The Washington State Department of Health is evaluating the disinfection efficiency at water treatment plants throughout Washington State, including the City of Woodland. The industry standard evaluation includes performing a tracer study to evaluate dispersion of chlorine used in the disinfection process. Because chlorine is continuously reacting and difficult to measure, the tracer study uses […]
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State agency issues health advisory for Port Angeles water utility customers
(OLYMPIA, WA.) — The Wash. State Department of Health is advising Port Angeles Water Utility customers to “seek additional sources of fluoride due to the absence of community water fluoridation.” On Aug. 3, Port Angeles Water Utility stopped adding fluoride to the drinking water. “Fluoride in water is the most efficient way to prevent tooth […]
Port Angeles to post fluoridation decision on city website
PORT ANGELES — In a rare note of unity, the Port Angeles City Council was unanimous on an issue related to fluoridation. Council members voted 7-0 Tuesday to announce on the city website (www.cityofpa.us) and in city utility bills their 4-3 Aug. 2 decision to stop water fluoridation at least until after a November 2017 […]
Clallam County. LETTER: Hospital commissioner’s presumption of judgement invalidates his argument
In talking about Commissioner Mike Chapman, Jim Leskinovitch abdicates his duty to reserve bias. Olympic Medical Center Hospital Commissioner Jim Leskinovitch in an Aug. 25 letter to the editor [“Against Chapman”] attacked the candidacy of Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman, complaining: “As a member of the county Board of Health, his duty is to support […]
AG files felony reckless endangerment, illegal dumping charges against Tacoma truck wash
Worker fell into basin of acid, hazardous materials discharged into street, sewer TACOMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed criminal charges against a Tacoma man and his company accused of discharging hazardous substances into the street and sewer near his industrial truck wash, and allowing an employee to fall into a basin of dangerous […]
LETTER: Clallam commissioner hasn’t fulfilled his duty to the people
Mike Chapman has let politics, not facts, guide his decision-making. Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman has not served the people of Clallam County well nor carried out his fiduciary responsibilities in many ways. Inappropriately, he does not support the fluoridation of the Port Angeles water. As a member of the county Board of Health, his […]
Ethics complaint against Port Angeles mayor withdrawn
PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation opponent Marolee Smith dropped her ethics complaint Friday against Mayor Patrick Downie just as an ethics board was preparing to hear her allegations. The complaint was dropped three days after the City Council stopped fluoridation. Of four ethics complaint emanating from the City Council’s Dec. 15 decision to continue fluoridation — […]
Fluoridation ends in Port Angeles; advisory vote to be on ballot in 15 months
The Port Angeles City Council has voted to end fluoridation of municipal water and conduct a vote Nov. 7, 2017. PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation of the Port Angeles municipal water supply stopped Wednesday morning — at least until after a Nov. 7, 2017 advisory vote. That’s when voters will tell the City Council their preference […]
Port Angeles Reverses Course On Fluoride
Port Angeles- The fluoride issue for Port Angeles took an interesting turn at Tuesday night’s city council meeting, when city officials voted to suspend adding fluoride to the city’s water supply pending a new advisory vote. Back in December of 2015, members of the city council overrode the results of an unofficial survey that indicated […]
Fluoridation foe against advisory vote as Port Angeles City Council takes up conciliation effort today
PORT ANGELES — Eloise Kailin, the president of the anti-fluoridation group Our Water, Our Choice!, said Sunday she is against Mayor Patrick Downie’s proposal to hold a Nov. 7, 2017, advisory ballot on the controversial water treatment. The City Council will discuss the pro-fluoridation mayor’s offer of conciliation to bring together warring sides in the […]