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State law requires water systems to add fluoride — if state provides funds
BATON ROUGE — Larger water supply systems around the state have until March 1 to assemble plans that could result in all of their customers receiving fluoridated water to improve dental health. But the mostly municipal systems don’t have to purchase the equipment and start fluoridating water until the state supplies the money. State law […]
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Commentary: Fluoride poses hidden danger to citizens’ health
State law will now force Lafayette to add the poisonous chemical fluoride to our water system unless we act quickly and aggressively. Fluoride is a very toxic industrial waste that ordinarily would be costly to dispose of. Although not an expert, I do read what experts have said in recent reports. Please use Google to […]
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Fluoride on its way
Lafayette residents are not among the 36 percent of Louisiana residents who have access to drinking water containing fluoride, a group of compounds proven to help prevent cavities. But that may change. The state Legislature approved and Gov. Bobby Jindal recently signed into law Act 761, that requires Louisiana public water systems that serve 5,000 […]
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Lawmakers seek costs to add fluoride
Water systems with 5,000 or more hook-ups would be required to find out costs to bring fluoride levels to approved levels under a bill that won final House approval Sunday and was sent to Gov. Bobby Jindal. A compromise version of the measure, Senate Bill 312, won House approval 78-19. It cleared the Senate on […]
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Water fluoridation bill returns to Senate
Legislation that would require most of Louisiana to add fluoride to public water supplies was sent back to the Senate for final approval Thursday. House members approved Senate Bill 312 with an 80-16 vote. But since the measure was amended on the House floor, it has to return to the Senate. SB312 would require water […]
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House panel OKs fluoride bill
A House committee Wednesday approved Senate-passed legislation that would require most of Louisiana to add fluoride to public water supplies. Senate Bill 312, which passed the House Health and Welfare Committee without opposition, would require water systems with at least 5,000 hook-ups to estimate how much it would cost for the necessary equipment. Once money […]
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Jeff Parish struggles with rising fluoride costs
The Jefferson Parish Water Department is finding it increasingly expensive to buy the fluoride it has long added to the parish drinking water supply, a ripple effect of a nation-wide shortage of the chemical designed to promote healthy teeth. “We haven’t had problems getting it,” department director Randy Schuler said. “But in the last couple […]
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Fluorosilicic acid release in Braithwaite could have been ‘catastrophic’
A highly corrosive acid that leaked from a storage facility at a Braithwaite chemical plant on Monday could have eaten through adjacent storage tanks to cause a “catastrophic” mix of toxic chemicals, a state Department of Environmental Quality official said Tuesday. The disaster was averted by pumping the spilled material into the Mississippi River, where […]
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No injuries reported in leak at Honeywell in Baton Rouge
A leak of hydrofluoric acid at Honeywell’s facility on Lupine Avenue on Monday had no offsite effects, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department. Robert Combs, a Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesman, said the leak of material — used to make refrigerants and other products — was reported shortly after noon on Monday. Robert Donohoe, […]
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Drinking water concerns loom in Carlyss
Dr. C.J. Ardoin II, D.D.S. is concerned about the state of drinking water in the Carlyss area. Ardoin said he became alarmed after his discovery that Carlyss Water District #9 is not adding fluoride to its drinking water. “I always assumed they were adding fluoride to the water,” he said. “However, after learning they did […]
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