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Park Hills: Public hearing coming up Tuesday
The Park Hills City Council is scheduled to start out its next council session with a public hearing concerning the topic of fluoride in the town’s drinking water system. The hearing will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Park Hills City Hall, 9 Bennett St. The regular council meeting will follow. City leaders discussed possibly […]
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Fluoridation Repealed In Sullivan, Three Ordinances Approved
The City of Sullivan will no longer be adding fluoride to its municipal water supply following actions of the Sullivan City Council, Tues., May 19, during their regular meeting. The council voted unanimously to repeal city code 705.050 which required the city to add fluoride to the municipal water supply. The city ordinance had been […]
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Branson Board of Aldermen to discuss fluoride bills
… Regular agenda The Board of Aldermen is also scheduled to hear the following items for first reading… • Bill No. 4751, a bill approving a funding agreement between the city and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to reimburse the city for the cost of fluoride monitoring equipment. City staff has recommended […]
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St Louis: Are local chemical plants putting you in “The Shadow of Disaster”?
ST. LOUIS – It’s a sunny day at Dunbar Elementary in East Saint Louis. However, on this same afternoon, some adult family members are learning about a sort of shadow, a risk, that hangs over the school and its students. For example, there’s Nancy Shireman, godmother. KSDK: “Does it worry you, the possibility of…” Shireman: […]
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Fluoride In Sullivan Water Supply Could End Soon
The more than 20 years of fluoride being added to the City of Sullivan water supply could be a thing of the past, following actions by the Sullivan City Council on Tues., May 5, during their regular meeting. Under the City Administrator’s Report, Administrator J.T. Hardy reported that on Apr. 27, 2015, the United States […]
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Park Hills: City may stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Park Hills city leaders are looking into the possibility of putting an end to its practice of adding fluoride to the town’s drinking water system. Members of the Park Hills City Council discussed the topic during a recent work session. City Administrator Matt Whitwell said he asked council members at the meeting if anyone was […]
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Carl Junction will discontinue the use of fluoride
The Carl Junction City Council has given final approval to discontinue the fluoride additive in the public water system once the current supply runs out… Click here to read full article Print PDF
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Carl Junction Considers Not Adding Fluoride to the Water Supply
… Voters approved adding the mineral in 2005. Since then, the city has spent more than a quarter of a million dollars to lease fluoridation equipment, plus the price of buying the mineral itself. “It will save us a little bit of money because we don’t have to buy it anymore, it’s just an expense […]
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Lawmaker’s fluoridation bill advances in Missouri House
A local state representative is using her knowledge in the dental health field to promote a bill regarding the fluoridation of water. Rep. Donna Lichtenegger, R-Jackson, is the sponsor of the fluoridation notification bill, which recently was approved by the House and taken up in the Senate. The bill requires public water systems and water […]
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Sullivan: Dept of Health offers up to $25,000 for fluoridation chemicals & equipment
The Sullivan City Council was scheduled to meet Tuesday night, Mar. 3, with a relatively light agenda before them with no requests or petitions from residents. … The council was expected to decide on a grant application to receive funding from the Missouri Department of Health to purchase up to one year of fluoride chemicals […]
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