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Dublin fluoridation system shut down
DUBLIN — The system that pumps fluoride into Dublin drinking water has been shut down pending the results of an investigation into an incident that left 23 people sick Tuesday. Officials at Dublin San Ramon Services District found over-fluoridated water at Zeiss Humphrey Systems Inc. in eastern Dublin, where four employees sought medical treatment after […]
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Tacoma/Pierce County will study effect of fluoride on salmon
The Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department will study the environmental impacts of fluoride – including its effect on salmon – before continuing with plans to mandate water fluoridation. The Board of Health made the decision Wednesday after meeting in executive session to discuss the possibility of lawsuits from fluoride opponents. No other community in Washington – […]
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Fluoride foes offer more names in bid for new Davis County Vote
Fluoridated water has been flowing to southern Davis County for barely a month and already opponents are saying they have enough petition signatures to force a public vote — the second in two years — on the issue. They turned in 2,000 additional names this week. If the county certifies those lists, opponents will have […]
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Fluoride suspected as 23 in Dublin grow ill
DUBLIN – Twenty-three people were sickened Tuesday morning by what officials suspect is an overdose of fluoride in the drinking water at a Dublin business. Half of those made ill complained of acute symptoms, including stomach pains and vomiting. Three people were taken to a hospital, said Bert Michalczyk, the Dublin-San Ramon Services District general […]
United States, California -
Lakewood water users will vote on fluoridation
Lakewood water users will decide in a fall election whether to comply with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s fluoridation mandate. The Lakewood Water District board of commissioners agreed to allow its Lakewood customers to vote on whether to add fluoride to their water. Many health experts say the additive prevents tooth decay. The district will […]
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Woods Cross gets court approval to be fluoride-free
BOUNTIFUL – Woods Cross residents needn’t toss out those fluoride tablets. Their water will remain free from the element for the foreseeable future. In a somewhat surprising ruling Tuesday, 2nd District Court Judge Glen Dawson said Woods Cross could operate its water system without tapping a countywide system – known as the Weber Basin Water […]
United States, Utah -
Judge: No fluoride in Woods Cross water
WOODS CROSS — Much to the chagrin of the Davis County Health Department, a judge’s ruling Tuesday confirms that Woods Cross has a “functionally separate” water system, allowing the city to prevent fluoridated drinking water to flow into the city. Judge Glen R. Dawson, of Bountiful’s 2nd District Court ruled that since Woods Cross had […]
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Fluoride debate rages on in Davis County
Davis County residents will revote this November on whether to fluoridate public water supplies. Davis County elections clerk Pat Beckstead said Wednesday that backers of a local initiative had gathered the necessary number of signatures to return the issue to the ballot. A revote shouldn’t affect fluoridation plans leading up to the November election. As […]
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Mercury Report Names Dentists as Major Polluters
The common dentist office practice of flushing old mercury-containing fillings down the drain makes dentists the single largest discharger of the toxic metal into the nation’s wastewater treatment plants, according to a national study by a Boston-based public health group. Most of the mercury is eventually discharged into bodies of water. In a time that […]
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Billings’ Council won’t stop group’s petition on fluoridation
If the people of Billings don’t want fluoride in their water, members of the Billings City Council say they’re not going to force the issue by finding a legal loophole in the petition process against fluoridation. During a work session Monday, several council members said they believe an anti-fluoride group will gather enough signatures on […]
United States, Montana