The Salt Lake Valley Health Department’s announcement Tuesday that it isn’t close to developing a water fluoridation plan should concern voters, because health professionals and elected officials were united last year in their assurance that the process would be cheap and easy. “The major water companies in Salt Lake and Davis counties have done careful […]
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McPherson voters soundly reject fluoride
McPHERSON — The water in McPherson won’t contain fluoride anytime soon, after voters soundly rejected the proposal in Tuesday’s election. City residents rejected the proposal by a nearly 5-to-1 ratio. Tuesday’s vote follows two votes against fluoride in the 1960s, the last in 1968. McPherson Mayor Vernon Dossett said the citizens chose voluntary individual treatment […]
Flagstaff council says yes to fluoride; referendum likely
FLAGSTAFF (AP) – The City Council’s 4-3 approval of adding fluoride to the city’s water may lead to a voter referendum. The council had given the proposal tentative approval two weeks ago, and nothing changed in Tuesday’s vote and the reasoning lead to it, officials said. About 50 people addressed the council before the vote, […]
McPherson, Kansas, Votes by 5 to 1 margin against Fluoridation
The Fluoride Awareness Team of Kansas has wonderful news today. Tuesday, the citizens of McPherson, Kansas overwhelmingly voted NO on FLUORIDATION. In a city-wide election, the votes against Fluoridation were a whopping 2540 and only 598 votes in favor. This is a prosperous community of approximately 13,000 people, but as is often the case, many […]
Bill Would Allow Pennsylvania Communities the Right to Stop Fluoridation
The following bill – the Fluoridation Choice Act – has been proposed by Pennsylvania Representative Dan Surra, D-Kersey. The bill has been proposed in response to the Fluoridation Act proposed by Rep. Tigue, which would mandate fluoridation for every water supply in the state serving over 500 people. To learn more about both of these […]
It’s time Bennington faced the realities of fluoridation
The young boy had been admitted to the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington with a 102-degree fever that wouldn’t quit. Four days later, hospital doctors still couldn’t figure out what was causing it. “First, they thought it might be appendicitis, but it wasn’t, and nobody could figure it out,” Dr. Justin Salem said. “Finally, […]
Pennsylvania Bill Would Put Teeth in Fluoridation Push
HARRISBURG – Scientists, politicians and public health advocates around the world can’t decide whether it’s a good idea to put fluoride in public drinking-water supplies. State Rep. Tom Tigue, though, has made up his mind. Fluoridating public water supplies is “one of the least costly, most effective health care (measures) we can do,” said Tigue, […]
Fluoride debate generates controversy in Bennington
BENNINGTON – A controversial proposal to add fluoride to the town’s water system is likely to be put to the voters sometime next year, according to a Select Board member. The proposal, which brought supporters and critics out in force to a public hearing Tuesday, is so emotionally freighted that voters deserve a say, Salvatore […]
Stoned Salmon, Pissed Environmentalists
Paul Engelking sadly explains why he dropped one of his favorite pastimes. “The fish have enough problems,” he says, “without me trying to put them on a hook.” Engelking, a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon, can walk you down the familiar list: destruction of habitat by loggers, toxic runoff from cities, fertilizers and […]
Clearfield relents on fluoride
CLEARFIELD — The city of Clearfield won’t use taxpayer money to try to stop the fluoridation of Davis County water after all. The City Council declined to endorse a resolution Tuesday that would have lent city financial support to any citizens group that would initiate a petition drive to stop fluoridation in Davis County. Only […]