Summary Statement Issued by Dr. Bill Osmunson, dentist and President of Washington Action for Safe Water: “On January 7, 2010, US Health and Human Services (HHS) admitted that we are getting too much fluoride and that the amount added to drinking water should be lowered – from a maximum of 1.2 ppm to a flat […]
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Port Angeles, Forks would lower levels of fluoride if new federal rules are adopted
Officials with the cities of Port Angeles and Forks expect they would have to lower the amount of fluoride introduced into municipal drinking water if new proposed guidelines are adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The proposal calls for setting the recommended dosage of 0.7 parts per million rather than the […]
Port Angeles: Fluoride foes consider next move after second denial from Supreme Court
Anti-fluoride activists are down but not out. The attorney representing Clallam County residents seeking to stop fluoridation of Port Angeles’ drinking water said they are considering taking legal action against the city after the state Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not reconsider an earlier ruling that sided with City Hall. The Sept. 23 […]
Port Angeles: State Supreme Court declines to review fluoride decision
The state Supreme Court will not review its September ruling that sided with the city of Port Angeles in a dispute over water fluoridation, two anti-fluoride groups announced Tuesday. Our Water-Our Choice! and Protect Our Waters said in a prepared statement that the high court announced Monday that it will not reconsider the 5-4 decision. […]
Hoquiam Council votes down fluoride
Hoquiam Mayor Jack Durney still hopes to move toward adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water despite a rejection from the City Council and a… The rest of the article is only available by subscription * * * * * * * * * The Associated Press reported in SeattlePI: Hoquiam Mayor Jack Durney hopes […]
Port Angeles: More join in court fight over PA fluoride
Seven groups have now joined an effort to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling dealing with fluoride in the Port Angeles water. They’re supporting Port Angeles based “Our Water-Our Choice!” and “Protect Our Waters” in a request the court reconsider its denial of allowing two initiatives on the ballot. The International Academy of Oral Medicine […]
Port Angeles: Anti-fluoride groups want state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling
Two anti-fluoride groups are asking the state Supreme Court to review its September ruling that upheld the city of Port Angeles’ argument in a four-year-long dispute over water fluoridation. The motion, filed last week, claims that the high court did not properly interpret the law when it concluded in a 5-4 vote Sept. 23 that […]
Port Angeles: Fluoride foes ‘exploring all options’ after Supreme Court upholds Port Angeles city
The state Supreme Court sided with Port Angeles City Hall on Thursday in the four-year-long dispute over water fluoridation, but activists aren’t giving up just yet. The high court ruled in a 5-4 vote that water fluoridation in Port Angeles cannot be challenged through the initiative process. The ruling tosses out city-wide initiatives that anti-fluoride […]
Port Angeles: State Supreme Court denies citizens the right to vote on fluoridation
SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that two initiatives seeking to stop the addition of fluoride to the public waters of Port Angeles went beyond the scope of the initiative process. In a 5-4 ruling, the court agreed with the Port Angeles City Council, which had declined to enact or refer the initiatives […]
Furor over fluoride hard to swallow
Ten years ago, a push to put fluoride in our water failed, barely, at the polls. The forces of fluoridation vowed to keep up the fight. Unfortunately, it’s the forces against fluoride who have kept fighting. And they’re winning, big time, using the same tools that flat-earthers drag out to deny global warming or argue […]