News Tagged: "California Conference of Local Health Officers"

Letter to the Editor: On Chloramine, SF Department of Health, June Weintraub

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Saturday, October 15, 2005
On chloramine
Editor — As a health professional, I would like to clarify three important points that Denise Johnson-Kula referred to in her October 9 Open Forum commentary.
First, there is no scientific evidence that chloramine causes the wide variety of symptoms mentioned in Johnson-Kula’s commentary. The county health departments cooperatively [...]

Supes question effects of chloramine

By Justin Nyberg | Staff Writer
Published on Friday, December 3, 2004
Concerns about the potential health effects of chloramine in local drinking water has prompted two county supervisors to seek the opinion of the state’s top medical advisory panel.
Board of Supervisors President Mark Church and Supervisor Rich Gordon will present a resolution to the full [...]

County wants clues about chloramine

December 03, 2004, 12:00 AM Daily Journal staff report
County officials are joining the call for some definitive answers on chloramine, a drinking water additive on the Peninsula that some residents link to coughs, rashes and other pervasive medical conditions.
The Board of Supervisors will vote next week to support the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s [...]