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How to sign up for PFAS health study in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo areas
FILE- In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, a couple kayak on the Rogue River adjacent to where Wolverine World Wide’s tannery once stood, in Rockford, Mich. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is investigating the connection between old waste drums in the area and an old Wolverine World Wide tannery waste dump nearby. […]
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Local Water Systems Recognized For Fluoridation Efforts
Local communities have received national fluoridation quality awards for their water systems for demonstrating continued commitment to quality. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is recognizing 71 Michigan public water systems who won a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the local water systems that […]
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National fluoridation quality award presented to 71 Michigan water systems
The award recognizes those communities that maintained a consistent level of optimally fluoridated water throughout 2019. LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced Thusday that 71 water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The award […]
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Marysville water plant supervisor: End fluoridation of water
Health officer: Fluoridation is ‘safe, beneficial, has great value’ Bari Wrubel, the supervisor of the Marysville water and wastewater treatment plant, wants the city to discontinue fluoridating its public water supply. Fluoride is added in small amounts to the water treatment process in Marysville — and in plants producing the water that 73% of Americans […]
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Marysville water plant supervisor advocates for end of fluoride
The supervisor of Marysville’s water plants is advocating that the city abandon the use of fluoride, but officials haven’t formally responded after issues were raised this week. During a presentation Monday, Bari Wrubel, who oversees the water filtration and wastewater treatment plants, said city staff has been working in limbo after a leak in fluoride […]
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Grand Rapids celebrates being first city in U.S. to add fluoride to water
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss reads an official proclamation Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at City Hall. (Courtesy photo | City of Grand Rapids) GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Grand Rapids was the first city in the country to add fluoride to its drinking water in an attempt to fight tooth decay. Seventy-five years later, the […]
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51 Michigan water systems awarded national fluoridation quality award
LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced today that 51 water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The award recognizes those communities that maintained a consistent level of optimally fluoridated water throughout 2018. A total of […]
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Marquette County Health Department Dental Outreach Summary 2018-19 School Year
Note from Fluoride Action Network We have placed emphasis on these two points within this article: — (Schools that have children living in areas with fluoridated water supplies and have a significant amount of students in the free/reduce breakfast/lunch programs and busing children from townships with non-fluoride supplies; school of choice students; are also eligible.) […]
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Flumioxazin: Dumont Lake negative for toxic algae
Note from Fluoride Action Network: See more info about this fluorinated herbicide at http://www.fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/epage.flumioxazin.effects.htm Molecular Structure: ALLEGAN — Recent water testing of Dumont Lake showed negative results for toxic algae, the Allegan County Health Department confirmed on Wednesday, July 17. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy performed testing on algal blooming on […]
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State panel proposes nation’s toughest drinking water limit for 2 toxic chemicals
A panel of experts put together by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proposed the nation’s most stringent drinking water limits for two chemicals in a suite of thousands of man-made, toxic substances. The panel submitted on Thursday its recommendation to the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART), which suggested drinking water limits for a handful of […]
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