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Fight against fluoride goes forward in Salina
The fight against fluoride in public water has taken a step forward in Salina. Salina Cares, a grassroots organization comprised of concerned citizens of Salina, turned in their petition this morning to the Salina city clerk. The group wants the city of Salina remove the chemical fluoride from the public water supply due to health […]
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Salina: Petition to remove fluoride from water supply to be submitted July 21st
Salina Cares, a grassroots organization comprised of concerned citizens of Salina KS, started a petition drive in February 2014 to request that the city of Salina remove the chemical “fluoride” from the public water supply due to health risk concerns for those that drink the water. On July 21, 2014, Salina Cares will be turning […]
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Key Kansas lawmaker: Anti-fluoride bill is dead
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas legislators killed a proposal Monday that sought to undercut public support for adding fluoride to public water supplies. The House Health and Human Services Committee voted 10-2 to table a bill that would have required cities and other local governments to warn consumers if their water is fluoridated. The bill can’t […]
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House panel tables proposed anti-fluoride measure
An anti-fluoride bill won’t be headed to the House floor anytime soon. House Bill 2372 would have required all local governments providing fluoridated water to “notify the consumers of that treated water, that the latest science confirms that ingested fluoride lowers the I.Q. in children.” The House Health and Human Services Committee voted 10-2 Monday […]
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Fluoride-Fighting Update #3 from Kansas
(This is the 3nd follow-up letter on the progress of HB-2372, the fluoride bill that is being debated in the Kansas Legislature. Many see this bill as the first step toward making Kansas the first fluoride-free state in America. The KRA has pledged to stay fully-engaged in the Fluoride-fight until America is Fluoride-free! Please forward […]
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Fluoride opponents have their day at Statehouse
Lawmakers from the House Health and Human Services Committee heard lengthy testimony from opposing sides Wednesday about fluoride and its effect on water in Kansas. Language in House Bill 2372 states that more research would need to be made on the exact effects of fluoride, but there is a possibility for harm to the brain […]
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Fluoride-fighting Update #2 from Kansas
This is intended as a 2nd follow-up letter. In case you did not get the previous letters from us, here is a link to the bill that we are hoping to get passed in the Kansas Legislature, HB-2372. Many people see this bill as the first step toward making Kansas the first fluoride-free state in […]
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New bill would require cities to tell residents that fluoride slows brain development in children
Oral health advocates in Kansas are pushing back against an effort to require cities that put fluoride in their water to tell residents that fluoride lowers the IQ in children. Wichita Representative Steve Brunk has introduced a bill in the House requiring the IQ notification. It’s based on a 2012 Harvard study that found a […]
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Fluoride fight pits oral health advocates against those who say their science is outdated
Two years ago, Jessica Thompson and Richard Simms started an online petition to keep fluoride out of the city of Lawrence’s water supply. They managed to get nearly 500 signatures and a segment on the local TV news. Nothing came of it. But Thompson, a cashier, and Simms, a stay-at-home dad, are political novices. Mark […]
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Fluoride-Fighting Update #1 from Kansas
This is a follow-up to a letter you should have gotten from us yesterday or two days ago, about our effort to pass a bill in the Kansas Legislature that many people see as the first step toward making Kansas the first fluoride-free state in America! In case you did not get the 1st letter, […]
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