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Although Salt Lake County voters said yes to fluoridation in 2000, one private water company in Holladay said no. Although Holliday Water Company purchased the necessary equipment to fluoridate, shareholders oppose adding the chemical to the water, so it sits idle. Rep. Sylvia Andersen, R-Sandy, is sponsoring HB116 to allow the 3,000 shareholders that make […]

FARMINGTON — Davis County has asked the Utah Supreme Court to reconsider its decision awarding attorney’s fees to Utahns for Better Dental Health. Late last month the court ruled the Davis County clerk/auditor’s office would have to pay the attorney’s fees to David Irvine, UBDH — Davis’s counsel. But the Davis County clerk has asked […]

Utahns for Better Dental Health fought tooth and nail to get citizen approval to add fluoride to water in Davis County. The group scored a victory in the 2000 general election, with 52 percent of the voters saying yes to fluoridation. Then, two years later, UBDH won again after it successfully sued to stop a […]

To fluoridate or not to fluoridate. The battle rages on. At least in the east-side Salt Lake Valley community of Holladay – and in the mind of state Rep. Sylvia Andersen, R-Sandy. Holladay is where faucets servicing 15,000 residents still dispense nonfluoridated water – despite a 2000 voter mandate. Andersen, for the second year, is […]

Officials on Sunday lifted an advisory telling people and pets to avoid Parleys Creek from Mountain Dell Reservoir to Tanner Park after 1,500 gallons of fluoride emptied into a nearby pond Friday morning. Salt Lake City utility officials believe a faulty gasket is to blame for the chemical leaking from a storage tank at the […]

A fluoride spill has hazardous material crews warning people and their pets to stay out of Parleys Creek from Mountain Dell Reservoir to Tanner Park. Authorities say nearly 2,000 gallons of the chemical spilled into the creek Friday morning. Four Hazmat teams worked to keep the fluoride from flowing beyond the dog park at the […]

In 2000, Davis County residents approved fluoridation of the public water supply. Two years later, fluoride opponents submitted a petition for a revote and the county clerk prepared to put the matter before residents once again. However, within weeks, a judge barred the placement of the matter on the 2002 ballot. Now, in 2007, the […]

Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon has not decided whether the county will sue a small water company for failing to add fluoride as required by public health rules. He wants to consult others before he acts on the request from the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health. “It’s an issue of fairness,” Corroon told […]

More than five years after Salt Lake County voters approved fluoride for public drinking systems, an east-bench water company continues to hold out. Now, after granting a series of extensions for Holliday Water Co., county health officials are threatening to sink their teeth into the renegade group with a civil lawsuit. Moments after a closed […]