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Onlookers mum on Watsonville fluoride suit
WATSONVILLE — No group supporting or opposing fluoridation of the city’s water supplies has weighed in on Watsonville’s lawsuit against the state Department of Health Services. Not yet, anyway. The arguments of these groups could determine whether a judge forces the city, against the will of the voters, to comply with the state’s mandate to […]
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Watsonville’s city attorney files injunction arguing against fluoride
The debate over the fate of Watsonville’s water has moved to the courtroom. On Friday, City Attorney Alan Smith filed a request for an injunction of relief with the Santa Cruz County Superior Court to determine whether the city must comply with a state order to fluoridate the city’s water. Smith’s injunction marks a change […]
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Monterey county rejects fluoridation plan
Monterey County supervisors agreed Tuesday that they don’t want to get involved in the swirl of controversy over fluoridation. “I don’t think we even have the authority,” said Supervisor Lou Calcagno. The issue arose in January when the county grand jury recommended the county become a “principal advocate” for the fluoridation of drinking water in […]
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Monterey supervisors won’t push fluoride
Monterey County supervisors Tuesday ruled out taking an advocacy role in the sharp, public health debate over water fluoridation. On a 5-0 vote, the supervisors rejected a recommendation from the 2002 civil grand jury that the county take the lead in getting local water systems to fluoridate. “The benefits are too vague … and the […]
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State orders Watsonville to fluoridate its water
Last fall, after Watsonville voters approved a ban on additives to the water supply, city officials halted a plan to fluoridate the water and turned down a grant that would have paid for installing the system and running it for a year. Fluoride foes thought that ended the matter. But fluoridation is a contentious issue, […]
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Napa mayor says fluoride not a biting issue
It all comes down to demand. A 1995 state law requires cities to add cavity-fighting fluoride to water supplies, if and when state funding becomes available. In the absence of state help, cities can tackle the expensive task on their own. But in Napa, officials say the urgency just isn’t there. “You know, I have […]
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Threat by state escalates Watsonville fluoride war
WATSONVILLE – The Watsonville fluoride war is not over. More than three months after city voters rejected the prospect of adding fluoride to the public water supply, the state is poised to force the city to do just that. State health officials told the city they plan to issue a compliance letter within a few […]
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Watsonville fluoride case goes to court
WATSONVILLE — City leaders, caught between a state order to fluoridate their drinking water and city voters who passed an ordinance that essentially prohibits that, have opted to let the courts decide. In the latest turn in Watsonville’s fluoride saga, the council voted Tuesday night to seek what is known as a “declaratory judgment” on […]
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Santa Maria Fluoridation foes submit 4,545 names
Activists on Monday brought a foot-tall stack of names to Santa Maria city officials — a petition calling for a citywide vote on whether to stop fluoridation of the city water supply. Members of the Santa Maria Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, who began gathering names in October, filed the document bearing 4,545 names at […]
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Fluoride decision catches Southern Californians by surprise
A day after the Metropolitan Water District surprised many in the water world by voting to fluoridate Southern California’s drinking water supply, North County officials were still grappling with how the decision will affect their agencies and customers. Almost all said they were caught off guard by the vote. Some entities, such as the city […]
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