your health. But what if you found out that for the past few months, you’ve been drinking water that could decay your teeth? It happened in Conway last fall, but customers are just now finding out about it. Fluoride was taken […]
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