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Sheridan: Public health officials support safety, efficacy of water fluoridation
SHERIDAN — As the city of Sheridan prepares to conduct a community survey on whether to continue treating its drinking water with fluoride, public health officials are urging residents to support the practice. Community water fluoridation is the controlled adjustment of fluoride, which occurs naturally in many water supplies, to achieve an optimal dosage to […]
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City Council authorizes water fluoridation survey
SHERIDAN, WYO. – A city council in northern Wyoming has voted to authorize a survey regarding the continued fluoridation of the city’s water supply. The Sheridan Press reports that Sheridan Utilities Director Dan Roberts says the city will mail surveys to the 12,353 addresses served by Sheridan’s water supply that will include a brief letter […]
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Sheridan: Council to Consider Fluoride Poll Resolution on Tuesday, Feb 19th.
The Sheridan City Council will meet for their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night instead of Monday night due to Presidents’ Day. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has a preview of the upcoming meeting. Council is expected to consider and possibly act on a resolution allowing for a public opinion poll to be mailed out regarding the […]
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Sheridan: City to Poll Public on Water Fluoridation
At a special study session on Monday, Feb. 11, the Sheridan City Council reviewed proposed resolution 6-19, authorizing implementation of a public opinion poll on fluoridation of the city’s drinking water. Dan Roberts, city utilities director presented the resolution. He said the objective of the resolution is to obtain a comprehensive, secure and statistically valid […]
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Sheridan: Fluoride Resolution Discussed at Study Session
The Sheridan City Council will soon be considering a resolution that would put the issue of fluoridation of the City’s water supply on the General Election ballot in 2020. City Attorney Brendon Kerns presented the Council and Mayor Roger Miller with the resolution at a Council study session Monday night. Kerns said that the resolution, […]
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Sheridan Council decides not to put water fluoridation to public vote
City council held a public hearing on the fluoridation of the city’s water Monday and ultimately voted not to put the issue on November’s ballot or conduct a public survey on the issue. Council voted 4-2 not to pursue the issue further. Mayor Roger Miller and Councilor Thayer Schafer voted against the motion to take […]
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Sheridan: Fluoride, Handbook, on Council’s Agenda
The Sheridan City Council at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday night will be discussing a handbook for the Mayor and Council. Sheridan Mayor Roger Miller says that this is something he’s been seeking for quite awhile. Mayor Miller says that the issue of fluoridation of water at the water treatment plants will be addressed in […]
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Sheridan: City Still Mulling Fluoride Options
Earlier this month the Sheridan City Council held a work session where the idea was discussed of having voters take to the polls to decide whether or not they want to the City to keep fluoridating the public water supply. As Sheridan Media previously reported, several councilors, including Councilwoman Kristin Kelly were not in favor […]
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Sheridan: Fluoride as a Ballot Measure
Following the directive of a decision made by the Sheridan City Council in 2010, the City began fluoridating the water at the Big Goose and Sheridan Water Treatment Plants in January of 2015. The issue of fluoridation has surfaced to the forefront once again. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. In May, the City […]
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Sheridan: City Hosts Public Meeting on Fluoride
The community conference room at the Sheridan Memorial Hospital downtown location on Gould Street was the site of a public meeting hosted by the City of Sheridan Thursday night on the topic of fluoridation of the City’s water supply. Speaking on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Dental Association, […]
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