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Tahlequah: Water treated has about 1.5 ppm fluoride
While some people are suspicious of fluoridation for water supplies, most experts believe it’s good for the teeth. Everyone knows if you want to keep your teeth, you have to brush them two or three times a day, floss regularly, and see a dentist at least twice a year. Most communities even add a certain […]
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Oklahoma’a Health department makes cuts
Excerpt: State Health Department programs serving 11,184 children and families have been eliminated as the agency deals with budget cuts caused by state tax revenue coming in far below estimates, Health Commissioner Terry Cline told a House budget panel Thursday. Cline said the Health Department also reduced other programs as well as travel and training […]
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Cache: high levels of fluoride puts hold on water service upgrade
CACHE, Okla. (AP) — City officials in the southwestern Oklahoma town of Cache are putting an indefinite hold on upgrades to the city’s water service. Mayor Shawn Komacheet says the water at two test wells drilled earlier this year is not fit for drinking. He says the city will look for other options for expanding […]
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Pawhuska: DEQ halts fluoride treatments to city water
Pawhuska city water will soon no longer be treated with fluoride, Pawhuska city councilors heard during the regular council meeting held Monday. Pawhuska City Manager Paul McAlexander told the council an official from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality contacted him recently about new water treatment plant mandates. “One of the things that they mandated […]
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Acid leak forces residents to leave
Dozens of people in Wynnewood were evacuated Saturday after an acid leak at the Gary-Williams Co. refinery sent potentially dangerous fumes floating through the air north of the plant, Garvin County Undersheriff Steven Brooks said. Residents of about 45 homes were to be kept from their homes overnight, Brooks said. Red Cross officials were helping […]
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Nowata’s Council backtracks on Fluoridation Vote
Questions arose concerning the status of fluoride in Bartlesville’s water supply after an initial March 4 decision by the Nowata City Council to discontinue the practice of fluoridation there. The council quickly reversed the decision, telling citizens during a Thursday meeting, “The council apologizes for the hasty decision\ concerning the fluoride issue.” The Nowata matter […]
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Nowata City Commissioners Vote to Remove Fluoride from Drinking Water
NOWATA (OKLAHOMA) – On the recommendation of the water plant operator the Nowata City Council voted 4 – 0 Monday night to discontinue treating the drinking water with fluoride. Sid Hudson, water plant manager, told the commission he had been researching fluoride on the Internet and had also read articles about it and the high […]
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Hidden Dangers at Hudson Oil
A simple asbestos abatement project at the Hudson Oil Refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma evolved into one of the most interesting, complex and dangerous projects that contractor CET Environmental Services Inc. has ever managed. On August 11, 1998, Englewood, Colorado-based CET was awarded a delivery order under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US […]
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