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• Need for fluoride questioned

  Since 1963, the Town of Mount Desert has been adding toxins to its drinking water by public mandate, according to water district manager Paul Slack. It was 44 years ago when the town voted to added fluoride to the water, which supplies about 1,000 connections in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. The intended purpose was […]

• Lawyer says Davis County owes him $235,000 for his pro-fluoride work

  FARMINGTON — Davis County Commissioners will meet in a closed session Tuesday to discuss legal fees attorney David Irvine says he is owed for his work on the fluoride issue. Irvine is threatening to return to court over $235,000 he said the county owes him for his work since 2002 with Utahns for Better Dental […]

• Reconsider fluoride additive

  Recently, my husband’s cardiologist was not joking when he told him, “They should put Lipitor in the water supply.” His explanation of the benefits he saw with his patients in lowering their cholesterol had convinced him that this was the way to go. But in another doctor’s office, a patient was complaining about the side […]

• Fluoride shortage could push up water rates

  The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority says its fluoride costs are about to increase 32 percent as a result of a nationwide shortage that could ultimately hit the wallets of MWRA ratepayers. The added costs will not immediately cause rates to rise, but could eventually drive up costs for residents and businesses that get water from […]

• Marshall Municipal Utilities plans to consult voters about continued use of fluoride in tap water

  Marshall Municipal Utilities plans to place an item on the April 2008 ballot involving the fluoride that was added to tap water 17 years ago. For MMU to add a question on the ballot, the Marshall City Council must file a request with the County Clerk. The Board of Public Works members want to know […]

• Measure to limit fluoride from China in water fails

  A Louisiana House committee Thursday turned aside Senate-passed legislation that would limit the use of Chinese fluoride in the state’s water systems. On a vote of four “yes” and seven against, the House Health and Welfare committee refused to favorably report Senate Bill 638 to the full House. Supporters testified that only two water systems […]

• Clearfield relents on fluoride

  CLEARFIELD — The city of Clearfield won’t use taxpayer money to try to stop the fluoridation of Davis County water after all. The City Council declined to endorse a resolution Tuesday that would have lent city financial support to any citizens group that would initiate a petition drive to stop fluoridation in Davis County. Only […]

• Fluoride statewide?

  NORTH ATTLEBORO — The seemingly never-ending battle over fluoride in the water could be moving from the local stage to the Statehouse in the near future. State Rep. Kathleen Teahan, D-Whitman, has filed legislation requiring that fluoride be added to the water supply in every community with 5,000 people or more. One hundred and thirty […]

• North Attleboro Ordered to Stop Fluoride

  NORTH ATTLEBORO — The board of health delivered an order to halt fluoridation of the town’s water supply to the department of public works on Monday. Health board Chairwoman Diane Battistello drafted and hand-delivered the cease and desist order, which demands that fluoridation be stopped immediately. The order was written following the board’s 2 to […]

• Neosho council puts fluoride issue on ballot

  NEOSHO, Mo. – The people of Neosho are destined to hear plenty of talk about fluoride in their future. The Neosho City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to put the question of adding fluoride to the public water system on the April 2005 ballot. People on both sides of the issue said they plan to try […]