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Fluoride will return to the Snowmass water supply
Decision follows 90 minutes of public comment The Snowmass Village Water & Sanitation District Board voted in a split decision Wednesday to return fluoride to the community water system serving 3,400 users. Board members said their 3-2 vote responded to the will of the people, and to the threat of recall. “We can’t not pay […]
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Snowmass: It’s fluoride in a landslide
Snowmass Village water district users overwhelmingly want fluoride returned to the local water system, according to results released Monday by the public accounting firm hired to tabulate ballots for the 3,099 users. Of the 1,168 total surveys received, 753 respondents (64 percent) want fluoridated water, while 404 people (35 percent) are against its return. Eleven […]
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Snowmass: Votes on fluoride issue trickling in
The results of the non-binding vote on fluoride in Snowmass Village should be known by next Monday, according to district water manager Kit Hamby. The question asks the Snowmass Water & Sanitation District ‘s 3,400 users whether fluoride should be restored to the water system after being removed on July 17 following a 3-1 board […]
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Hayden voters to decide marijuana tax, fluoride issue
Residents in Hayden will have two local issues to vote on. The first issue is whether the town should collect taxes on the wholesale sales of marijuana grown by cultivators… Hayden voters are also being asked whether they want the town to continue adding fluoride to the drinking water. Many municipalities across the country for […]
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Deadline to participate in Snowmass fluoride survey is Friday
Friday is the deadline for customers of the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District to participate in a mail-in survey on whether they want their drinking water fluoridated. The survey was mailed out to the approximately 3,100 property owners the water district serves, and so far about 800 households have responded, said Kit Hamby, district manager, […]
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Snowmass: Pitkin County health officials support fluoride in water
Pitkin County public health officials are coming out in support of drinking water fluoridation as the deadline for Snowmass Villagers to weigh in on their district’s practice looms. The Snowmass Water and Sanitation District board voted in July to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water, but many of its customers came out against the […]
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Aspen: Fluoride factions have their say with Water & Sanitation
While working at a practice in the Eagle River valley, dental hygienist Jayme Hovland said she could tell the difference between kids who lived in Gypsum and those who resided in the nearby town of Eagle. Eagle residents drink water that’s fluoridated, resulting in “less cavities” than the patients she’d see from Gypsum, Hovland said. […]
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Cripple Creek Public Water System cautions high fluoride levels
Tucked inside the Cripple Creek Public Water System’s recent annual report was an alert to the public about city drinking water. “IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER – Elevated Fluoride Levels Detected,” read the June 1 report. Fluoride levels in city water far exceed allowable amounts as recommended by the state Department of Public Health […]
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Snowmass: Fluoride fight moves beyond local interests
State group funding pro-fluoride ads after Snowmass decision A state association for dental practitioners has joined the water fluoridation battle in Snowmass Village by helping to fund pro-fluoride ads in a local newspaper. “We just want to make sure the dentists, the groups talking about health, have the resources they need,” said Molly Pereira, associate […]
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Pro fluoride vote of Denver water board bolsters local proponents
Survey results will provide final decision to Snowmass Water & Sanitation District’s board Local fluoride proponents say they are encouraged by the unanimous decision of the Denver Board of Water Commissioners on Aug. 26 to continue community water fluoridation. The vote in Denver had been watched closely by the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District’s board, […]
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