FORT WORTH -- The city of Fort Worth has temporarily stopped adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies, because of a nationwide shortage of the tooth decay-fighting compound.
The city, which supplies drinking water to nearly 1 million people in Tarrant County, ran out of fluoride last month after its contracted supplier failed to deliver a promised shipment, said Mary Gugliuzza, public education coordinator for the Fort Worth Water Department.
She said the city is completing an emergency purchase order for at least a three-month supply of fluoride, and it should arrive by Nov. 30. "We're going through the steps to try and make that happen as quickly as we can," she said.
Fort Worth is the only water supplier in the county to run out of fluoride. But more than a dozen other cities are affected because the city supplies water to Keller, Southlake, Burleson, Trophy Club, Crowley, Everman, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Saginaw and White Settlement.
More here: Star-Telegram.com: 11/21/2007 Fort Worth runs out of flouride for water
This reminds me of something my ex-step-father-in-law used to say when he'd go somewhere and order something and they were out of it. For instance, one time we all went to eat at Montana's Restaurant. He ordered a steak. And, of course, that steak came with a baked potato. I guess maybe he ordered his baked potato loaded. To which the waitress replied, "We're out of baked potatoes." His response, "Did you people not know you were going to be open for business today?" I ordered a pepperoni pizza one time from Dominoes. They were out of pepperoni. What the hell? No wonder everybody's teeth around here are starting to turn green like the people in West Texas. Come on now, don't tell me you've never noticed that people's teeth are green in West Texas.
The city, which supplies drinking water to nearly 1 million people in Tarrant County, ran out of fluoride last month after its contracted supplier failed to deliver a promised shipment, said Mary Gugliuzza, public education coordinator for the Fort Worth Water Department.
She said the city is completing an emergency purchase order for at least a three-month supply of fluoride, and it should arrive by Nov. 30. "We're going through the steps to try and make that happen as quickly as we can," she said.
Fort Worth is the only water supplier in the county to run out of fluoride. But more than a dozen other cities are affected because the city supplies water to Keller, Southlake, Burleson, Trophy Club, Crowley, Everman, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Saginaw and White Settlement.
More here: Star-Telegram.com: 11/21/2007 Fort Worth runs out of flouride for water
This reminds me of something my ex-step-father-in-law used to say when he'd go somewhere and order something and they were out of it. For instance, one time we all went to eat at Montana's Restaurant. He ordered a steak. And, of course, that steak came with a baked potato. I guess maybe he ordered his baked potato loaded. To which the waitress replied, "We're out of baked potatoes." His response, "Did you people not know you were going to be open for business today?" I ordered a pepperoni pizza one time from Dominoes. They were out of pepperoni. What the hell? No wonder everybody's teeth around here are starting to turn green like the people in West Texas. Come on now, don't tell me you've never noticed that people's teeth are green in West Texas.
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