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A petition that would stop the city of Durango from adding fluoride to its drinking water appears to have enough signatures, and now it will either be adopted by the Durango City Council within 30 days or left for voters to decide in the April election. Amy Phillips, director of administrative services for the city […]

At a time when many are calling out for greater public participation, I found it distasteful that the Herald would publish an editorial (Nov. 7) asserting that “the plan to ask Durango voters if they would prefer to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply is a bad idea.” The rationale used was that the […]

There is a certain irony to suggesting on Election Day that voting on a particular issue is inappropriate. But the plan to ask Durango voters to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply is a bad idea – on several levels. For starters, all it takes to get an issue on the city ballot is […]

Voters might get a chance in April to decide whether the city of Durango should continue adding fluoride to its drinking water – a contentious topic that has divided the program’s supporters and critics. Durangoan Jim Forleo recently told The Durango Herald he has started the process to put a measure on the April city […]

The Durango City Council decided Tuesday fluoride will remain in the city’s drinking water. Public health arguments that fluoridated water helps protect those with limited access to dental care seemed to sway councilors. “It’s a matter of social responsibility,” said Councilor Dean Brookie. The question deadlocked the city’s Utilities Commission, so that advisory board did […]

The fluoride we add to Durango’s water supply, is Hydrofluorosilicic Acid (HFSA) and is not natural by any means. It is the filtered waste gathered from the smoke stacks in the industrial production of fertilizer, containing trace amounts of arsenic, mercury and lead. HFSA is not the pharmaceutical grade fluoride that any studies have ever […]