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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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Kennedy on fluoridation: Don’t trust dogma from trade groups
Environmental Activist and Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on the Hutchinson Community College campus on Nov. 16 as part of the Dillon Lecture Series. During a pre-lecture press conference, Kennedy spoke with the media about both local and national topics such as wind farms in McPherson County, fluoridation, the Bush Administrations actions in the […]
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Alcoa will pay $40,000 for emitting too much fluoride
MASSENA – Alcoa announced Thursday that it will pay the state Department of Environmental Conservation $40,000 for an air-quality violation recorded earlier this year. The Massena Operations East Plant registered a reading in April of 2.66 pounds of fluoride per ton of aluminum produced, which exceeds the state minimum fluoride emission of 2.4 pounds per […]
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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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2 water treatment workers in hospital after fluorosilicic acid spill
WESTMINSTER — Emergency crews responded to a chemical spill at the Regional Water Treatment Facility Thursday afternoon, after one of the storage tanks leaked about 750 gallons of fluorosilicic acid. The leak did not pose any danger to the public, according to Westminster Fire Chief Brenton MacAloney, and was contained in a cement area. “It […]
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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 overwhelmingly rejected in Tooele
Tooele voters have turned down a fluoridation proposal for a third time. Despite new residents that proponents thought might be more inclined to vote for fluoridation, it was defeated by a larger margin than in the 1999 election. Jim Busico of Tooele, a local realtor and fluoride critic, said the anti-fluoride activists were successful in […]
United States, Utah