WATSONVILLE, Calif. — More than two weeks after election day, the results of a key local race are finally known. Measure “S,” the initiative banning fluoride or other additives from Watsonville’s water, has passed with a simple majority of 51 percent “yes” to 49 percent “no.” While Watsonville voters have decided they don’t want fluoride […]
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Beaverton fluoride debate flows into night
BEAVERTON — The discussion about whether to continue fluoridating much of Tualatin Valley Water District’s water, expand the practice or end it was planned to last an hour. But the talking went on for three hours. Twenty-one speakers divided almost evenly on the subject in a hearing before the five-commissioner board Wednesday night. The commissioners […]
Officials look at adding fluoride to Marion’s water
Marion’s water system is one of the few in the region without added fluoride to fight dental decay, and city officials want to change that. However, the process will take months of work and an estimated $44,000. City officials said fluoridation of the water is long overdue and badly needed in Marion. “We are in […]
Is fluoridation safe?
Is fluoridated water proven safe, beneficial or efficient for Independence? The compound used in most U.S. cities for fluoridation is fluorosilicic acid. It never has been tested for long-term effects on the human body. As the compound breaks up throughout the water-distribution system, it has proven to leach lead from plumbing joints and increase the […]
Redding rejects fluoride grant
Thanks, but no thanks. The city of Redding on Friday declined a $1.6 million California Dental Association Foundation grant for water fluoridation equipment. That move sets up a possible showdown with the state over a 1995 law requiring fluoridation once such grant money is offered. In his letter to the foundation, City Manager Mike Warren […]
Bonney Lake files lawsuit to reverse fluoridation rule
The City of Bonney Lake has joined six water utilities and a grass-roots group in the escalating legal fight against local fluoridation. Bonney Lake has filed the latest lawsuit against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in an attempt to stop forced fluoridation of drinking water. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 8 in Pierce County Superior […]
Voters reject Watsonville fluoridation
WATSONVILLE – The final tally on Measure S is in – and it appears those opposed to adding fluoride to the city’s water supply have floated to the top. Still, officials say state law may be the final word in the matter. After all absentee ballots were tallied, the measure apparently passed with 50.9 percent […]
Watch out New Jersey, especially the poor
Dear All, We are a few days late circulating this newspaper story from New Jersey. Unbelievably, on the very day that we woke up to find that fluoridation had been rejected all across the United States (except for Beaverton, Oregon and several small communities in Maine, see below), the forces of ignorance were busily promoting […]
Poor kids’ dental care nothing to smile about
Nov. 10–Three-year-old Raul Rodriguez clutches the wall, smiling warily as older kids bounce surgical-glove balloons off each other’s heads in the dentist office. Bashful, but no easy scare, Raul made his first solo ride in a dentist chair at the Osceola County Health Department Dental Office that same day last month — after just two […]
Texarkana Votes No to Fluoridation
For the second time in 16 years, the citizens of Texarkana, Ark., have rejected adding fluoride to their drinking water. With 2,467 votes in favor and 4,231 votes against, the idea of community fluoridation was soundly defeated in a referendum held on Tuesday. “This (result) was really a no-brainer,” said Mayor Danny Gray. “There were […]