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Fluoride goes down the drain in Lancaster
LANCASTER — More than 30 years later, and the residents of Lancaster haven’t changed their minds when it comes to fluoridation. Voters defeated Issue 3, keeping the city from adding fluoride to the water supply and joining 91 percent of the state with fluoridated water. The unofficial tally was 8,084 to 7,563, separated by 521 […]
United States, Ohio -
Health at heart of fluoride dispute
MARYVILLE – It was Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes who coined the term “clear and present danger” in an opinion he delivered on freedom of speech in the early part of the last century. But nowadays, when some Blount County folks speak about their water supply, the term comes up again in a modified […]
United States, Tennessee -
Blount County utility won’t add fluoride to water
MARYVILLE, Tenn. The South Blount (BLUHNT) County Utility District has decided to not add fluoride to the water processed at its new treatment plant. A wide array of public health organizations, including the American Dental Association, supports fluoridating water supplies to help prevent tooth decay. Utility district manager Isom Lail and treatment plant manager Henry […]
United States, Tennessee -
City decides against fluoridation of water
After months of heated debate, Clarksdale leaders decided not to fluoridate the city’s water supply. Led by Ward 3 Commissioner Buster Moton, the mayor and his board voted unanimously to strike down the motion. “It seemed like the board was dragging along something,” Moton said. “It didn’t really need to be dragged along. To put […]
United States, Mississippi -
Davis voters to decide again on controversial fluoridation
FARMINGTON — The second round in the fight over Davis County water fluoridation culminates Nov. 2, as voters determine whether to leave fluoride in or take it out of the county’s drinking water systems. The re-vote on the hotly contested measure was forced by anti-fluoride groups through a signature petition presented to the Davis County […]
United States, Utah -
New group files fluoridation initiative
A group of citizens is asking voters to stop the City of Hood River from adding what it terms “dirty fluoride” to the water supply. The Hood River Drinking Water Protection political action committee filed a voter initiative last week. The chief petitioners in the drive to put the issue on the March 8 ballot […]
United States, Oregon -
Fluoride foes press case to packed house
LAYTON — Several of the scientists opposed to fluoridation who addressed a packed house here Friday night were amazed at the number of people who showed up for the so-called fluoride debate. “You’re obviously very well organized. I’ve never spoken before a group as large as this,” said Dr. William Hirzy. He is a senior […]
United States, Utah -
South Blount opens plant – Board has no plans for fluoridation
South Blount Utility District opened its new water treatment plant to the public in a Friday ceremony marking completion of the $20 million project. Located on Calderwood Highway, the facility cleans water using membrane filtration technology, making South Blount the first utility in East Tennessee to implement the method for a public water supply. Henry […]
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Drop fluoride, advocate says
Randy Weiner wants Boulder to stop adding fluoride to its water supply. Helping some people keep their whites pearly isn’t enough of a reason to keep adding an environmental toxin without people’s permission, said Weiner, an environmental lawyer who sits on Boulder’s volunteer Environmental Advisory Board. Although most people associate fluoride with good dentistry, it’s […]
United States, Colorado -
County health dept fluoridation mandate might be avoided
Fluoridated water might not be imposed on some suburban Pierce County communities, if health officials will allow them to develop alternatives. Local leaders say they would form a multicity committee to work on ways to deliver the tooth-decay-fighting compound other than through drinking water. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department staff is willing to work with […]
United States, Washington State