Salina voters rejected an effort to remove fluoride from their drinking water Tuesday by a 2-to-1 margin, halting a growing anti-fluoride movement. The city’s dentists and doctors led the charge, and unofficial results showed 6,392 Salinans voting against the measure to remove fluoride and only 3,091 voting in favor. “We are very excited to see […]
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Kalama voters strongly favor keeping fluoride in water supply
The fluoride will stay in Kalama’s water. City residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to remove the cavity-fighting chemical from city water. The vote was advisory, but the Kalama City Council had informally pledged to abide by the results. Tuesday’s count had 73 percent of the voters supporting continued use of fluoride. Surveys submitted […]
Healdsburg voters support fluoride
After more than 60 years of fluoride being added to the water in Healdsburg, it appears voters may be comfortable with keeping it that way. Early mail-in returns Tuesday showed almost 68 percent of voters saying yes to fluoride, with 32.5 percent voting no. “I don’t see any harm to it. We’ve been fluoridating. We […]
Boyne City votes to resume fluoridation
The Boyne City Fluoride Initiative was approved by voters 868 to 396. This vote came after three Boyne City Commissioners decided earlier this year to stop the decades-old practice of fluoridating the city’s municipal water supply. “This was a challenging but worthwhile journey” said fluoridation advocate Carl VanDomelen of the group Citizens United for Dental […]
Bronson keeps fluoride in water supply
Bronson residents have voted to keep fluoride in the water supply with 63% voting yes and 37% voting no. Fluoride is widely considered a positive health measure to prevent tooth decay. Grand Rapids was the first city in the nation to add fluoride to its water in January 1945.
Bronson to vote on fluoridating water
Voters in a small Branch County city will consider an unusual ballot question Tuesday: whether to continue adding fluoride to their water. Grand Rapids was the first city in the nation to add fluoride to its water in January 1945. Now, it’s nearly standard for cities in the U.S. to fluoridate. It’s widely considered a […]
Salina latest battleground in fluoride debate
SALINA — When Alan and Cindy Reed started devoting their evenings and weekends to going door-to-door to talk with their Salina neighbors about an upcoming vote on water fluoridation, they considered avoiding houses with the blue “Stop Fluoride” signs. Orthodontists Cindy and Alan Reed are working with others in Salina’s medical community to rally support […]
Boyne City voters to decide fluoride question
On the Nov. 4 General Election ballot, city voters will be asked whether a new section should be added to chapter 70 of the city’s code of ordinances to re-establish adding fluoride to the water system. The new section would read: “For the purpose of promoting public health through prevention of dental disease, the city manager is […]
Saline County divided on fluoride issue
The mid-term election is just days away, and in Saline County, one of the hot topics on the ballot involves fluoride in the drinking water. Salina neighborhoods are covered in signs that are for and against keeping fluoride in the water, but as the election gets closer, more residents are voicing their opinions. Lou Tryon […]
Kalama water customers outside city limits can fill out fluoride survey
Users of water provided by the city of Kalama who live outside city limits won’t be able to participate in the Nov. 4 advisory vote on whether to continue fluoridating city water, but they will receive a survey with their October water bills if they want to voice their opinions… [It’s] estimated there are 890 […]