On Aug. 24, 2012, it was reported that the town of Gilbert water supply has had no fluoride added to the water for the last 13 months. The North Water Treatment plant in Gilbert has just notified city management. If routine water tests are done every day, there should not be any reason why it took 13 months to notify the officials and the town. Fluoride should be added in our water supply. Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay in children and adults. Adding fluoride is the most cost effective way to prevent tooth decay in the community. If it took 13 months for the officials to notify the Gilbert residents, what else are they hiding?

In an effort to reassess water fluoridation, some City Council members have requested new data on Phoenix’s fluoride-treated water that serves more than 1.4 million residents.

SHANGHAI, China - About 300 million people living in China's vast countryside drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants, the government said Thursday in its latest acknowledgment of mounting risks from widespread pollution.

Several people were evacuated from their Gilbert homes Friday after an off-duty fire inspector discovered what appeared to be radioactive materials and explosive chemicals that were being sold at an estate sale.

August 7, 2004