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Utility districts file suit to halt fluoridation
Five Pierce County utility districts announced Friday they had sued to keep from having to put fluoride in public drinking water. After hearing comments on the contentious issue, the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health on Oct. 2 unanimously voted to require utilities serving more than 5,000 people to fluoridate their water by Jan. 1, 2004, […]
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Fluoridation details debated in Redding
Fluoridation would hike lead and arsenic in Redding’s water — but hardly enough to violate strict state health and safety standards. If the city went ahead with fluoridation, grants would pay for the equipment — but not the cost to run and replace it over the coming decade. And if Redding ignores a state law […]
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Beaverton called to decide on fluoridation
Long before Stand for Children began promoting fluoridation in Beaverton, UNICEF posted its Web site report seriously challenging traditional thinking on fluoride‘s safety and effectiveness in reducing tooth decay (www.unicef.org/programme/wes/info/fluor.htm). Most of Europe — only 2 percent fluoridated, with decay rates comparable to or better than ours — ended the practice of adding fluoride to […]
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Activists pressing to stop fluoride in Plainville
Six months after voters chose fluoride-free water, residents still have a 50 percent chance of getting fluoridated water every time they turn on a tap. About half of the town’s water goes through a treatment facility that Plainville shares with neighboring North Attleborough, which adds fluoride to its water. The two towns received four options […]
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Veto override fails in Erie
The veto stands. After nearly two hours of public comment, Erie City Council narrowly failed to override Mayor Rick Filippi’s veto of the Safe Drinking Water Act, an ordinance that would have stopped any chemical, including fluoride, from being added to the city’s water supply. (NOTE from FAN: It is incorrect to say that the […]
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Artesia man suffers burns at Navajo Refining
ARTESIA – An accident at Navajo Refining on Monday morning left one man injured as several agencies responded to an acid release. Shortly before 9 a.m., a call went out for assistance to the refinery. Crews later found a leak, which was the result of a defective valve in a -inch bleeder line connected to […]
United States, New Mexico Oil Refineries -
EPA fines Cabot $167,000 for faulty reports
BOYERTOWN — Cabot Corp. is facing more than $167,000 in penalties from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating hazardous chemical reporting requirements. Officials at the Boston-based company’s Cabot Performance Materials Plant at 144 Holly Road failed to immediately notify emergency response agencies about two hazardous chemical leaks in 2000, according to an EPA press […]
United States, Pennsylvania Specialty Metal Industries -
Kalispell fluoride initiative to benefit the disadvantaged
Bill Jones doesn’t apologize for sounding like a missionary. Quite the contrary: When it comes to fluoridation, he readily admits to being a zealot. Jones and his son have a dental practice in Kalispell. Earlier this year, he led a successful petition drive that will allow Kalispell voters to decide in November whether fluoride should […]
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Fluoride discontinued at Shamokin Area schools
SHAMOKIN — Shamokin Area School Board voted Tuesday night to discontinue the distribution of fluoride tablets to students. School nurses made the recommendation after consultation with the state Department of Health. Department officials said that since fluoride is a prescription medicine, it cannot be administered without a doctor’s approval and must be in a prescribed […]
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Citizens speak out on fluoridating Independence’s water
The dialogue about fluoridation in Independence grew louder Monday night. Six speakers lined up after the Independence City Council meeting to discourage the idea of raising the level of fluoride in the city’s waterand urged council members to do their own research on the question. “There are no benefits, only risks for infants,” said Clayton […]
United States, Missouri