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Othello to flush fluoride out of well
OTHELLO – A year-long rehabilitation project lowered fluoride levels in one of Othello’s municipal wells although the amounts still exceed US Environmental Protection Agency thresholds. The project – paid for with $309,000 in state and federal grants – plugged the 1,200 foot well at the 900 foot level to block the higher concentrations of fluoride […]
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Port Angeles and Forks: Judge tosses water fluoride lawsuit against Port Angeles, Forks
A lawsuit seeking to stop the use of fluoride in the drinking water in Port Angeles and Forks has been dismissed. Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser dismissed the case Friday on the grounds that fluoride cannot be considered a prescription drug when used in a public water supply. Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon said […]
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Port Angeles and Forks: Two Clallam cities combining legal efforts on fluoride
The two cities in Clallam County that fluoridate their water are joining legal forces in a fight to continue the process. The cities of Port Angeles and Forks say they will combine legal efforts to address a new lawsuit seeking to stop the addition of fluoride to the water systems. The two cities will also […]
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Fluoride foes file lawsuits against Port Angeles, Forks
Fluoride opponents filed a lawsuit last week against the cities of Port Angeles and Forks in hopes of ending the practice of fluoridating public water on the North Olympic Peninsula. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Clallam County Superior Court, is the third the activists have filed against Port Angeles and the first against Forks. Forks […]
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Port Angeles cuts fluoride in water; Forks next?
The chemistry of Port Angeles’ drinking water has changed a bit within the last week. The city began reducing the level of fluoride in the municipal water supply from 1 part per million to 0.8 about a week ago and reached the new level Monday. The move is meant to put the city in line […]
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Othello plugs well six due to high levels of fluoride
The decision to plug the 1,200-foot well at around the 900-foot level came after city engineer Larry Julius said hydro-geological tests revealed the water had nearly four times the amount of fluoride allowed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency regulates water, air and land among other things, as the issues relate to […]
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US government proposed reduction of fluoridation does not go far enough
Summary Statement Issued by Dr. Bill Osmunson, dentist and President of Washington Action for Safe Water: “On January 7, 2010, US Health and Human Services (HHS) admitted that we are getting too much fluoride and that the amount added to drinking water should be lowered – from a maximum of 1.2 ppm to a flat […]
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Port Angeles, Forks would lower levels of fluoride if new federal rules are adopted
Officials with the cities of Port Angeles and Forks expect they would have to lower the amount of fluoride introduced into municipal drinking water if new proposed guidelines are adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The proposal calls for setting the recommended dosage of 0.7 parts per million rather than the […]
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Port Angeles: Fluoride foes consider next move after second denial from Supreme Court
Anti-fluoride activists are down but not out. The attorney representing Clallam County residents seeking to stop fluoridation of Port Angeles’ drinking water said they are considering taking legal action against the city after the state Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not reconsider an earlier ruling that sided with City Hall. The Sept. 23 […]
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Port Angeles: State Supreme Court declines to review fluoride decision
The state Supreme Court will not review its September ruling that sided with the city of Port Angeles in a dispute over water fluoridation, two anti-fluoride groups announced Tuesday. Our Water-Our Choice! and Protect Our Waters said in a prepared statement that the high court announced Monday that it will not reconsider the 5-4 decision. […]
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