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Brainerd’s non-fluoridated water tap to remain shut off
BRAINERD — The non-fluoridated water tap in Brainerd will not come back on. The city’s legal counsel says it would be illegal to do so. Brainerd Public Utilities Commission members voted 3-1 Tuesday, Dec. 19, not to turn the tap on after reviewing a memo from City Attorney Joe Langel. Langel weighed in on the issue after commissioners […]
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Two Central Illinois Water Plants Allegedly Hacked – Accused Of Aligning With Israel
This is a developing story. We received confirmation yesterday that the US Department of Justice was notified by law enforcement in Shelby County about two water plants having their computers hacked in Herrick and Assumption, Illinois. Herrick is in Shelby County and Assumption is in Christian County. We understand the Herrick plant was locked out […]
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Petal Aldermen Accept $35.7K Bid For Fluoride To Water System
After several months of discussions and research on the matter of adding fluoride to the City of Petal’s water system, officials from the Petal Board of Aldermen recently approved a $37,765 bid from Southern Chlorinator in Taylorsville to begin that process. That bid was accepted at the December 5 board meeting, where Mayor Tony Ducker […]
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Lebanon will put fluoride on the ballot
Fluoride has been in Lebanon’s water system for more than 20 years, but next year, city residents will decide if they’ll eliminate it. That’s because the Lebanon City Council approved a motion Wednesday night, Dec. 13, to add a question on the November 2024 ballot: Should the city nix the chemical additive which helps prevent […]
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Third time’s the charm: Dallas council members slated to hear water fluoridation briefing — again
For the third time in nearly two months, the city’s Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee is scheduled to hear a briefing about the city’s water fluoridation program. That’s according to a committee agenda posted to the City Secretary’s website. The slated discussion comes after an initial presentation by Dallas water executives and medical […]
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The Dallas City Council Will Put a Lid on Fluoride Talk Tuesday—For Now
Dallas added fluoride to its drinking water in 1965 at the urging of local dentists and medical experts. Now in 2023, the City Council will hear about the merits of fluoridated drinking water for the third time in as many months. Dr. Mary Swift of the Texas Dental Association, the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry’s […]
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Wearable biosensor measures fertility hormones in sweat
Researchers have designed a wearable, ring-like biosensor for monitoring the hormone oestradiol in human sweat. The technology is a fast-acting, non-invasive advance over conventional methods for tracking fertility and women’s health. The single-use sensor, described in a study published on 28 September in Nature Nanotechnology, combines microfluidics and emerging electrode technology with a group of […]
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Albany Common Council to vote on fluoridated water
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Legislation to add fluoride to Albany’s drinking water is on the table. If passed, the capital city would join neighboring Schenectady and Troy, which have fluoridated their water for years. “I was not aware that Albany did not have fluoridation in the water,” said Steve Shafer, a Pine Hills resident. “As […]
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Locking in Mandated Medicine by Short-Circuiting Democracy
It’s starting to look like New Zealand’s Ministry of Health makes a habit of undermining democratic process in order to skirt around inconvenient truths. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (BORA) could be collateral in the game that is being played. But it’s bigger than that. Members of Parliament, officials at the Ministry, […]
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Fluoridation efforts in Albany face little resistance thus far
City officials have so far managed to avoid the fluoride culture war in their push to add the mineral to Albany drinking water. ALBANY — City and county officials have so far avoided a fluoride culture war in their quest to add the tooth decay-fighting mineral to Albany drinking water. Few constituents attended a Nov. 16 […]
United States, New York