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Does fluoride promote dental health, or jeopardize its users?
For 46 years, residents of Vancouver have been downing a fluoride compound with every glass of tap water they drink. In Vancouver, Camas and Battle Ground, people consume fluoride in infant formula, with bourbon, in instant hot chocolate and tea. They also water their lawns with it, wash their clothes with it and flush it […]
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Filling the fluoride gap
It seems to be getting worse: Too many people in Spokane and North Idaho have rotten teeth. The problem is replete with long-term health consequences and alive with a brisk game of blame. Kids drink too much soda. There aren’t enough dentists. Parents don’t take their children in for checkups. Dental visits are too expensive. […]
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Court sides with Port Angeles over fluoride; group will ask for state Supreme Court review
TACOMA — A Port Angeles anti-fluoride group will ask the state Supreme Court to review a decision by the state Court of Appeals which ruled that two initiatives were rightfully thrown out in 2007. The state Court of Appeals favored the city of Port Angeles in its ruling on July 15. It agreed with Kitsap […]
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Othello well change order approved
Othello council unanimously approved an $84,304 change order for the well number 6 repair project Monday. “After the well was removed, it was found that the well shaft was in poor condition and would have to be replaced,” Municipal Services Coordinator Jay Van Ness stated. The change order is to replace the pipe columns, bearings […]
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Information session on high fluoride levels in Othello Well 6
At last week’s city council workshop, council members learned about an unsuccessful attempt to gauge the entry point of fluoride into Well No. 6, the city’s most productive well. The council earlier decided to go ahead with studies of Well No. 6 to determine where fluoride is entering the well from the aquifer and how […]
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Othello council discusses high fluoride levels in Well 6
OTHELLO – The Othello City Council listened to a presentation concerning an effort to find the source of high fluoride levels in well number six Monday night. The city contracted to have the well investigated last month to determine where the fluoride is originating from. “In the end, they were unsuccessful in completing the work,” […]
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Water District 54 commissioner explains fluoride danger
As your readers know, King County Water District 54 is working with the City of Des Moines, South King Fire and Rescue, and developers to upgrade our delivery system to meet their needs for redevelopment of existing properties. The District stands firm that “Growth should pay for Growth,” not the existing ratepayers where about a […]
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Washington State Appeals Court to decide on two citizen initiatives for clean water
WA State Supreme Court has assigned to Appeals Court Division II the question of right to vote on two citizen initiatives that were filed with the City of Port Angeles in 2006 and were qualified for the ballot. The right to vote on the initiatives was denied by Superior Court. The initiatives were the Medical […]
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Othello well six has excessive levels of fluoride.
OTHELLO – The City of Othello will investigate a contaminated well to see if it can be transformed into a viable source of water. Monday the council unanimously approved using $32,000 from the water fund to hire an engineering firm to investigate where the contaminants are entering well number six and offer solutions. Well six […]
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Moses Lake factory to make silica, fluoride salt
MOSES LAKE — A closed sugar beet factory on Wheeler Road east of Moses Lake soon will be transformed into a plant to make silica and fluoride salt. The Rock Island-based Specialty Chemical Products recently bought four buildings and six acres of land at the site of the former Pacific Northwest Sugar Co., the Grant […]
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