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Fluoride issue splits city
The vote on fluoridating Bellingham’s drinking water shows a divide in the city. Fluoridation, which is failing with 47 percent of the vote, is getting its strongest support in areas with more affluence and new homes, including Edgemoor, South Hill, Samish Hill and Cordata. The strongest opposition comes from older, west-of-the-freeway neighborhoods, including Sunnyland, the […]
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Anti-fluoride voters strengthen lead
Votes against a measure to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water continued to grow Monday, reaching a 244-vote lead. Unofficial election results released by the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office show 50.9 percent of voters rejecting the measure and 49 percent supporting it. Election workers have counted more than 37,000 ballots since the Nov. 8 general […]
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Fluoride foes grab the lead
A proposal to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water lost its narrow lead Saturday, with opponents calling the shift “tremendous news.” Unofficial election results show 50.3 percent of voters against the measure and 49.6 percent supporting it, with 33,080 ballots counted – a difference of 91 votes. Officials are counting ballots almost every day in […]
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Fluoride lead cut in latest count
An effort to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water saw its lead narrow yet again, holding only a 68-vote advantage as of Thursday afternoon. Unofficial results released by the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office show 50.3 percent of voters supporting the fluoride measure and 49.6 percent against it with 29,115 ballots counted. While support for the […]
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Water fluoridation retains narrow lead
Bellingham’s water fluoridation ballot measure hung on to its narrow lead with a 50.92 percent yes vote as counting continued Wednesday. Just 169 votes separated the two sides out of 9,225 votes counted. A simple majority vote is required to pass the measure. “I still feel confident we’re going to prevail,” said David Hemion, assistant […]
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Fluoride narrowly leading in Bellingham
A proposal to fluoridate Bellingham’s water supply was narrowly leading in early returns Tuesday night. The fluoridation measure had about 51 percent of the vote by 9:25 p.m. About 9,100 votes had been tallied. “I’m certainly hoping that will open up a little bit, but we’ll take 51 percent,” said Curt Smith, co-chair of Bellingham […]
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Fluoride backers file ad complaint
An advertising insert calling fluoride “toxic waste” violates several state election laws, a complaint from a political action committee trying to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water claims. Bellingham Families Fluoride filed a complaint with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission saying the advertisement is from an unregistered political action committee calling itself Clean Water Health […]
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Community at odds over fluoridation
Both sides of Bellingham’s fluoridation debate agree Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot will have a dramatic impact on the community’s health. But they disagree vastly on what that impact could be. Bellingham Families for Fluoride – with the financial backing of the Washington State Dental Association, the Washington Dental Service Foundation and dozens […]
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“Bellingham Families for Fluoride” raises record amount
A political action committee supporting a ballot measure to add fluoride to Bellingham’s drinking water has raised $169,905 in its campaign, the most spent on a single issue in city history, according to the group’s finance reports. Bellingham Families for Fluoride received $35,000 from the Washington Dental Service Foundation, as well as $8,500 from the […]
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Heated debate over fluoridation of Bellingham’s drinking water
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Centers for Disease Control considers adding fluoride to water as “one of the ten great public-health achievements of the 20th century.” But fluoridating water to fight tooth decay is back in the spotlight in Bellingham, Wash. On November 8, Bellingham residents will be asked to decide whether or not they’d like […]
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