In a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Goldendale City Council voted to reject any proposal to add fluoride to the city’s water supply in their meeting Monday, Sept. 17. The vote, preceded by a litany of anti-fluoride comments from councilmembers, put to rest the push by the Klickitat County Public Health Department and local health professionals, […]
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Erie City Council will let voters decide fluoridation issue
Erie City Council voted Wednesday night to ask the Erie County Board of Elections to place the issue of fluoridating the metropolitan Erie water supply on the ballot for the Nov. 6 municipal election. Council voted 4-3 to approve the resolution, sponsored by council President Mario Bagnoni, an outspoken opponent of fluoridation. The move was […]
Group vows to go to court to keep fluoridation issue off Erie ballot
A local organization supporting the fluoridation of Erie’s public water supply vowed Wednesday to go to court to halt any attempt to place a referendum on fluoridation on the Nov. 6 ballot, co-chairman William G. Sesler said. “There will be no referendum on the ballot,” said Sesler, a lawyer who represents Citizens for Better Dental […]
Swallowing the medication of our water
Fluoridated water, the stuff that you and I are being force-fed every day of our lives, is a medicinal product by any definition. This was established in the judgement of Lord Jauncey back in 1983. Given that one standard dictionary definition of a medicine is “a substance taken, usually by mouth, to treat a disease” […]
Billings targeted for Fluoridation
Fluoridating Billings water would be the best way to begin addressing a dental “crisis” in the area, said dentists, nurses and school officials during a dental summit Friday at Deaconess Billings Clinic. Only 14 percent of Yellowstone County’s low income residents saw a dentist last year, according to a community survey presented at the summit. […]
Let’s say thank you to Virginia Rosenbaum
Dear All, A few days ago the city of Cumberland in Western Maryland began poisoning its water with fluoride. This was heartbreaking for many fine folks in the area, but none moreso than Virginia Rosenbaum who had successfully (up to this point) kept fluoridation at bay for over 50 years! We are proud to have […]
Fluoridation is a heavy load for politicians
The voters of District 2 made a decision yesterday. They selected the two candidates who will face each another for the office of district counciloror come November. The voters’ selection came too late to be discussed in this column, but during the final week of the preliminary election campaign the five District 2 candidates all […]
Erie council to vote on whether to add fluoride to water
Fluoride could be added to Erie’s public water supply by early 2002 under a controversial plan that had majority support from Erie City Council as of Thursday. Councilman Rick Filippi has proposed a resolution for Wednesday night’s council meeting that asks the Erie City Water Authority to modify the water treatment system to allow for […]
Study Shows Bigger Risk From Arsenic in Water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Academies of Science said Thursday new studies show a higher risk of lung or bladder cancer from arsenic than previously thought, bolstering the arguments of green groups who have demanded the Bush administration adopt stricter limits. The report by the prestigious panel of scientists was requested by the Bush administration, […]
Arsenic Standard for Water Is Too Lax, Study Concludes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – The National Academy of Sciences has concluded that arsenic is so dangerous in drinking water that stringent levels set by the Clinton administration and later suspended by the Bush White House were justified but perhaps not strict enough. Details of a report by the academy that were made available tonight by […]