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Why Palo Alto Should Stop Fluoridation
As the daughter of a dentist, I grew up with confidence in fluoride. After bouts with cancer and osteoporosis, however, I learned to scrutinize health claims more closely. When I discovered that our water fluoridation product is not natural calcium fluoride, but rather synthetic, non-toxicologically tested, non-FDA approved, non-pharmaceutical grade sodium fluorosilicate, which carries a […]
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Cancer Survivor Campaigns Against Fluoridation in Palo Alto
One day Susan Willis saw a picture of the bag of fluoride that Palo Alto adds to its water. The sodium fluorosilicate was labeled “toxic.” That was all the incentive she needed to begin campaigning against water fluoridation. A cancer survivor intent on removing toxins from her environment, she gathered enough signatures to force the […]
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Resident seeks to join fluoride lawsuit
WATSONVILLE — Arguing that he may be harmed if the city fluoridates its water, resident Nick Bulaich is seeking to join a lawsuit filed against the state. The city filed the suit in April to block the state Department of Health services from enforcing an order to fluoridate the city water supply. “The city has […]
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Palo Alto council agrees to put fluoride issue on ballot
The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously Monday to put a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot to take fluoride, a cavity-fighting chemical, out of the city’s water. Councilman Bern Beecham made the motion. A monthslong initiative headed by Palo Alto psychologist Susan Willis gathered enough valid signatures to put the issue up for a […]
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Better safe than sorry
SAN FRANCISCO is poised to become the first city in the nation to adopt the Precautionary Principle — a new policy framework widely used in western and northern European countries for developing laws that protect our health and environment. For years, Bay Area leaders from the breast cancer, public health, environmental health and environmental justice […]
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The battle over fluoride in Monterey
Fluoridation in Monterey County has a contentious past, a low-key present and a future that will be active but uncertain, those on both sides of the divisive issue said. “We’re probably two to three years away from being able to bring a proposal forward,” said Wayne Green, assistant to Salinas’ city manager. Generating plans, getting […]
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Palo Alto fluoride measure qualifies for ballot
Palo Alto voters put fluoride, the controversial cavity-fighting chemical, into the city’s drinking water in 1954. This November, they may be asked to take it out. An initiative drive headed by Palo Alto psychologist Susan Willis has gathered 2,543 valid signatures, enough to put the issue on the Nov. 4 ballot, according to City Clerk […]
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Palo Alto’s 49 years of fluoridation going to the voters
Palo Alto Citizens for Safe Drinking Water announced today that a Certificate of Sufficiency of the Initiative Petition was received from the City Clerk’s office on Friday, May 23. The Certificate verifies that the more than 3000 signatures filed on May 15 contained valid signatures in excess of the 2194 necessary to place the Palo […]
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The great debate is on
The ongoing debate over the use of fluoride in drinking water is coming to Susanville. Recently, Dr. Paul Holmes, co-chairman of the Lassen Health Task Force and medical director of Northeastern Rural Health Clinics, made a presentation to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors detailing the degree of dental decay in Westwood. Holmes explained to […]
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How Safe Will Our Water Be?
Facing Santa Monica residents is a controversial decision concerning the health and safety of one of our most valuable resources — our water. In a 4/3 margin, on October 23, 2001, the Santa Monica City Council voted to add a fluoridation substance to our drinking water. Mayor (then Pro Tem) Richard Bloom led the motion […]
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