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Department of Health releases 10 Year oral health plan to improve oral health for all Pennsylvanians
Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine today released the Pennsylvania Oral Health Plan 2020-2030, a 10-year roadmap to improve the oral health of all Pennsylvanians. The plan builds on the successes of the Pennsylvania Oral Health Plan 2017-2020 while identifying key gaps that still need to be filled. It contains a list of proven […]
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Shippensburg Borough Authority receives fluoride grant
The Shippensburg Borough Authority recently received a $25K grant from the Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health to help continue to provide fluoride in the borough’s water supply. Pictured, from left, are: Borough Manager Kevin Plasterer; local dentist Dr. Gary Davis, DDS; and SBA Chairman Michael Pimental. The Shippensburg Borough Authority recently received a competitive $25,000 […]
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Suez removes fluoride from water supply in Mechanicsburg and Upper Allen Township
Suez removed fluoride from the water supply August 31st, and some people are not happy about it CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Some people living in Cumberland County are not happy that fluoride was removed from their water supply. To some, it’s critical. “It helps the developing teeth, primarily in children and adults,” Dr. Jeff Alba […]
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Shiloh, PA, ends water fluoridation today
West Manchester Township Authority Incorporated June 27, 1950 SHILOH WATER SYSTEM 2115 Log Cabin Rd. York, PA 17408 July 7, 2020 Dear Shiloh Water Customer: The West Manchester Township Authority began researching the benefit of adding fluoride to the Shiloh Water System beginning in December of 2018, after receiving numerous requests by customers to discontinue […]
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Shiloh Water to end fluoridation Aug. 31 after DEP approval
Shiloh Water Authority will be removing fluoride from its water in West Manchester after receiving approval Wednesday from the state Department of Environmental Protection, authority officials said. Fluoridation will cease in the authority’s water on Aug. 31, officials announced Wednesday night. “The general feeling was that there is enough fluoride available nowadays,” said water authority Manager John […]
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Fluoridation of city’s water still working as designed
Ten months after Meadville Area Water Authority began fluoridating its water, officials say the process is functioning as expected. While the fluoridation system is operating smoothly, the board’s discussion of it raised some of the same divisions that were evident when fluoridation was narrowly approved three years ago. “I’m pleased to report that it’s working […]
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Philadelphia’s Bid to Ban Refinery Chemical Could Hit OSHA Wall
Federal law may preempt city’s move, industry attorneys say EPA, OSHA regulations cover hydrogen fluoride Federal occupational safety and health law may preempt Philadelphia from implementing a ban on hydrogen fluoride for use in oil refinery processes, say industry attorneys watching the city’s attempt to ban the chemical. The Philadelphia City Council’s proposal, which was […]
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Oil Industry Watching Philadelphia’s Move to Ban Toxic Chemical
5,000 pounds of hydrogen fluoride released in June 2019 incident Philadelphia proposal could trigger other regulatory efforts Philadelphia leaders hope their attempt to ban hydrogen fluoride from oil refinery processes within city limits will spark other regulation of the chemical compound across the country. The city’s proposal comes after a fire and explosion at Philadelphia […]
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‘I don’t know how the township can choose to medicate us’: Fluoride fight in West Manchester
Chairman Jim Bentzel, of Shiloh Water Authority, at a public hearing on Monday said the board will vote in late March will vote in late March on on defluoridation. (Photo: The York Dispatch) Dental experts, residents concerned about personal liberties and conspiracy theorists weighed in Monday at a public meeting on Shiloh Water Co.’s plan to stop […]
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Advocacy group rallies opposition ahead of West Manchester Twp. defluoridation vote
A coalition of health advocates in York County is calling on Shiloh Water Authority to back down from its push to remove fluoride from its drinking water system, which serves roughly half of West Manchester Township’s residents. Healthy York County Coalition’s lobbying efforts comes ahead of a Feb. 24 public comment meeting. Later that week, the authority’s […]
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