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Portales drinking water has fluoride levels of 2.1 to 2.4 ppm
An annual Portales water report was released last week to reveal Portales water is safe to drink, but residents may want to keep it away from small children. The 2014 Portales Water System Drinking Water Quality Report also highlighted that Portales residents may soon see a waste water treatment plant. “This report is designed to […]
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Llano Quemado: $2.3 million to reduce fluoride levels
A water system in Llano Quemado has had to nearly double its rates to cover the cost of a $2.3 million project meant to reduce fluoride levels in its drinking water. Since at least 2009, water that goes to the homes of about 200 residences contains levels of fluoride that exceed the federal and state […]
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Española: City Treats, Blends Wells to Lower Fluoride
High naturally-occurring fluoride necessitates treatment at several wells The city of Española does not add fluoride to its public water distribution system as the area’s water supply has naturally-occurring levels of the chemical that are above the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recommended levels. According to the New Mexico Environment Department’s website, the concentration of […]
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NMSU Sophomore designs water filter that reduces fluoride & arsenic for Palomas residents
New Mexico State University chemical engineering sophomore Joshua Gomez designed and developed water filters that will be installed in houses and schools in Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico. Puerto Palomas is just south of Columbus, New Mexico. Water supplies in both Palomas and Columbus are drawn from the same arsenic- and fluoride-contaminated aquifer. While Columbus has […]
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Distrust in government, science fuel New Mexico fluoride fight
ALBUQUERQUE — As a Bernalillo County Commissioner, Maggie Hart Stebbins represents some of the oldest and poorest neighborhoods in New Mexico’s largest city. She also sits on the board of the local water utility. So she was receptive when a pediatrician from a public health clinic in her district called to say he was concerned […]
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Albuquerque: No fluoride yet for ABQ water
Fluoride will not be added to the water supply in the Albuquerque metro area, at least for now. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority board avoided voting on a resolution that would have required the utility to add fluoride to the water supply by approving a substitute measure that prohibits supplemental fluoridation until federal […]
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Albuquerque: Board to weigh measure Wednesday to fluoridate drinking water
Water board members on Wednesday will consider an ordinance to require fluoridation of Albuquerque’s drinking water. Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority will take up the issue at 5 p.m. at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center, One Civic Plaza, basement chamber. Albuquerque began fluoridation after a 57 percent majority of city voters supported the practice in […]
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Albuquerque: Benefits, drawbacks of adding fluoride to water debated
Is fluoridated water a health hazard or a health benefit? The question was debated Wednesday before the local water utility, which is considering adding it to Albuquerque’s drinking water. “Fluoride is a deadly poison,” Dr. David Kennedy, a San Diego dentist, told about 60 people at a hearing before the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility […]
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Albuquerque: Public can comment on fluoride proposal
Supporters and opponents of drinking water fluoridation will have an opportunity to sound off at a public meeting scheduled at 5:30 p.m. today at the African American Performing Arts Center at Expo New Mexico. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority board is expected to vote April 23 on a measure that would require the […]
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Fluoride Wars Resume—in ABQ
Meanwhile, Santa Fe fluoridates at a reduced level When city and county officials in Albuquerque met last week to discuss reinstating water fluoridation, the scene was one familiar to Santa Feans. Dozens of community members showed up to protest what they described as an unnecessary and potentially cancer-causing, IQ-lowering incursion on their liberty, while doctors […]
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