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F --- <br /> 1�;rJiETS <br /> AFewCbuds19, 0 <br /> High:76°F-Low 52°F <br /> COUNTY Monday,Sep. °F search <br /> Home News Sports Arts&Leisure Obituaries Celebrations Police Church News Schools Opinion Blogs Online Reader Marketplace Classifieds <br /> L!RSS <br /> Print la Email link 9Respond to editor cilRead comments(1) '_.. - -_ <br /> How Cruise Lines Fill All <br /> Share: f (; y [] �� Those Unsold Cruise <br /> Fluoride suppliers not co-operating Cabins <br /> Tuesday,September 6,2011 ,•'y Going...Going...Gone!New <br /> By Kathryn Lucariello Carroll County News , iPads for Under$40 <br /> EUREKA SPRINGS--Carroll-Boone Water District's attempt to comply safely with the -- <br /> state's new mandate to fluoridate drinking water systems that serve 5,000 or more <br /> people could be affected by the lack of cooperation from fluoride suppliers. Surprising Discovery <br /> fit Explains Why We Gain <br /> Carroll-Boone water operator René Fonseca testified at a House and Senate Interim Weight <br /> Committee on Public Health,Welfare and Labor meeting in Hot Springs on Aug.17 about <br /> the water district's concerns that the state mandate allows for water operators to follow <br /> other guidelines with which they are charged. <br /> To this end,state Rep.Loy Mauch of Bismarck attempted to introduce House Bill 1205, More stories <br /> the Arkansas Water Additive Act.The Act establishes criteria for disclosure of content, • Remodeling, <br /> impurities,testing and origin of anything added to drinking water supplies beyond those construction regulations tightening(09/12/11) <br /> required by law for disinfection. • Tyson places new demands on growers(08/11/11) <br /> • FEMA specialist educates quorum court(06/22/11) <br /> The bill states these disclosures are essential so the safest products can be chosen for <br /> public health and so effective emergency response can be mounted should the need arise. • Fluoridation on the way(04/12/11) <br /> • Airport airs budget requests(08/16/11) <br /> Mauch was not able to introduce the bill because the wrong bill was put forward when it <br /> came his turn to speak,Fonseca said.The committee was going to cancel testimony but <br /> the committee chairs allowed it to go through when they learned some had traveled long Remove Fluoride Chlorine www.fnendsofwater.com <br /> distances to be able to testify,such as Jeff Green,national director of Citizens for Safe <br /> Water,who flew in from San Diego,Calif. Quality home water filters to remove fluoride, <br /> hormones+metals <br /> Fonseca,testifying in place of Carroll-Boone office manager Jim Allison,who could not Drinking Water Filters www seuasana.corn <br /> attend,said Carroll-Boone would like specific information about any products it must Rated#1 in Quality in America.Money-back <br /> add to water because,in the case of fluoride,there are several kinds that can be used,and guarantee! <br /> the district wants to maw an`informed choice. <br /> Jim Walls,a former water operator with Hot Springs County who suffered Drinking water for cities www.usa.s emens.com/water <br /> life-debilitating health effects in a fluoride accident,also testified. Water:Our source of life.Info on Siemens Drinking <br /> water treatment! <br /> Although the bill was not introduced,their testimony will become part of the official <br /> record,Fonseca was told,and can be brought back in when the bill is introduced. 20 Top Home Water Filters www.Waterrittercompar sons.con <br /> Compare by price,performance.Get exclusive <br /> In a follow-up letter after the meeting to House Committee Chair Linda Tyler,Fonseca online discounts! <br /> gave the history of Carroll-Boone on the fluoride issue and updated her on its efforts to AdChoices D <br /> comply with the law. <br /> He said the district's enineer is conducting a feasibility study.In the meantime,Allison <br /> has attempted to obtain information about available fluoride products. <br /> One of the suppliers of disinfection chemicals told Allison his company also supplies <br /> fluoride but would be"unable to provide the documentation Jim had requested." <br /> "This document,which we believe they should possess in their files,would likely be the <br /> same document they would furnish the American National Standards Institute(ANSI)for <br /> proper certification,"Fonseca wrote."This would give us complete disclosure of the raw <br /> product,along with a list of all contaminants by weight,and associated studies pertaining <br /> to those contaminants." <br /> He said the water industry measures contaminants by parts per million and per billion, <br /> and there are maximum levels established by the federal government. <br /> Carroll-Boone operates under the laws of the aean Water Act,Enhanced Surface Water <br /> Treatment Rule and the State of Arkansas Rules and Regulations pertaining to Public <br /> Water Systems,he added. <br /> Allison then drafted and sent a letter to 49 fluoride suppliers listed at the ANSI website, <br /> 1 of 3 9/19/2011 4:30 PN <br />