Hixson Utility District admits putting fertilizer, aluminum factory ‘discharge’ into tap

In this graphic, Hixson Utility District makes a worrisome admission about an intentional contaminant it puts into drinking water — one it is being asked to remove. Fluoride is approved by the federal government. (Images Hixsonutility.com) Hixson Utility District faces renewed questions about its use of a contaminant, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which it puts deliberately as […]

Hixson Utility District under fire for injecting industrial waste into water supplies

Heath Marter, with his girlfriend Liz Morris, of Chattanooga is a vocal opponent of fluoride and is renewing his efforts to get the Hixson Utility District board to consider the dangers of fluoroide upon unsuspecting customers. (Photo Facebook) Hixson Utility District injects industrial waste product into water for the benefit of a tiny segment of its customers […]

Clean-water boosters urge legislators to turn off fluoride

Top photo, staffers at Hixson Utility District raise a flag prior to a December 2016 board meeting at which utility overseers declared support for use of fluoride, a government-approved industrial waste additive in otherwise potable drinking water. (Photo David Tulis) Boosters of clean water in Tennessee are citing the work of a courageous board in […]

TN town abandons fluoride as Hixson board puts up stone wall

City government in Jonesborough, Tenn., has voted out fluoride in their Tri-Cities water supply. Heath Marter, with his girlfriend Liz Morris, of Chattanooga is a vocal oppoent of fluoride and seems to be knocking his head against a wall to get the Hixson Utility District board to consider the dangers of fluroide upon unsuspecting customers. […]

High comments given to Tulis for deep-reaching reporting, analysis

David Tulis, a lococentric journalist with an eye for Chattanooga, is depicted here as a cosmopolite with a global perspective. According to my colleague, Mike Steel, you are wise to support this website and to advertise your business, church or group on our multimedia platform, Noogaradio 1240 AM 101.1 FM. Please donate to support our […]

Hixson fluoridation program sees pretended benefit for all

Top photo, staffers at Hixson Utility District raise a federal flag prior to a December 2016 board meeting at which utility overseers declare support for fluoride, a government-approved industrial waste additive in its sole product, potable water. Lower photo, from left, Jeff Davis, Greg Butler, Rebecca Hunter and Ken Rich. All are voting members except […]

Hixson water utility injects risky chemical to save parents trip to Walgreens

Staffers at Hixson Utility District raise the federal flag just before the group’s board meeting Friday in which it insisted on keeping up fluoride injections in drinking water supplies as a token of its goodwill to the drinking, bathing, cooking and gardening public. (Photo David Tulis) The refusal of the Hixson Utility District to abolish […]

Hixson Utility District board persists in mass medical treatment by water

Rebecca Hunter of the Hixson Utility District, Gov. Bill Haslam’s personnel director, impatiently listens to clean-water petitioners as she goes into the office for a bottle of water. She and other board member reject calls to end the injection of a government-approved industrial waste into water used for drinking, bathing, cooking and gardening. (Photo David […]

Hixson Utility District weighing 4 reasons to kill fluoride injections

Hixson Utility District on Hixson Pike, Chattanooga, is considering ending fluoridation of water used by 26,000 customers to drink, bathe, cook and garden. (Photo David Tulis) While the science about the benefits of fluoride remains in debate, four simple reasons exist for elimination of the chemical from public water supplies. By David Tulis / Noogaradio […]