The City Council has selected six questions that will be asked of opposing committees at a city water fluoridation forum Oct. 22. Council members unanimously chose the queries Tuesday after they had graded 20 questions. Ten questions were offered by each of the two committees, one for and one against fluoridation. The forum will be […]
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Fluoridation For Port Angeles Water Set For Pubic Hearings
Port Angeles – A decision to renew the contract for the fluoridation of Port Angeles City water moved ahead at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, after the questions to be used at a public hearing were narrowed down. City Manager, Dan McKeen, provided a brief background for those in attendance on the process the city […]
Port Angeles City Council to choose fluoridation forum questions during Tuesday meeting
PORT ANGELES — A process leading to a Nov. 6 advisory survey on fluoridation begins in earnest this week. City Council members will select six questions from among 20 that will form the basis of a 6 p.m. Oct. 22 forum when they meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. […]
Port Angeles City Council hopefuls agree on park trees, fluoridation
PORT ANGELES — City Council candidates Michael Merideth and Marolee Smith displayed few policy differences at a general election campaign forum Tuesday, lining up together on cutting down obstructive trees at city-owned Lincoln Park and fluoridation of city water. Both said park trees should be cut back to unblock runway access to the Port of […]
Olympic Medical Center board endorses fluoridation of Port Angeles city water
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioners listened to both sides of the fluoridation issue, then voted unanimously without comment to support it in Port Angeles. After voting Wednesday, they issued a written statement Thursday saying those would be their last words on the subject. Commissioners John Beitzel, Jim Cammack, Jean Hordyk, Jim Leskinovitch, Dr. […]
Port Angeles: several meetings on fluoridation on Sept 15
Excerpts: Port Angeles City Council members will hear a report on an upcoming advisory survey on fluoridation when they meet Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. It will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. executive session to discuss potential litigation. An advisory survey will be mailed […]
New research shows car and truck wash chemical can cause serious burns to workers
Tumwater – A chemical commonly used in commercial car and truck washes can be dangerous to the health of people who work with it, according to new research by the Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I) SHARP Program. A close look at workers’ compensation injury reports over a 12-year period shows nearly 50 workers in […]
FLUORIDE: Put an end to outdated practice
Re: “Anti-fluoridation billboards are misleading, irresponsible” (Viewpoint, 8-16 [sic, 8-7]). Contrary to assertions by Drs. Janelle Guirguis-Blake and Chris Jones, the anti-fluoridation billboards in the Tacoma area are not misleading. These billboards question whether children should be drinking a neurotoxic chemical. Guirguis-Blake and Jones don’t deny fluoride is neurotoxic. Nor could they. More than 40 […]
Washington State: 2015 Statement on Community Water Fluoridation
August 2015 STATEMENT ON COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION The Department of Health supports community water fluoridation as a sound, population-based public health measure. The decision to add fluoride to a public water system is made by the local community. The department encourages communities to begin and maintain fluoridation in drinking water systems. Community water fluoridation began […]
Will Port Angeles council members’ fluoridation votes mirror survey results? So far, four noncommittal
PORT ANGELES — Four of the seven City Council members are noncommittal on abiding by the results of an upcoming survey of water users who will be asked if fluoridation of city water should continue after May 18. In recent separate interviews, Mayor Dan Di Guilio and Councilmen Lee Whetham and Dan Gase said they […]