It’s common for dentists and pediatricians in Vermont to prescribe fluoride tablets or drops to their patients as a way to prevent tooth decay — what causes cavities. But that option could soon go away. That’s after an announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this month, in which agency leaders said they […]
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Rutland votes to keep fluoride in city water
Rutland city voters spoke loud and clear Tuesday that they want to keep fluoride in the municipal water. A ballot article asking voters to approve a Rutland charter change that would ban fluoride from the city water supply failed on Town Meeting Day. There were 2,031 votes against the proposal and 1,334 in favor of it, according to […]
Future of fluoride in Rutland on Town Meeting ballot
Rutland, VT – Voters in Rutland will decide on Town Meeting Day whether fluoride should continue to be added to the city’s water supply. Rutland has fluoridated its water for the past four decades, but this could be a year of change with hundreds voicing their opposition. The issue was last on Rutland’s ballot in […]
Upcoming Rutland fluoridation vote pits naysayers against dentists .
Voters will weigh in on the proposed Rutland charter change on Town Meeting Day [March 5 ] In addition to elections and the municipal budget, Rutland voters will weigh in next month on whether to keep fluoride in the city’s water supply. The question is back again on the Town Meeting Day ballot after local […]
Rutland voters to weigh in on fluoridation, again
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – Opponents of treating Rutland’s public drinking water with fluoride are pushing to have the practice banned. Eight years after a similar effort failed at the polls, voters will again see the question on the Town Meeting Day Ballot. “I think we’ve tried just about everything in terms of trying to persuade […]
Writing on the Hall: Next up
Fluoride is once again before city voters. The Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Monday to place a proposed charter change that would forbid fluoridation of city water on the March ballot. The vote was in response to a petition calling for the referendum. Since the last vote in 2016, in which the city voted 2,817-1,813 […]
Enosburg Falls voters to consider budget, fluoride in water system this March
ENOSBURG FALLS – Town Meeting Day is quickly approaching, and Enosburg Falls will be weighing a 19% increase in the village’s general fund and whether to keep fluoride in the water system. No village trustee seats are contested and those in office will remain, unless a write-in winner is declared. Major articles on the ballot […]
Crowther: Fluoridation issues
On Jan. 17, I spoke “outside the rail” at the meeting of the Rutland City Board of Aldermen. I requested that a public hearing be held at which the commissioner of public works, James Rotondo, would present his reasons for fluoridating the public water supply and answer questions. Alderman Michael Talbott made a motion to […]
Crowther: Fluoridation authority
Gordon Dritschilo’s “Writing on the Hall” column Saturday was a fair and accurate summary of recent actions before the Rutland City Board of Aldermen on the fluoridation issue. I would, however, like to provide additional context regarding the issue of who has authority to fluoridate the city water supply. I have previously expressed doubt that […]
Writing on the Hall: Flo ridin’
Jack Crowther is trying very hard to get fluoride on the city ballot again. Crowther was part of the movement that put fluoridation on the ballot in 2016, and he didn’t give up when the city voted by a solid margin to maintain the process. The following month, he was in front of the Board […]