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Water fluoride controversy playing out in Ida County, Iowa
IDA GROVE, Iowa — Ida Grove city leaders and residents disagree on whether fluoride should continue to be placed in the city water supply, so residents in the Ida County town seat may be surveyed on the subject. Ida Grove Councilman Doug Clough on Friday said the fluoride issue at hand may be placed as […]
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Bluffs Water Works wins fluoridation quality award
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recognized the Council Bluffs Water Works “for its consistent and professional adjustment of the fluoride content to the recommended level for oral health for 12 consecutive months in 2017. Caitlin Beresford, chairperson of the Water Works Board of Trustees and a doctor of dental surgery at Bluffs […]
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Iowa Public Health encourages adding fluoride to water supply
During its Monday, Oct. 15 meeting, the Ida Grove City Council heard from Sara Carmichael-Stanley of the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) regarding the city’s decision last June to stop adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. The council’s decision in June to discontinue adding fluoride to the city water supply was due to […]
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105 Iowa communities earn CDC Water Fluoridation Quality awards
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that 105 Iowa communities have earned 2017 Water Fluoridation Quality awards from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a 110 percent increase from 2016. In addition, two communities (Storm Lake and University of Iowa) received the 50 Year Award for maintaining continuous community […]
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Woodbine Council discusses proposal to begin adding fluoride back into city water
WOODBINE — The regular Woodbine City Council meeting last night, September 5, began with city officials talking to Jennifer Macke, of Crawford County Home Health, Hospice & Public Health, located in Denison. She is also a registered dental hygienist. She explained some of the benefits of having the optimum level of fluoride in the city […]
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Shenandoah receives $25,000 award for new water treatment plant
Shenandoah was recently recognized for work at the city’s new water treatment plant. At Tuesday night’s Shenandoah City Council meeting, officials with Delta Dental of Iowa presented the city a $25,000 check which will support fluoridation equipment at the water treatment plant that was installed earlier this year. Shenandoah City Administrator Jim Davey tells KMA […]
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City of Melcher Dallas: Drinking Water Alert
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER Elevated Fluoride Levels Detected This is an alert about your drinking water and a cosmetic dental problem that might affect children under nine years of age. At low levels, fluoride can help prevent cavities, but children drinking water containing more than 2.0 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of fluoride may […]
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Oskaloosa: Water Department Looks at Adding Fluoride to Water
Back in July of 2011, the water department had to make a decision with its fluoride feed system. “We have the feed equipment in place, it was something that we were doing before, but it started causing treatment issues. We were getting turbidity problems that had started to pop up and because that can be […]
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Hamburg: Fluoride has support, but cost too high
Dr. Tom Largen and Jamie Behrends, Kala Clark and Wendy Moyer of Southwest Iowa Home Health appeared at the Hamburg City Council meeting in May to try to convince the Council to consider adding fluoride to the City’s water. The group explained that none of the cities in Fremont County currently have fluoride in their […]
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Iowa Fluoride Study receives continued funding
Dr. Steven Levy and colleagues at the University of Iowa’s Colleges of Dentistry, Public Health, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have received a two-year award of $2,318,15 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The award, which began Sept. 10, 2015, is entitled: “Fluoride, Dietary, and other Factors Related to […]
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