Excerpt from article: Wilkinson and Karr are selectmen-elect … Question 7 on the ballot concerned adding fluoride to the public water supply. It was defeated 759 to 324. • See background article Fluoride question may be on May ballot
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Fluoride pioneer Grand Rapids rethinks safety of putting chemical in water
GRAND RAPIDS — Will the city that became the first in the world to fluoridate its drinking water decide to discontinue use of the chemical? Grand Rapids has been fluoridating its tap water since 1945, but now some city officials say they’re studying the question because of increased concerns over the potential long-term effects of […]
Blount County: Fluoridation set to start; lawsuit also to proceed
MARYVILLE – The manager of a Blount County water supplier says his utility will proceed with fluoridating its product, irrespective of a citizen action group’s request that a court halt the move. Citizens for Blount County’s Future filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon in Blount County Chancery Court against the South Blount County Utility District board […]
Blount County: Fluoride set to flow despite lawsuit
The effort to keep fluoride out of the South Blount County Utility District water supply is now in the hands of lawyers, but the utility still plans to start fluoridation on Wednesday. Linda King filed suit Monday in Blount County Chancery Court requesting that the utility provide documentation showing fluoride in water is safe to […]
Yarmouth re-elects Groskopf, says no to override, fluoride
Yarmouth selectman Bud groskopf won re-election to a second term Tuesday night in the annual town election, defeating two challengers. Groskopf got 2,590 votes to Tracy Post’s 2,193 and Curt Sears’ 1,324. Yarmouth voters elected a former selectman as moderator. Dan Horgan received 2,016 votes to 1,747 for David Reid and 1,675 for Paul Holmquist. […]
Conspiracy Watch: Fluoride as Pinko Plot
Since the 1940s, Americans have been swallowing fluoride with their drinking water. Is it time to stop? THE CONSPIRACY: Starting in the mid-’40s, American cities began putting fluoride into their drinking water under the guise of preventing childhood tooth decay. Freedom-loving Americans found it hard to swallow. As Dr. Strangelove‘s Brig. General Jack D. Ripper […]
Group says South Blount fluoridation plan bites
MARYVILLE – Opponents of reintroducing fluoride into South Blount County Utility District water say they are considering suing to prevent the action, which is planned in about a week. But the manager of the district says the utility is moving ahead with putting fluoride back in its 14,000 customers’ water, probably immediately after next week’s […]
Bill means Chadron will revisit fluoride issue
With a veto override during the final hours of this year’s legislative session, the Nebraska Unicameral either chose to save thousands of people’s teeth or poison them with a toxic substance, depending on what studies you believe Legislative Bill 245 requires cities and villages with over 1,000 residents to either fluoridate their water supplies to […]
Compton: City Pondering Fluoridating Drinking Water
COMPTON – Although the jury is still out on the overall safety of adding fluoride to drinking water, the city could soon take up the common practice. The water department is applying for a grant through First 5 LA that, if received, the city could use in the future if it decides to fluoridate, said […]
Fluoridation to occur by next summer
Grand Island is beginning fluoridation preparations. Utilities Director Gary Mader is gathering estimates on what it will cost to install a needed fluoride storage tank, to prepare local fluoride pumps idled a decade ago and to operate the fluoridation system every year. The Nebraska Legislature mandated that communities of more than 1,000 residents fluoridate drinking […]