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Council backs congressional fluoride probe
WATSONVILLE — The City Council on Tuesday night backed a request by EPA unions calling for a congressional investigation into the possible harmful effects of adding fluoride to the water supplies of cities. But the council stopped short of calling for a nationwide moratorium on the practice, a measure that has existed for more than […]
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Watsonville council fired up on fluoride
The Watsonville City Council fanned the flames of debate on water fluoridation Tuesday when it agreed to support a call from Environmental Protection Agency unions requesting investigations into possible links between fluoride and bone cancer. Despite fierce debate, the council passed the motion suggested by Judy Doering-Nielsen, but removed part of the original resolution, which […]
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Appeals court OKs Escondido’s water fluoridation
NORTH COUNTY —- A state appeals court ruled Wednesday that the way the city of Escondido is adding fluoride to its drinking water does not violate the constitutional rights of its residents and that the city’s conduct does not violate state law. As a result, the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego declined […]
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Appeals court hears arguments in fluoride lawsuit
SAN DIEGO —- Almost a year after the city of Escondido began adding fluoride to its drinking water, an attorney for a group of residents urged a state appeals court Wednesday to reinstate a lawsuit that claims the city’s fluoridation is violating their constitutional rights to “bodily integrity.” Attorneys for the city and the state, […]
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Fluoride remains hot issue in Arcata
Arcata City Council meetings have become heated in recent months, due largely in part to the seemingly polar stance some residents and local health officials have adopted over the issue of water fluoridation. Fluoride, a substance used to reduce the incidence of dental cavities, has been added to Arcata city water since the early 1960s, […]
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Appeal filed on fluoride additive
ESCONDIDO – A La Jolla attorney yesterday appealed a judge’s ruling against an effort to stop the city from adding fluoride to its water supply. The case revolves around the question of whether the city has the right to use a fluoride additive – called hydrofluorosilic acid – that contains minute amounts of arsenic and […]
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Arcata fluoride initiative circulating
ARCATA — The group seeking to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water can now legally collect signatures on an initiative petition. Arcata City Manager Dan Hauser said the petition became eligible for circulation on Wednesday, having been delayed because of disagreements over the wording that have since been resolved. The Arcata Citizens for Safe […]
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Judge tosses fluoridation lawsuit
VISTA – A judge decided Monday morning to stick to her earlier leanings and dismiss a suit brought by a group of Escondido residents fighting a city decision to put fluoride in tap water. The suit, from a handful of Escondido residents, argued that the fluoride additive the city uses, called hydrofluorosilic acid, is dangerous […]
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State law clears S.D.’s concern over fluoridation
SACRAMENTO – San Diego’s days as the biggest national holdout against water fluoridation could be numbered. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed legislation designed to remove the perceived threat of legal action that San Diego officials cited to explain why the city is not adding the protective treatment to its water. The measure, SB 96, by […]
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Escondido’s decision on fluoridation could change
ESCONDIDO – There’s a chance that the city’s decision to add fluoride to its water supply could be reversed, depending on the outcome of this fall’s City Council race. The council approved fluoridation on a 3-2 vote in 2001, with council members Ed Gallo and Marie Waldron dissenting. With two council seats open in the […]
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