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Petition Seeks Fluoride Vote In Bradford
Bradford, Vt. — Two residents are spearheading a petition to reverse the Water and Sewer Commission’s decision to stop fluoridating the town’s water supply. Dr. Robert Munson, a dentist, and Larry Coffin, Historical Society president and retired town moderator, said they started the petition this week following a backlash to the commission’s decision to remove […]
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Many Lehigh County Authority customers now getting water from Allentown
Authority’s customers started getting city’s water this week under deal struck in 2008. Many Lehigh County Authority customers began getting their water from a new source this week when water from Allentown began flowing to them, the authority announced Wednesday. The change occurred after the authority completed the second phase of a project that connected […]
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Ormond Beach. What to Watch in 2013: Fluoride
It may be a new year, but some old business, such as the fluoridation of the city’s water supply, will remain on the Ormond Beach City Commission’s table in 2013. The issue, which was front and center in several commission meetings in the closing months of 2012, will resurface in 2013 during workshops and public […]
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Pew group, Kansas Taxpayers Network gave thousands of dollars in fluoride vote
The Pew Charitable Trust and the Kansas Taxpayers Network were the biggest financial backers in Wichita’s November vote on fluoridation, campaign finance reports filed with the Sedgwick County election commissioner’s office show. Although the reports list dozens of small contributions on both sides of the issue, the biggest spender in the campaign was a group […]
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Scappoose: Fluoride question on March ballot
The decision about whether or not to keep fluoride in Scappoose’s drinking water is headed to voters and set for a March special election, but voters will also have a chance to file a petition for review of the ballot title. A city notice emailed to The Spotlight Dec. 26 outlines the purpose of the […]
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Yorktown Water Will No Longer Contain Fluoride Due to Maintenance
The Northern Westchester Joint Water Works will no longer be fluoridating Yorktown’s water produced at its Catskill Facility, the town announced. The facility’s fluoride feed system is in need of repair and was taken off-line as a preemptive measure, officials said. Matthew Geho, operations director, said the duration of the repairs is to be determined. Production […]
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C8 suits moved to federal court
Four lawsuits by Athens County residents, filed last month in county Common Pleas Court against the giant chemical firm E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., have been transferred into federal court. The company has answered the suits, claiming it didn’t knowingly poison anyone, and asking that a federal judge throw the complaints out of court. […]
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CFAC a candidate for Superfund list
State senator-elect Dee Brown’s Dec. 17 announcement that she had asked the Flathead County commissioners to take the lead in getting the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. smelter site designated as a Superfund site may have caught some state officials by surprise, but it spurred some action. Two administrators at the Montana Department of Environmental Quality […]
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Longview: Mint Farm water treatment plant poised to go live soon
Starting in a couple of weeks, the water from Longview’s taps will originate from a deep aquifer rather than the Cowlitz River, which has supplied the city’s drinking water for decades. The city of Longview plans to activate the new, $33-million Mint Farm Water Treatment Plant sometime around Jan. 14, Public Works Director Jeff Cameron […]
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No. 4 News Story of the Year: The furious fight against fluoride: State mandates rile opponents, may be on hold now
Reprinted with permission from Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS — One of the biggest issues countywide in 2012 was the state-mandated fluoridation of the drinking water supply, and the issue comes at No. 4 on our Top Ten list of news stories for the year. While Carroll-Boone Water District’s water is not yet fluoridated, questions […]
United States, Arkansas Delta Dental