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Fluoride goes in your Carroll Boone drinking water Wednesday
Harrison Public Works director Wade Phillips said he was informed Tuesday that the Carroll Boone Water District would begin adding fluoride to water beginning Wednesday, July 15. Carroll Boone officials said they received a call from one dentist Tuesday in Harrison asking when fluoride would be added to the water. When the dentist was told […]
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Western Grove: Agency gets fluoride extension; OMRPWA seeking exemption
WESTERN GROVE — The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority (OMRPWA) has been granted an extension to comply with a state law requiring the addition of fluoride into the water. At the July 9 board meeting held at Western Grove City Hall, chairman Andy Anderson said the Arkansas Department of Health had granted the water […]
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Greenwood Plans To Fluoridate Drinking Water
Greenwood is shooting for a July 20 date to begin fluoridating its drinking water, a move mandated by the state. The city initially hoped to begin fluoridating its water by April 1, but had to wait on a prefabricated building to house the necessary equipment at the city’s water treatment plant. The operation was inspected […]
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Fight against fluoride as deadline looms; Protesters gather at water district to voice opposition
After trying every avenue to stop fluoride from being added to their water, several residents of Eureka Springs and Carroll County have set up a camp at Carroll Boone Water District to protest against fluoridation, which is set to begin July 15. During last weekend’s July 4 parade in Eureka Springs, protesters in dental masks […]
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CDC and ADA minimized fluoridation harm
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that the CDC worked hand-in-hand with the American Dental Association (ADA) to plan campaigns to minimize findings that water fluoridation has a larger negative impact, primarily on African Americans, in terms of dental fluorosis, a tooth […]
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ADH engineer insists it’s legal to add lead to drinking water
When Eureka Springs alderman David Mitchell attended an Arkansas Dept. of Health (ADH) meeting in April to discuss the city’s concerns about the mandate to add fluoride to drinking water, he cited state law that fluoridation opponents insist prohibits adding lead to drinking water. Mitchell provided the board with documentation of testing done on fluoridation […]
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Rural water districts defy fluoridation
Eureka Springs residents are facing a July 15 start date for fluoridation throughout the Carroll Boone Water District because despite opposition from customers in Eureka Springs, CBWD board members said they felt they had no choice but to comply with a mandate passed by the state legislature in 2011. But several rural water districts in […]
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Fluoridation decision looming for water district in northern Arkansas
BOONE COUNTY, Ark. – The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority says it’s caught in the middle of a fluoride controversy in northern Arkansas. The water district’s chairman says he disapproves of fluoridation and that a state mandate, requiring the practice, could end in litigation… The OMRPWA was created to better serve 18 municipalities in […]
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Western Grove: Water users douse fluoride claims; Meeting draws criticism from most people
WESTERN GROVE — A meeting about mandated fluoridation has left several dozen water customers boiling mad. The monthly meeting of the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority, which was held at Western Grove City Hall, featured a presentation on the topic by representatives from the Arkansas Department of Health. The presentation did not go over […]
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Fluoridation Process In Greenwood Delayed
The city of Greenwood was supposed to start fluoridating the water Wednesday (Apr.1) following a state mandate from three years ago. But now, the process of adding fluoride is being pushed back. Greenwood Mayor Doug Kinslow said it all comes down to when the equipment they need gets in, and when the building that will […]
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