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Community of Wenden takes stand against plastic water bottles
With accessible clean drinking water a hot global issue, the residents of Wenden can now confidently quench their thirst. For many years, residents of this small rural town hesitated to drink the water due to its high fluoride content and spikes in arsenic levels that required further drilling and a state mandated Fluoride and Arsenic […]
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Bisbee’s water no longer fluoridated, going against national trend
When the city of Bisbee decided to remove fluoride from its water supply earlier this year, the vote was unanimous but there was no input from any public health entity. Public health officials say residents in Bisbee, a Southern Arizona city of about 5,000 people, should be aware they are more susceptible to cavities now […]
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Davis-Monthan AFB says it let some toxic compounds wash into soil, enter sewers
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base admits it allowed some toxic chemical compounds used for firefighting to wash into the soil and discharged the compounds in diluted form into sewers. But until the base finishes an investigation this fall of its use and disposal of the compounds, D-M officials said they’re not ready to say whether their […]
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Bisbee ends fluoridation: A conspiracy of good health
It was hardly news to longtime residents of southeast Arizona that the Bisbee City Council voted unanimously this past week to eliminate fluoride from the local water supply. The eclectic personality of this community never fails to be prominently displayed on any issue that the majority casually accept in good faith. Before fluoride, some Bisbee […]
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Filtering out fluoride – Bisbee council discontinues popular water addition
BISBEE — The City of Bisbee will no longer add fluoride to the community water source. After a presentation from Councilman Gabe Lindstrom and a call to the public, the council voted 7-0 to discontinue fluoridation to the city’s water system. Lindstrom cited long-term health effects as one of the main reasons why he brought […]
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Tucson does not add fluoride to its water
Tucson does not add fluoride to its drinking water and remains one of six major U.S. cities without optimally fluoridated tap water. The government lowered the recommended level to 0.7 milligrams per liter on Monday. But most Tucson Water users — 709,000 people — receive water that averages 0.4 milligrams per liter of naturally occurring […]
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Court says Prescott violated contract to treat metals plant wastewater
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Tuesday said Prescott breached its contract to treat wastewater from the Pure Wafer plant when it tried to get the plant to pay for the cost of meeting tougher state environmental regulations. A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lower court’s reasoning, […]
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Fluoride question splits Bisbee
BISBEE — Residents who showed up Tuesday night at the City of Bisbee council meeting wanted more. After coaxing council members earlier this month on the merits of reducing the amount of fluoride in Bisbee’s water, supporters appeared again to ask that residents be allowed the option of whether to add the element to their […]
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Bisbee to reduce fluoride in water supply
BISBEE — Bisbee Council members voted to reduce how much fluoride is added to the city’s water supply Tuesday night, and they will seek more information before deciding whether to stop adding it all together. Ward 1 Council Member Serena Sullivan said she made numerous attempts to contact Unibar, the company that supplies the fluoride, […]
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Home Community Beat Health First Things First Navajo Apache Region to hold free fluoride varnishings for kids
Navajo County Public Health Services District has received funding from the Navajo/Apache First Things First Regional Partnership Council to provide free fluoride varnish applications to all children 0-5 years of age. For more information, call Robin House, oral health educator at 928-524-4750 or email: robin.house@navajocountyaz.gov. Fluoride helps strengthen teeth to reduce cavities. It can even […]
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