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• Fluoride an issue with Neosho residents

  Concerned Neosho residents are starting to talk about the recent city council meeting in regards to Operation Smiles and their proposal to put fluoridation into the water system. Fluoridation is the process of adding fluoride to drinking water to help reduce tooth decay. “Fluoride came into prominence in the mid ’40s with the Manhattan Project, […]

• Fluoride may have trickle-down effect

  Sandy Golden is upset by the prospect of fluoridation without representation. A Duquesne resident, Golden said she feels that Joplin is trying to impose its will on her family. “Just because Joplin thinks it is a good idea (to fluoridate the city’s water) doesn’t make me believe it is necessary,” she said. “I don’t have […]

• Fluoride shortage hits town

  SHREWSBURY— A nationwide shortage of fluoride has caused the town to temporarily discontinue placing it in the municipal water supply, a news release from the town’s Board of Health said yesterday. The town added hydrofluosilicic acid to the water supply to help prevent tooth decay, the release said, and noted the addition of the fluoride […]

• Support inquiry into fluoride as carcinogen

  An online petition calling for a Congressional investigation into the safety of fluoridation has been posted on the Fluoride Action Network website. Maureen Jones, the director of Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, is calling attention to the petition which, she says, supports the 11 environmental protection unions that are contending that there should be a […]

• Fluoride proponents working to prevent Davis Co re-vote on fluoridation

  FARMINGTON — Two years ago at about this time Davis Health officials approached the County Commission requesting a referendum to fluoridate the county”s drinking water systems be placed on the November 2000 ballot. Permission granted. On Tuesday, fluoridation opponents are hoping to receive similar treatment from the commission on their request for a countywide Nov. […]

• Proposed legislation would allow water company the right to stop fluoride

  Although Salt Lake County voters said yes to fluoridation in 2000, one private water company in Holladay said no. Although Holliday Water Company purchased the necessary equipment to fluoridate, shareholders oppose adding the chemical to the water, so it sits idle. Rep. Sylvia Andersen, R-Sandy, is sponsoring HB116 to allow the 3,000 shareholders that make […]

• Scientists speak out on fluoride

  LAYTON — Scientists opposed to putting fluoride in public water supplies spoke to a packed house Friday night at the new Davis County Conference Center. Proponents of fluoridating the county’s water, Utahns for Better Dental Health and the Davis County Health Department, declined to appear. The public forum was sponsored by Waterwatch of Utah, a […]

• Fluoride discussed in secrete-mails

  Salt Lake Valley Health Board members discussed water fluoridation last month in an e-mail exchange. And despite officials’ saying it is an important public health issue, don’t ask to see what they talked about. They won’t show you. In a possible breach of state open-meetings law, Health Department Executive Director Patti Pavey fired off an […]

• Fluoride costs brush officials wrong way

  FARMINGTON — After years of back-and-forth finger pointing, a study by health officials reveals the actual cost of adding fluoride to the county’s drinking water is more than twice than what was projected. The cost to implement fluoridation into public water systems and wells is $4.39 per person, based on figures provided by Davis cities, […]

• Fluoride fight starts in earnest

  OGDEN — With elections coming down the pipe, people on both sides of the fluoride debate are wading into the fray. In November, voters will decide whether the element will remain in the water supply. In preparation for that day, Utahns for Better Dental Health-Davis are distributing numbers gathered by the Davis Health Department about […]