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3 Cities May Ignore Fluoridation Deadline
If South Weber, Centerville and Bountiful comply with a policy statement issued Tuesday by the Davis Board of Heath, they could be wasting nearly $1 million of taxpayer money. With that cash in mind, leaders in the three cities are considering ignoring the policy statement Ñ a move that might incur the wrath of the […]
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Pro-Fluoridation Newspaper Questions Low Grade, Industrial Quality of Fluoridation Chemicals
The quibbling over fluoridation of drinking water seems destined to plague Davis County residents for years to come. In addition to claims and counterclaims about the perceived benefits or harmfulness of fluoridation, now it looks like a lawsuit log will soon be tossed onto the fire of controversy. In 2000, 52 percent of Davis voters […]
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Fluoride proponents working to prevent Davis Co re-vote on fluoridation
FARMINGTON — Two years ago at about this time Davis Health officials approached the County Commission requesting a referendum to fluoridate the county”s drinking water systems be placed on the November 2000 ballot. Permission granted. On Tuesday, fluoridation opponents are hoping to receive similar treatment from the commission on their request for a countywide Nov. […]
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Scandalous Silence
Whatever the other effects of water fluoridation, it seems that merely aligning oneself politically with the stuff can bring on a serious case of lockjaw. Just look at Salt Lake County health authorities, who refused last week to address West Jordan’s concerns about the process. Davis County authorities have been just as mum recently, except […]
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West Jordan wants out of fluoridation
WEST JORDAN — Officials here are looking for ways to opt out of Salt Lake County”s fluoridation, which City Councilman Andrew Allison says would amount to “forced medication of every man, woman and child” in his city. Voters in 2000 supported countywide fluoridation 58 percent to 42 percent. But Assistant City Attorney Ryan Carter, who […]
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Fluoridation: West Jordan Seeking Way to Opt Out
WEST JORDAN — Voters approved it and Salt Lake County passed an ordinance requiring it. So fluoride will be flowing throughout the valley by October 2003, right? Nothing is ever that simple when it comes to fluoride. Right now, West Jordan is investigating whether it can opt out of fluoridation, which Councilman Andrew Allison says […]
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Fluoride tab $600,000 so far in Davis County
LAYTON — The possibility of a Nov. 5 revote overturning the fluoridation referendum could leave Weber Basin Water Conservancy District officials holding a $600,000 white elephant. The district has already spent that much on fluoridation equipment — costs that are being passed onto area cities, district officials said, and those costs in turn are being […]
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Davis County to Vote Again on Fluoridation
FARMINGTON — Round two in Davis County’s fight over fluoridated water is coming up. On Tuesday, Davis County elections clerk Pat Beckstead told the County Commission that 9,650 signatures have been certified on petitions circulated by fluoridation opponents, more than enough to put the issue on November’s ballot. The commissioners turned over the petition to […]
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West Jordan considers challenging fluoridation
WEST JORDAN – Salt Lake County may get a city challenge to fluoride. City Council members made rumblings Tuesday about mounting a formal challenge to fluoridation of public water supplies – a move already taken by some Davis County cities. Salt Lake and Davis County voters approved fluoridation in November 2000. West Jordan City Councilman […]
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What’s in the Water?
Even the Davis County residents who voted for water fluoridation two years ago should be happy that opponents are close to forcing the issue back onto the ballot this fall. The additive most people assumed they would be getting — the pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride found in toothpaste, pills and dental treatments — is not the […]
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