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Updated: Amherst County will not add fluoride to water
The Amherst County Service Authority has ceased fluoridation of its water supply, long upheld as a simple way to reduce tooth decay in the general population, and at this time does not appear ready to resume the practice. Other municipalities that provide water in the area, including Campbell County and the city of Lynchburg, will […]
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Cape Charles: Town Gets Fluoridation Award Amid Rising Health Concerns
Cape Charles has again received an annual Water Fluoridation Quality Award for maintaining safe levels of fluoride in the drinking water. Daily tests ensure that fluoride added to Town water is maintained between .6 to 1.2 parts per million. Virginia Department of Health representative Dixon Tucker presented the award to Public Utilities Director Dave Fauber […]
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Hobson: Very high fluoride levels in village water
Hobson considers city water connection Around the corner from his Upper Hobson home, John Thrower pointed to an unintended artificial spring bubbling up through the dirt. “This is a good day,” Thrower said. “It’s usually bubbling a lot more than that.” The water is escaping ceaselessly from a corroded pipe inches beneath the ground, one […]
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Blacksburg: Flush the anti-fluoride campaign
Signs have been popping up in the New River Valley. I do not mean the political signs, though there are plenty of those, too, but the blue ones that read, “End water fluoridation.” If you have not seen one yet, head on over to Eats Natural Foods in Blacksburg. Customers walking in the front door […]
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Martinsville to pay for spill of fluorosilicic acid from water department, fish kill
Martinsville owes the state almost $16,450 in penalties due to a chemical spill into Jones Creek last fall that resulted in thousands of dead fish. When it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Martinsville City Council will consider authorizing Interim City Manager Leon Towarnicki to make the payment and sign a related consent order. The city […]
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Albemarle: Elected officials to discuss fluoride in drinking water
A campaign by local citizens has prompted local officials to consider whether the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water should be continued. “There are health risks that are a result of water fluoridation and this information has been repressed,” said Albemarle resident Emerald Young at a meeting of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority […]
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Nelson County may nix fluoride in public water
The Nelson County Service Authority is considering discontinuing its practice of adding fluoride to the county’s public water system. George Miller, the authority’s executive director, said the authority was concerned about the cost of fluoridation and wanted more information on the cost and benefits of the program. “I’m not saying that we don’t want to […]
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Richmond: Water utilities reduce, re-evaluate fluoride levels
Q: The Richmond Department of Public Utilities sent notice that it had reduced fluoride in drinking water based on new federal recommendations. Why the change? A: Richmond lowered fluoride levels in drinking water from 0.9 milligrams per liter of water to 0.7 milligrams per liter of water, based on a proposed federal recommendation. The change […]
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Independence agrees not to fluoridate its water supply
Independence, Va.—The Virginia/Carolina Water Authority Board learned last Thursday that the Town of Independence will not be seeking to fluoridate its water supply at this time. The authority was informed by representatives of the Town of Independence near the end of its regularly scheduled meeting last week. With that move, a proposal to build a […]
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Anti-fluoride group asks Grayson, Independence to omit chemical
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? That is the question Grayson County leaders will have to make in the coming weeks for a new water system that will serve the towns of Independence and Sparta, N.C. After citizens showed up in masses to both Alleghany County Commissioners and Sparta Town Council with 1,000-plus signatures on […]
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