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Iowa City: Fluoride to stay in city’s water
Arguments from a group of residents calling for the removal of fluoride from Iowa City’s water supply did not have enough teeth to sway the Iowa City Council. At its Monday work session, the council discussed the city’s longstanding practice of water fluoridation after several residents, citing health and cost concerns, asked the council to […]
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Some want Dubuque to stop adding fluoride
Excerpts: At Monday’s city council meeting, two people are on the agenda to speak against fluoride in water. Sandy Amberg will present a petition she says has over 150 signatures. For some, the concern is cost to the city. Last year, the city treated 2.8 billion gallons of water at a cost of $6.5 million. […]
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Iowa City: Asking questions about fluoridation
In response to the letter written by Dr. Bob Russell (DDS, MPH) to the Press-Citizen and Daily Iowan on the continued advocacy of Iowa’s water fluoridation program, Iowans For an End to Water Fluoridation have invited him to attend a locally televised public debate on the issue in Iowa City. The Iowa City Council has […]
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Vinton: Fluoridation to continue.
Excerpt: In other business, the Council chose to continue adding fluoride to the City’s water after hearing a report from Water Superintendent Gary Garwood. Garwood reported that Vinton’s water has some fluoride without adding more, noting that three 8-ounce glasses of tap water per day put children at the recommended daily amount. He said soft […]
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New Walnut water plant nears completion
After nearly two years of planning and construction, the city of Walnut’s new water treatment plant is nearly finished and water customers have begun receiving softer water from the system. According to Walnut City Clerk Terri Abel, the three-phase project includes the renovation of the Walnut water tower, the replacement of distribution lines, and the […]
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Too much fluoride in Dows, Wright County, water
Excerpt: Wright County Planning and Zoning Director Chuck Elberg presented a zoning change in Section 4 of Iowa Township to the board of supervisors Aug. 27. Kevin and Colette Westaby of Belmond want to build a new house requiring a change from agricultural to residential. The supervisors granted the request. The supervisors received a report […]
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Hampton adding fluoride
HAMPTON — City residents will soon have more fluoride added to their water — again. Earlier this year, the community’s City Services Committee recommended that a 1975 ordinance requiring additional flouridation be repealed since the water system met state standards without it. So plans were made for an election in 2007 in which voters would […]
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Rockford to discontinue fluoride water treatment
ROCKFORD — The Rockford City Council on Thursday voted to discontinue putting fluoride into its drinking water. “We needed to put new equipment in for it and (the city public works director) didn’t really recommend doing it,” Mayor Harry White said today. Adding fluoride to the drinking water is not required by the Iowa Department […]
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Hampton votes not to add fluoride to water
HAMPTON — After a lengthy debate, the Hampton City Council decided not to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. By a vote of 4-2 Tuesday, the council decided to repeal a 1975 ordinance which called for fluoridation. In November, Hampton’s four dentists asked the council to resume filtering and fluoridating the city’s water. Speaking […]
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Fluoride Causes a Close Call for an Area Child
(KAAL)– It looked like Kool-Aid…it tasted like bubble gum…so he swallowed it. Tonight a northern Iowa couple is thankful their 3-year-old son survived fluoride poisoning unharmed. Last week Josef Dethlefsen drank several ounces of his sister’s anticavity fluoride rinse. Hours later Josef had a seizure. He had to be treated at St. Mary’s intensive care […]
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