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Governor chimes in on Colorado fluoride debate
Communities across Colorado, including Snowmass Village and now Denver, are re-evaluating their policies on drinking water fluoridation, prompting the Governor’s Office to throw its support behind the practice Wednesday. After the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lowered the dosage it recommends for public water systems this spring, communities throughout the state began to […]
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Denver faces anti-fluoride blitz, reviews water supply additives
Anti-fluoridation activists blitzed the Denver Water Board on Wednesday, pressing their case that adding fluoride to water to cut cavities is harmful “mass medication.” “Why should we impose it on people?” Fluoride Action Network director Paul Connett said. Denver is the latest target of a campaign that in the past five years has persuaded 200 […]
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Snowmass plans larger discussion on fluoride debate
Depending on who you believe, fluoride is a dangerous “byproduct of nuclear and aluminum waste” or an additive that for years provided “a priceless health benefit” to residents of Snowmass Village. Given the disparate views expressed by dentists, parents and other community members during Monday’s town council meeting, elected officials are planning a larger discussion […]
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Debate over fluoride continues in Snowmass
A board of directors decided 10 days ago to stop adding fluoride to drinking water in Snowmass Village, but elected officials and some residents are not done with the discussion. Mayor Markey Butler said at a council meeting last week that she had received numerous calls from residents about the decision, voted on by the […]
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Snowmass water board nixes fluoride
With no members of the public present other than two dental professionals and a journalist, the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District board of directors voted Friday to stop fluoridating its drinking water. The board began reconsidering its practice in May after the federal government revised its recommendations regarding public-water fluoridation. Snowmass already followed the new […]
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Denver Dental Society urges dentists to send letters to keep fluoridation
This was an email sent out to dentists in Colorado Help Us Protect Denver’s Water Fluoridation Denver Water to consider discontinuation at July meeting The Denver Board of Water Commissioners will be holding a meeting to review the latest information and science surrounding community water fluoridation Meeting Details: Denver Water Board Meeting Wednesday, July 29, […]
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Hayden to consider ballot questions at 7 p.m. tonight
The Hayden Town Council will consider whether to put two questions on the November ballot Thursday. Staff members will give their reports at 7 p.m. The regular meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m… The second ballot question is regarding the artificial introduction of fluoride or fluoride by-products into the town’s water system. Print PDF
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Snowmass reconsiders putting fluoride in water
A change in federal health recommendations has spurred Snowmass Village to revisit the age-old debate of whether to continue putting fluoride in its drinking water. The federal government last month lowered the amount of fluoride it recommends adding to drinking water to 0.7 milligrams per liter because some children in the country are getting too […]
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Rifle will let voters decide whether to add fluoride to water
As construction for a water treatment plant in Rifle continues, medical experts are asking the city to consider adding fluoride to its water. Those in favor of the substance say it would reduce the number of dental problems that children have in the Rifle area. The mayor of Rifle says there hasn’t been any fluoride […]
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Rifle: Drilling down on the fluoride debate
If Rifle decides to add fluoride to its water, it would join Glenwood Springs, Aspen and Snowmass Village among municipalities in Garfield and Pitkin counties. Other towns in the region do not add fluoride to their water, and dentists say they can see the difference. Rifle is building a new water treatment plant and, at […]
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