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  • Durham: Council again on spot over fluoridation

    City Council members face renewed pressure from a small group of activists who want the Water Management Department to stop adding fluoride to Durham’s drinking water. The council deflected similar entreaties in 2011, but the issue landed back on its agenda recently after the Durham County Board of Health, at Mayor Bill Bell’s request, studied […]

  • Woodland council ends fluoridation

    Woodland will remove fluoride from its water supply following a Monday city council decision. Councilors voted 6-1 to remove the additive from its water supply immediately. Councilman Al Swindell was the lone vote of dissent on the resolution. Councilman Benjamin Fredricks, who voted to remove fluoride from the water supply, said it boiled down to […]

  • Should Eugene put fluoride in drinking water? Poll shows support

    A poll conducted last fall after the Portland City Council approved a plan to fluoridate the city’s water showed support among Eugene residents for adding fluoride to the City of Eugene’s water. The telephone survey of 200 likely voters by the Lindholm Company in September 2012 found 59 percent supported fluoridation; 29 percent opposed the […]

  • Woodland council seeks public comments on fluoride in city’s water

    The fluoride debate that riled Portland this spring has come to Woodland with a public hearing planned for Monday. City Council members want to hear what residents think about a request to remove fluoride from the city’s water system. A few city residents have requested the change, starting last summer, said Mayor Grover Laeske. Norah […]

  • Israel Will End Fluoridation in 2014, Citing Health Concerns

    On July 29, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that new regulations require Israel to stop adding fluoride chemicals into public water supplies in one year, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Izun Hozer Association for Dissemination of Health Education and Yaacov Gurman petitioned Israel’s highest court, November 12, 2012, demanding that the Ministry […]

  • Israel Will End Fluoridation in 2014, Citing Health Concerns

    CORRECTION: An earlier version of this press release incorrectly stated that the 1974 regulation mandated fluoridation. The 1974 regulation permitted fluoridation, but did not mandate it. It was not until 1998 that Israel mandated fluoridation. According to a recent opinion from Israel’s Supreme Court, both laws have been revoked by a new regulation passed by […]

  • 2009 Hydrogen Fluoride Releases: Top 100 Polluters

    The following data comes from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for Hydrogen Fluoride releases. Hydrogen Fluoride is the dominant source for levels of fluoride entering the U.S. environment according to TRI. These releases pollute our bodies, air, water, and soil. It’s important to emphasize, especially at the community level, that not all industries or […]

  • 2006 Hydrogen Fluoride Releases: Top 100 Polluters

    The following data comes from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for Hydrogen Fluoride releases. Hydrogen Fluoride is the dominant source for levels of fluoride entering the U.S. environment according to TRI. These releases pollute our bodies, air, water, and soil. It’s important to emphasize, especially at the community level, that not all industries or […]

  • Fluorides in the Air

    The story of Garrison, Montana is but one of many in which an industry and its neighbors have fought long and bitter battles over the damage caused by fluorides in the air. The federal government and many affected states have been slow to enact regulations to control fluoride air pollution. They have taken action only when public pressure has forced them to recognize an emergency.

  • Dupont Chemical Showing Up in Blood of Children, Adults

    Blood in children and adults across the country contains a byproduct of chemicals used to keep dozens of household products and clothing clean and dry. Results of the blood tests are buried in an archive of industry studies at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is increasingly concerned about a family of chemicals used to […]