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Group seeks even lower levels of fluoride in Utah water
County officials in Davis and Salt Lake counties are asking their health departments to again review how much fluoride is added to area drinking water after a request Tuesday by Waterwatch of Layton. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed changing the recommended fluoride level to 0.7 milligrams per liter of […]
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Government recommends lowering fluoride levels in water
HOLLADAY — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science. After decades of convincing local health authorities to fluoridate water, federal health officials now say many […]
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Holliday: Fluoridation battle rages on
Holliday Water won’t have to fluoridate its supply — at least for now. Under a recent decision by the Utah Supreme Court, the water company will not have to fluoridate its supply, despite a 2000 Salt Lake County ordinance that requires fluoridation. The company argued that as a private corporation, it was exempt. Holliday shareholders […]
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Davis County pays $214,000 to settle fees to attorney who worked for pro-fluoride vote
FARMINGTON — Davis County’s financial reserves are more than $214,000 poorer today. That’s because county commissioners Tuesday decided it was better to settle with Bountiful attorney David Irvine and Utahns for Better Dental Health than for “the meter to keep running.” That refers to legal fees that were mounting in a case involving fluoride, which […]
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Lawyer says Davis County owes him $235,000 for his pro-fluoride work
FARMINGTON — Davis County Commissioners will meet in a closed session Tuesday to discuss legal fees attorney David Irvine says he is owed for his work on the fluoride issue. Irvine is threatening to return to court over $235,000 he said the county owes him for his work since 2002 with Utahns for Better Dental […]
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Fluoride issue heading back to court in Davis Co.
FARMINGTON — A Bountiful attorney says he will take the Davis County Commission back to court to resolve a dispute over legal fees involving a fluoride flap that has lasted seven years. David Irvine, a private attorney representing the pro-fluoride group Utahns for Better Dental Health, said he will file the motion next week. The […]
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Holladay may win right to go without fluoride
A long-standing water war in Salt Lake’s east bench could be reaching its end, with fluoridation foes in Holladay winning the ability to vote whether to include the chemical in their water system. After nine years of fighting, including a three-year court battle between Holladay and Salt Lake County, the Utah Legislature passed SB29, which […]
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Senate approves option to opt out of fluoridated water systems
A proposal allowing private water system shareholders to opt out of countywide water fluoridation programs was approved by the Senate on Tuesday. SB29, sponsored by Sen. Dennis Stowell, R-Parowan, will now head to the House for consideration. Sen. Allen Christensen, R-Ogden, objected to the proposal, noting that it had been brought before the Legislature on […]
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Bill to let small water companies opt of fluoridation advances
A privately owned water company in Holladay might get the legal right to refuse to fluoridate its water even though Salt Lake County residents voted in favor of doing so. SB29, sponsored by Sen. Dennis Stowell, R-Parowan, would allow shareholders of private or corporate water systems to take an up-or-down vote on fluoridation, in spite […]
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Legislature tries to settle fluoridation of drinking water
Utah residents went to Capitol Hill to find out what is, or is not, in their drinking water. The Senate Committee met Feb. 17 to discuss the ongoing fluoridating of the water, an issue that has been debated for nine years. Senate Bill 0029 is the Safe Drinking Water Acts Amendment. The amended bill states […]
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