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Wichita: Debate over fluoride continues
Wichita’s water supply has sparked debate for decades. It’s a debate that has pitted health professionals against everyday Kansans. The issue is to fluoridate or not. “It’s one of the most highly studied chemicals we’ve ever had,” Wichita dentist Dr. Brick Scheer said. Dr. Scheer has worked on Wichitans’ teeth for his entire career, and […]
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Wellington: Water is safe, officials say
Wellington, Kan. — Posters claiming poison is in the City of Wellington’s drinking water are unfounded and untrue, city officials say. Bright yellow posters claiming “There is Poison in the Tap Water” have been spotted on the north side of Wellington. The posters claim fluoride in the water system is dangerous and could cause neurological […]
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Wichita activists concerned about safety of drinking water
(WICHITA, Kan.) — You may have seen the signs or read on Twitter, there is poison in the tap water. That’s the message a group of Wichita activists are trying to get out. “We’re trying to shock people into the reality of what’s going on. We want to get them concerned enough to research on […]
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Humboldt residents say no to fluoridation
Excerpt: … A PROPOSAL to begin fluoridating the city’s water supply was formally dropped at Monday’s meeting, the Council’s first since Humboldt voters overwhelmingly voted against fluoridation. More than 60 percent of the 712 mail-in ballots received were in opposition to the fluoridation issue. Tucker noted that the election was advisory only, but that Council […]
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Fluoride fails for Humboldt
Fluoride proved too bitter a pill for Humboldt voters to swallow. The mail-ballot vote on whether to fluoridate Humboldt water was resounding in the negative, with 422 people voting against the proposal and 274 for it. Another 36 ballots were marked provisional, mainly because envelopes containing them weren’t signed. County Clerk Sherrie Riebel said she […]
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Humboldt: Fluoridation to go to vote
Those who do and those who don’t want fluoride in their water will be given the chance to vote on the issue in a special mail-ballot election, the Humboldt City Council decided Monday night. The issue became heated at the council’s June meeting, when vocal opponents called a halt to a decision made by the […]
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Humboldt: City rescinds fluoride vote
A readily passed decision by Humboldt City Council members last month became a hot button issue at Monday night’s session. On May 11, the council unanimously voted to add fluoride to Humboldt’s municipal water supply at .7 to 1.1 parts per million, a level sufficient to combat tooth decay. That was still too much for […]
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Humboldt OKs water fluoridation
HUMBOLDT — Citing essentially unanimous support from public health officials and community members, the Humboldt City Council agreed Monday that the city should begin fluoridating its water. The move came after a presentation by the Community Wellness Council which implored the city to begin treating its water with fluoridated chemicals. Fluoridated water helps prevent tooth […]
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Liberty County: Public Health: The Good News and the Bad News
The good news is that during 2008 there was not a single case of West Nile Virus identified in either man or beast in Liberty County. Haley Anderson can stop worrying for now. Hopefully this infectious disease will not reappear for a long time in this area. The bad news is that dental caries (cavities […]
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McPherson: substantial fluoride increase in one well
Excerpt: … [The McPherson Board of Public Utilities general manager Rick Anderson] discussed a testing issue with one of BPU’s water wells. A routine test of all of the wells revealed a substantial increase in fluoride. Anderson said the increase is likely due to an error in the test because the increase is so significant […]
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