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Fort Wayne requests mercury-free fluoridation chemical, but only if it isn’t intentionally added
In Fort Wayne’s Request for Proposal (RFP) for Fluorosilicic acid, the following was included: 17. MERCURY FREE SPECIFICATION BIDDERS MUST OFFER MERCURY-FREE ALTERNATIVES TO ALL PRODUCTS WHICH CONTAIN INTENTIONALLY ADDED MERCURY (MERCURY ADDED PRODUCTS) WHERE SUCH ALTERNATIVES EXIST. SHOULD SUCH ALTERNATIVES NOT BE AVAILABLE, BIDDERS MUST SUBMIT WITH THEIR RESPONSE A LIST OF PRODUCTS WITHOUT […]
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Permit Hearing for U.S. Steel in Gary, Indiana
Environment officials are in the final stages of issuing a new permit to U.S. Steel in Gary, Indiana. The permit limits the amount of polluted water the company can discharge into Lake Michigan. By all measures, this proposed permit is much more stringent on U.S. Steel than in the past. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency […]
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Greensburg: Benefits, Cost Spark Debate In Adding Mineral To City Water
As the Greensburg Water Board continues to wrestle with the idea of re-inserting fluoride into the city’s water supply, the truth about fluoride’s effects have become a serious topic of discussion for residents. Proponents on both sides have fought the issue with passion, citing numerous specific sources. Like most of the chemicals and acids that […]
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St. Joseph County may stop testing water for fluoride, sulfate
SOUTH BEND — The Health Department may soon stop testing for sulfate and fluoride in St. Joseph County drinking water – a practice that health officials call a waste of time and money. Sulfate and fluoride have both been analyzed in water for years and thousands of measurements taken, according to a proposal from the […]
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Dental experts defend fluoride in water; activists claim link to brain damage
TORONTO — Canadian dental experts defended the use of fluoride in drinking water Thursday as some environmental activists claimed international studies show the chemical can cause brain damage in children and called for an end to the “60-year experiment.” Environmental groups said their experts looked at studies from India, China, Brazil and other countries documenting […]
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Dentists say many kids aren’t getting enough fluoride
GRANGER — When Pam Stesiak and her husband, Jeff, moved to Granger more than 10 years ago, she remembered hearing something about a fluoride issue with the water system. Shortly after her children were born, Stesiak said, their family dentist prescribed fluoride supplements for the kids to make up for the loss. Riley, now 10, […]
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Too Much Fluoride Found in Elkhart Water
The city of Elkhart had to shut down one of its wells that provides water to half of the city after they discovered elevated levels of fluoride. The city is trying to find out how and why it happened. The discovery was made Thursday at the well field. Operators at the site regularly check the […]
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Fluoride shortage affecting water
Fluoride, a compound that prevents tooth decay, has not been added to Evansville’s drinking water supply since February. That’s when American Water Enterprises, the company that operates the city’s water treatment plant, ran out of the compound. The company has not been able to get more. Evansville is not alone in having unfluoridated water. A […]
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An ever flourishing debate on fluoridation
If Logansport grows its population base on the south side with the creation of a new Ivy Tech State College campus and the four-lane entrance to the city at the Burlington Avenue interchange, Dan Cain could see the need for a subtle change. The Indiana State Department of Health director of water fluoridation and oral […]
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Council asked to halt fluoridation of water
VALPARAISO — Instead of convincing the city to halt the use of fluoride in its water system as he had hoped, Gary Foreman was asked to do what he already is doing: lead the public discussion on the issue. Foreman, president of Native Sun Productions in Valparaiso, came to Monday’s City Council meeting asking that […]
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