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• Lawmakers seek costs to add fluoride

  Water systems with 5,000 or more hook-ups would be required to find out costs to bring fluoride levels to approved levels under a bill that won final House approval Sunday and was sent to Gov. Bobby Jindal. A compromise version of the measure, Senate Bill 312, won House approval 78-19. It cleared the Senate on […]

• Citizens group to hold Dec 15 meeting on fluoride

  Concerned Citizens for Good Government will have its regular meeting Monday at Alesi’s Pizza House, 4110 Johnston St. The subject of the meeting is “Danger of state-mandated fluoridation.” Speakers are state Rep. Jack Montoucet and James Reeves, Ph.D. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. with a social beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting is […]

• State law requires water systems to add fluoride — if state provides funds

  BATON ROUGE — Larger water supply systems around the state have until March 1 to assemble plans that could result in all of their customers receiving fluoridated water to improve dental health. But the mostly municipal systems don’t have to purchase the equipment and start fluoridating water until the state supplies the money. State law […]

• Commentary: Fluoride poses hidden danger to citizens’ health

  State law will now force Lafayette to add the poisonous chemical fluoride to our water system unless we act quickly and aggressively. Fluoride is a very toxic industrial waste that ordinarily would be costly to dispose of. Although not an expert, I do read what experts have said in recent reports. Please use Google to […]

• What’s in their fluoride, Davis commissioners want to know

  FARMINGTON — A lack of chemical labeling on the fluoride being added to Davis County’s drinking water has the Davis County Commission exploring its options. To prevent a worst-case scenario liability concern, which could arise in the event of a legal challenge, or having to respond to a chemical spill, the commission by consensus agreed […]

• Joplin, Carl Junction tackle fluoride again

  The debate over adding a compound to public water supplies to fight tooth decay will be renewed this week in Joplin and Carl Junction. The city councils in both cities are expected to vote Tuesday night on whether to add fluoride to the water. Fluoridation supporters and opponents have signed up to speak to the […]

• WMass activists fight fluoride

  BOSTON – Activists from Western Massachusetts yesterday converged on Beacon Hill to fight an effort to strip voters of the right to decide if fluoride should be added to municipal drinking water. The Legislature’s Committee on Public Health yesterday aired bills that would empower the state Department of Public Health to regulate fluoride in most […]

• Fluoride on its way

  Lafayette residents are not among the 36 percent of Louisiana residents who have access to drinking water containing fluoride, a group of compounds proven to help prevent cavities. But that may change. The state Legislature approved and Gov. Bobby Jindal recently signed into law Act 761, that requires Louisiana public water systems that serve 5,000 […]

• City Council seeks delay in fluoride

  NEW BEDFORD — The City Council is asking the Committee on Ordinances to prevent the fluoridation of the city’s water until the issue can be brought before voters. The action followed a veto by Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz Jr. of a motion by Councilor-at-large Brian K. Gomes to put a non-binding question on Nov. 8 […]

• House panel OKs fluoride bill

  A House committee Wednesday approved Senate-passed legislation that would require most of Louisiana to add fluoride to public water supplies. Senate Bill 312, which passed the House Health and Welfare Committee without opposition, would require water systems with at least 5,000 hook-ups to estimate how much it would cost for the necessary equipment. Once money […]