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The controversial issue of fluoridating Aspen’s tap water may trickle back into public debate as two top health organizations within the federal government recommended earlier this month to drop levels of fluoride added to water. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Jan. 7 lowered […]

May 18, 2010 LETTER FROM: Russell Zigler, Legal Assistant Enforcement Unit Compliance Assurance Section Water Quality Control Division Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment State of Colorado TO: Brent Robinson, Owner Westcreek Lakes Water District 1421 Windflower Circle Woodland Park, Colorado 80863 RE: Service of Drinking Water Enforcement Order, Number: DC-100518-2 Excerpts: Westcreek Lakes […]

It’s been called one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. That’s what the Centers For Disease Control said about communities that add fluoride to the water. Colorado Springs is not one of them and children seem to be at the center of a debate on whether adding fluoride to our tap […]

People who oppose the fluoridation of drinking water say that livestock, as well as humans, are susceptible to the effect of the chemical. A Pagosa Springs couple, Wayne and Cathy Justus, say six of their quarter horses and four dogs died from drinking fluoridated water between the mid-1980s and 2005, when the Pagosa Area Water […]

City of Durango water commissioners last week finished hearing presentations in a new debate on an old topic – whether the city should continue to fluoridate its drinking water. The question arises periodically, said Jack Rogers, the city’s public works director. Residents voiced concern in 1957 about government-sponsored mass medication when the city began to […]

Fluoride will be added to Erie’s drinking water starting Oct. 27, six months after voters here approved the additive. The town of 16,000 is one of just a few remaining communities in Colorado that doesn’t fluoridate its water supply, and the issue passed by fewer than 100 votes. Over the summer, Kansas City-based Burns and […]

Despite warnings from the city’s water department about an inefficient delivery system and harmful environmental effects, as well as references to studies that fluorinated water can cause bone cancer, the Aspen City Council decided at a work session Monday that fluoride will continue to be added to the city’s water supply. The council was considering […]

Erie results Ballot Question 2A, fluoridation Yes 1,570 51.5% No 1,481 48.5% —————————————————————————————————– Voters in Erie decided Tuesday they want fluoride in their water and a new face in town government… In the final weeks leading up to Tuesday’s election, a vocal group of fluoridation opponents emerged and sent mailers to voters urging them to […]

ERIE — With the town’s spring election just over a week away, a newly formed group opposed to putting fluoride in Erie’s drinking water is planning a mass-mail campaign. The Committee for Clean Water in Erie, formed in the past couple of weeks, is planning to mail out literature addressing the dangers of fluoridated water. […]

ERIE — In a perfect world, Diane Brunson would have the fluoride flowing freely through every Colorado tap. To Brunson, who heads the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Oral Health Unit, it’s an easy call. Statistics show sharp reductions in tooth decay in communities that fluoridate their water. Studies show the costs — […]