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Water fluoridation becoming less common
Should fluoride be added to your drinking water? More local water companies are skipping it. An American Water official said West Shore customers have fluoride in the water, but Hershey area customers don’t. Later this month, a Franklin County community will join them. For about 70 years, fluoride has been added to drinking water to […]
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Downingtown: DMWA plan to stop fluoride addition delayed
A plan to stop adding fluoride to water in the Downingtown Municipal Water Authority on April 15 has been put on hold after the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said that the move will have to wait to face a public comment period and then state regulatory approval. The sudden change in plans comes a […]
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Guilford Water Authority ends fluoride treatment
CHAMBERSBURG – Guilford Water Authority will stop adding fluoride to its water supply in a month. Fluoride is known to prevent tooth decay, but in recent years people have questioned the safety and ethics of placing the naturally occurring chemical in a public water supply. The authority decided to stop its practice after a public hearing […]
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Bellefonte Water Authority sets date to end fluoridation
The Bellefonte Water Authority will discontinue the practice of fluoridating drinking water March 31. The process to discontinue the practice was at times challenged by residents, area doctors and some council members, who felt the continuing practice was in the best interest of dental health. Appeals against the state Department of Environmental Protection’s permit for […]
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Union rep asks Bellefonte to cease and desist ‘unsafe’ fluoride practices
BELLEFONTE – The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees asked the borough in a letter to cease and desist “unsafe” fluoride practices at its water plant. Kimberly George, the union representative who wrote the letter, could not be reached for comment. The letter, though it does not specify the borough’s fluoride practices as […]
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Erie pediatricians to offer fluoride treatments
An Erie pediatric office will soon offer fluoride treatments to their young patients. Doctors at Children’s Community Pediatrics — Hamot Pediatrics, 300 State St., are expected to provide these treatments as early as January, said Michael Webster, M.D., a pediatrician with the practice and chairman of pediatrics for UPMC Hamot. “Right now we are looking […]
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Bellefonte: 70 years on and water fluoridation is still controversial
Public health officials consider the question of water fluoridation‘s safety closed. Meanwhile, opponents say fluoride is a highly toxic substance that can cause a range of adverse health effects and want the practice halted. If you’re like most people, you’ve given only limited thought to the fluoride in your tap water. That is, unless you […]
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Meadville: Local fluoride opponents want level playing field to present their case
I am afraid that the Meadville Area Water Authority is about to make a decision that will be an expression of its will and not the will of the residents of Meadville and parts of Vernon and West Mead townships. I am concerned that Dr. Dennis Finton was appointed by the mayor and City Council […]
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Bellefonte Council to appeal DEP’s fluoride decision
The borough authority’s decision to discontinue fluoridating the water system could be foiled by the council that appointed the authority to power. Council voted 5-3 Monday to appeal, as a body, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to permit the authority’s decision. Council members Randy Brachbill, Renee Brown, Gay Dunne, Karen Harvey and council […]
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Bellefonte stays course on ending fluoridation
The authority that was appointed by Borough Council declined to follow council’s recommendation that it continue to put fluoride into the water system. Council, which held a public hearing on fluoridating the water system Monday, voted the same night for the practice to continue at permitted levels and to cover the costs associated with upgrading […]
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