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Parsons City to hear fluoride report
At least one Parsons city commissioner seems resolute in continuing with a project to add fluoride to the public water supply, despite the increased projected price, while another isn’t so sure. Parsons city commissioners plan to hear from Bruce Allman of CH2M Hill engineering firm during their regular meeting on Tuesday evening. Allman will discuss […]
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Parsons City fluoride program to cost $190,000
If the Parsons City Commission still wants to reintroduce supplemental fluoride into the public water supply, it likely will cost almost $200,000. The commission instructed the city staff to take the necessary steps to restart fluoridation of the water more than two years ago after the fluoride pump had been off line for several months. […]
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Salina, a fluoridated city: Mission of Mercy helps 1,400 dental patients
Note from Fluoride Action Network: •• Salina, located in Saline County, has been fluoridated since September 1969. •• “A recent report by K-State examining child and family well-being in Kansas showed that Saline County particularly was in the top five Kansas counties for childhood poverty at just over 28 percent and was also higher than […]
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Salina votes to keep fluoride In water
Salina voters rejected an effort to remove fluoride from their drinking water Tuesday by a 2-to-1 margin, halting a growing anti-fluoride movement. The city’s dentists and doctors led the charge, and unofficial results showed 6,392 Salinans voting against the measure to remove fluoride and only 3,091 voting in favor. “We are very excited to see […]
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Salina latest battleground in fluoride debate
SALINA — When Alan and Cindy Reed started devoting their evenings and weekends to going door-to-door to talk with their Salina neighbors about an upcoming vote on water fluoridation, they considered avoiding houses with the blue “Stop Fluoride” signs. Orthodontists Cindy and Alan Reed are working with others in Salina’s medical community to rally support […]
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Saline County divided on fluoride issue
The mid-term election is just days away, and in Saline County, one of the hot topics on the ballot involves fluoride in the drinking water. Salina neighborhoods are covered in signs that are for and against keeping fluoride in the water, but as the election gets closer, more residents are voicing their opinions. Lou Tryon […]
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Salina citizens against fluoride speak at city commissioners meeting
The Salina Cares group came out in full force this evening at the Salina City Commission meeting. Different Salina citizens in the group came forward to voice their concerns with fluoride during the citizens forums. A few points that were made were that the American Medical Association has found that fluoride accumulates in the body […]
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Salina: Fluoride to be on Nov. 4 ballot
Salina voters will ultimately decide if fluoride will continue to be added to the city water supply. The Salina City Commission on Monday called for a special election Nov. 4 to vote on a referendum to repeal the ordinance that authorized the water department to add fluoride to the water supply. City Attorney Greg Bengtson […]
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Salina: Fluoridation issue to be on November ballot
Saline County Clerk Don Merriman said Thursday that workers in his office were able to verify the signatures of 988 registered Salina voters on a petition asking for a public vote on whether the city’s water fluoridation ordinance should be rescinded, so the issue will appear on the November general election ballot. That brings the […]
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Salina to vote on fluoridation
A petition to remove fluoride from Salina’s water supply was submitted on Monday to the city clerk. A grassroots organization called Salina Cares delivered the petition and its 2041 signatures to city clerk Shandi Wicks on July 21st. The petition is a request to the city of Salina to remove fluoride from the city’s public water […]
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