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Shaler commissioners to vote tonight on fluoride measure
Shaler commissioners are expected to vote tonight to keep Shaler’s water supply fluoride-free. Shaler’s water system, which provides more than 30,000 people with water in most of Shaler, Etna, and parts of Millvale, O’Hara and Hampton, has never been fluoridated. Commissioner Bill Cross said he expected commissioners to follow last months’ water committee recommendation to […]
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Shaler committee says township shouldn’t add fluoride
Shaler’s drinking water doesn’t need a dose of fluoride, several commissioners decided Tuesday. Shaler’s water committee recommended last night that a proposal to add fluoride to the township’s drinking water be rejected. “I am of the opinion that we are not here to administer drugs, and I consider this a drug,” Commissioner Jim Boyle said. […]
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Shaler water panel set to make fluoride recommendation
Shaler resident Linda Ludwig says the township should not add fluoride to its water supply because of health risks. Christine Kulbacki, a dental hygienist, says fluoridation would reduce cavities. The debate over adding fluoride resumes tonight when Shaler commissioners hear the township water committee’s recommendation on which path to take. After 10 months of reviewing […]
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Judge rules farmers’ suit against chemical company can proceed
DOUGLASS — A federal court judge’s ruling this week will allow two farmers who claim a local chemical plant caused deformities in their dairy cows to pursue a trial. Farmers Wayne and Suzanne Hallowell of Bechtelsville and Merrill and Betty Mest of Schwenksville in August 2001 filed a civil suit in Montgomery County Court against […]
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Veto override fails in Erie
The veto stands. After nearly two hours of public comment, Erie City Council narrowly failed to override Mayor Rick Filippi’s veto of the Safe Drinking Water Act, an ordinance that would have stopped any chemical, including fluoride, from being added to the city’s water supply. (NOTE from FAN: It is incorrect to say that the […]
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EPA fines Cabot $167,000 for faulty reports
BOYERTOWN — Cabot Corp. is facing more than $167,000 in penalties from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating hazardous chemical reporting requirements. Officials at the Boston-based company’s Cabot Performance Materials Plant at 144 Holly Road failed to immediately notify emergency response agencies about two hazardous chemical leaks in 2000, according to an EPA press […]
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Fluoride discontinued at Shamokin Area schools
SHAMOKIN — Shamokin Area School Board voted Tuesday night to discontinue the distribution of fluoride tablets to students. School nurses made the recommendation after consultation with the state Department of Health. Department officials said that since fluoride is a prescription medicine, it cannot be administered without a doctor’s approval and must be in a prescribed […]
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Erie City Council votes to Ban Fluoridation
The long running debate over adding fluoride to the Erie water supply came to a head on Wednesday at city council’s regular meeting. Council voted 5 to 2 to pass an ordinance banning the Erie Water Authority from adding fluoride to the water supply. The ordinance is called the Safe Drinking Water Act of the […]
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Unelected Erie Water Authority Forcing Fluoride Upon City
Erie City Councilman Ian Murray brought an idea and a threat to the Erie City Water Authority’s boardroom Thursday. Neither could convince the Water Authority to stop plans to fluoridate the metropolitan area’s water supply. Murray suggested replacing fluoridation with a program that would promote better dental care throughout the region. If not, Murray said, […]
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Erie City Council votes for safe drinking water ordinance
Erie City Council took a stance against fluoridation Wednesday night – and threatened to disband the Erie City Water Authority if it doesn’t drop its plans to add fluoride to the area’s drinking water. Council voted 6-0 at its regular meeting to give preliminary approval to an ordinance (see below) that would prohibit the Water […]
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