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Hamburg: Fluoride has support, but cost too high
Dr. Tom Largen and Jamie Behrends, Kala Clark and Wendy Moyer of Southwest Iowa Home Health appeared at the Hamburg City Council meeting in May to try to convince the Council to consider adding fluoride to the City’s water. The group explained that none of the cities in Fremont County currently have fluoride in their […]
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Iowa Fluoride Study receives continued funding
Dr. Steven Levy and colleagues at the University of Iowa’s Colleges of Dentistry, Public Health, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have received a two-year award of $2,318,15 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The award, which began Sept. 10, 2015, is entitled: “Fluoride, Dietary, and other Factors Related to […]
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Inhance Technologies LLC to spend $239,000 for hydrogen fluoride violations in IL, IA, MO
Inhance Technologies LLC, formerly known as Fluoro-Seal International, L.P., headquartered in Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $59,000 civil penalty and spend a minimum of $180,000 on systems to recycle hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas, as part of a settlement of the company’s alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency […]
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Delta Dental gives Des Moines Water Works $17,300 for fluoridation upgrades
Des Moines Water Works has received a $17,300 grant from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation. The one-time grant will provide funding for new analyzer equipment and maintenance of instrumentation, metering and pumping equipment related to fluoride feed systems at each of the agency’s three water treatment plants, Des Moines Water Works said in a […]
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Iowa Job Offer: Community Water Fluoridation Grant Project Coordinator
The Iowa Public Health Association (IPHA) seeks an independent contractor to coordinate the Coming Together to Protect Community Water Fluoridation in Iowa Project funded through a grant to IPHA from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation. Oral health and coalition experience preferred. Proposed project period: 9.01.14 – 4.30.15 Contract amount: Flat fee – $1,000 per […]
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Added fluoride to continue in Tama water
City water officials last month told the Tama City Council concerns are being voiced in other cities, Des Moines in particular, over the addition of fluoride to municipal water supplies. Council members said they would mull over the idea of holding a public hearing for input from residents concerning the practice. On Monday night the […]
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Storm Lake: City applies for $10,000 fluoride equipment grant
Storm Lake has added chemical to its water supply for many years The City of Storm Lake is applying for a Fluoride Equipment Grant for up to $10,000 that would cover the purchase and installation of an analyzer and controller unit. This would allow the city to optimize fluoride dosing rates at the recommended set […]
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Des Moines: Troubled Water?
Gargle and spit. That’s what you do with fluoride. You scrub your teeth with it, your tongue and your gums, then, you rinse and spit. “Do not ingest,” it says on the label. And Mom said so, too. But what about a little? Just 0.7 parts per million of fluoride in your drinking water is […]
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Des Moines. Basu: Fluoride debate needs unbiased, scientific input
No, it isn’t a communist plot or an inherent abuse of government power for municipalities to try to improve the public’s dental health by supplementing the water. But before we laugh off or dismiss some people’s concerns about fluoridation, we ought to look at the facts behind them. Much to its credit, the Des Moines […]
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Should fluoride be added to Des Moines area water?
When Bill Stowe took over as CEO of the Des Moines Water Works a year ago, some of the first calls he got were about fluoride. Dentists, scientists and public health officials credit the addition of fluoride to public water supplies, a practice that began in the early 1950s, with dramatically reducing tooth decay nationwide. […]
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