Haslam appointee Hunter faces fluoride flap in Hixson
Rebecca Hunter, state commissioner of human resources, also is a board member of the Hixson Utility District as it faces demands for clean water. (Photo YouTube state video) The effort to root out fluoride from the facilities at Hixson Utility District appears to face an uphill battle if the background of key board members is […]
Fluoride outcry explodes in Hixson as water wars seep to city
Blitzing their appeal to online audiences, Liz Morris and Heath Marter demand removal of fluoride from Hixson Utility District’s drinking water. (Photo David Tulis) Listening to fluoride grievances are, from left, Jeff Davis, a board member; Gregg Butler, general manager; and board member Rebecca Hunter. (Photo David Tulis) The board of a sleepy water district […]
Soddy-Daisy boots fluoride to purify water, boost public health
Chiesa Smith, right, and Bernadette Martin give an interview to Steve Johnson, a reporter with the Chattanooga Times Free Press, after lobbying to bring an end to water fluoridation in North Hamilton County, Tenn. Mrs. Martin’s children are, from left, Stella, Kaia and Felix. (Photo David Tulis) Jim Farmer, left, wins near-unanimous favor for his […]
Fluoride — medical miracle or molar madness?
A Chattanooga-area water district votes Tuesday on a bid to end its fluoridation of its water supply. David Tulis, Chiesa Smith and others explores the danger of fluoride and efforts to convince the board of North West Utility District to make the cautious step and abolish the practice. (Courtesy AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio) […]
Tests of fluoride inadequate, water plant boss says
This image is from the website of North West Utility District in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., which votes Tuesday on a recommendation to end fluoridation. Overseers of the North West Utility District in Soddy-Daisy are hearing from members of the public about fluoridation, a longstanding program that costs every ratepayer mere F$3 a year but has untold […]
Fluoride in toothpaste; must water be poisoned? dentist asks
Most people use toothpaste, which contains so much fluoride that tubes such as this one contain a remarkable warning on the back. (Photo David Tulis) Fluoride is an industrial waste that is conveniently recycled into north Hamilton County water supplies as a benefit to the human tooth. Fluoridation has been commonplace in many parts of […]
Since fluoride ‘advantageous to health,’ dentists want all to take
Drs. Robert and Mandy Shearer, dentists in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., supported water fluoridation at a May public meeting of the local water board. But they have maintained good relations with patients by avoiding a strong push for fluoridation, another compulsory government program that angers many people. (Photo Soddy-Daisy Smiles advertising mailer) Area tooth doctors favor mass […]
Soddy-Daisy’s fluoride sellers keep toxic ingredient levels secret
Darrell Burchard is plant operator of the Sale Creek, Tenn., water treatment facility that routinely injects clean well water with an acid, fluoride, that critics say has pernicious effects on human health. (Photos David Tulis) David Collett responds to an open records request, but a North West Utility District fluoride vendor of fluoride hides vital […]
The case for compulsory fluoridation as water board weighs risks
Fluoridated water is part of a bleak world of industry, compulsion, mass centralized systems, social confusion and toxic perils. Pure water is an ideal pursued by the reasonable and free man. (Illustration by David Dees) Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., residents should have a choice whether to ingest fluoride – and the chemicals that accompany it. Their water […]
4 reasons to halt fluoride injections in Soddy-Daisy water
Steve Roark, the award-winning operator of the Soddy-Daisy water treatment plant, has long believed fluoride is a jeopardy to the public and to the North West Utility District for which he works. (Photo David Tulis) While the science about the benefits of fluoride remains in debate, four simple reasons exist for elimination of the chemical […]