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Debate continues in Marin over fluoridation
A Novato woman spearheading a campaign to get fluoride out of Marin’s drinking water faced off Wednesday against a health sciences clinical professor well versed on fluoridation. More than 50 people turned out for a Marin Coalition luncheon at The Club at McInnis in San Rafael where Dawna Gallagher-Stroeh, director of Clean Water Sonoma-Marin and […]
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Torrance Refinery Fire Renews Community’s Safety Concerns
The fire occurred in the refinery’s alkylation unit, which is where a form of liquid hydrofluoric acid is used in the refining process. Residents living near the oil refinery in Torrance are concerned Wednesday after a fire broke out at the facility. No one was injured in the fire reported around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday in […]
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Healdsburg votes against a fluoridation moratorium
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — Voters in Sonoma County passed 18 of 23 measures in Tuesday’s election. Four measures failed and one measure is still too close to call. Healdsburg voters rejected Measure T, a moratorium on water fluoridation, until the completion of a toxicological and safety report. It needs 50 percent plus one vote […]
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North Bay Bohemian: Vote YES for Measure T and Against Fluoridation
Except from 2016 Voter Guide: Measure T Fluoridation of Healdsburg water supply Should the city of Healdsburg stop fluoridating its water? Choose a side of the debate and choose your data in support of your position. We think it’s up to residents to choose whether they want a chemical in their water. If you want […]
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State’s dentists sink teeth into Healdsburg fluoride fight
In a small and charming tourist-destination town in northern Sonoma County, a local ballot measure has pitted a tiny but dogged band of activists against an unusual enemy: dentists. Healdsburg is the site of a battle over water fluoridation that has drawn local political groups and the California Dental Association into its orbit. Measure T […]
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Weekend meeting on use of highly toxic acid at Torrance refinery postponed
The regional air pollution watchdog has postponed a Saturday public meeting in Torrance on commercially viable alternatives to the use of potentially lethal hydrofluoric acid at the Torrance refinery. South Coast Air Quality Management District officials said Thursday that representatives of Norton Engineering, a consulting firm that authored the study, were unavailable this weekend and […]
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South Bay Activists Threaten to Sue over Water Fluoridation
Seven decades since American cities began fluoridating public water supplies to prevent tooth decay, the South Bay remains something of a holdout. It’s the largest metropolitan region in the nation to not fluoridate its water. That’s about to change, but not without some pushback. Activists have threatened to sue the Santa Clara Valley Water District […]
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Group Sues Santa Clara Valley Water District Over Fluoridation
A group of South Bay residents called Safe Pure Water filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Santa Clara Valley Water District to prevent the agency from treating tap water with fluoride. The water district voted in 2011 to fluoridate the water supply, and in December, most residents in the South Bay are due to start […]
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Torrance meeting set for Saturday on alternatives to dangerous acid used at South Bay refineries
The regional regulatory agency overseeing the oil industry will hold a public meeting Saturday in Torrance to discuss potential alternatives to the use of potentially deadly hydrofluoric acid in two South Bay refineries, the only ones in the state that use the chemical. The South Coast Air Quality Management District town hall meeting begins at […]
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Thumbs down: No on Healdsburg’s Measure T — keep fluoridation
Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Healdsburg voters will be deciding whether to continue the city’s 60-year practice of fluoridating its water. If that sounds familiar, it should. Residents voted on the same issue just two years when, by a nearly 2-1 margin, they supported the city’s continued use of fluoride. Nevertheless, the issue […]
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