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Fluoridation debate in Springfield: Voters to decide in November
Few people will dispute that fluoride strengthens tooth enamel, but how that fluoride gets to those teeth is a hot-button issue. Citizens for fluoride gathered enough signatures this fall to put Issue 8 on the Nov. 8 ballot. The issue will ask voters if they want Springfield to fluoridate the city’s water. Springfield is the […]
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Springfield to vote on fluoridation again
Springfield city commissioners agreed to place two issues before voters in November. Commissioners reviewed two petitions at their meeting Tuesday night — one to fluoridate Springfield’s water and another a charter amendment to establish a hospital oversight board. Last week the Clark County Board of Elections determined that both petitions contained enough valid signatures. Springfield […]
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Xenia voters to decide on fluoride
XENIA – The teeth may (or may not) have it Nov. 8. The Xenia City Council voted Thursday night to let voters decide if fluoride should be added to the city’s drinking water. The council’s decision to put the issue to citywide vote next November followed a failed vote on the subject Thursday and a […]
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Fluoride goes down the drain in Lancaster
LANCASTER — More than 30 years later, and the residents of Lancaster haven’t changed their minds when it comes to fluoridation. Voters defeated Issue 3, keeping the city from adding fluoride to the water supply and joining 91 percent of the state with fluoridated water. The unofficial tally was 8,084 to 7,563, separated by 521 […]
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Fluoridation back on the ballot
LANCASTER — A controversial issue residents of Lancaster voted down 34 years ago will be decided again this November. A proposal from a several City Council members to increase the fluoride in Lancaster’s water was brought for City Council vote in 2003. In January 2004, the proposal was voted down 5-4 by City Council. Council […]
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Little Hocking Water customers needed for C8 study
An independent four-year study on the effects of C8 on Little Hocking Water Association Service District customers is set to begin this month. About 400 people will be asked in the following weeks to participate in the study by answering surveys and providing samples of blood and/or breast milk. Mailings are going out as early […]
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Lancaster Council puts fluoride on ballot
LANCASTER — Voters will be able to decide whether they want fluoride in their water. After hearing testimonials from proponents and opponents of the controversial issue, City Council voted 6-3 to place the issue on the ballot for the November General Election. Councilmen Dwight Dyke Andrews, Rudy Touvell and Karl Justus voted against the legislation. […]
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Councilmen question fluoride vote
LANCASTER — The debate over whether to put fluoridation of the city’s water on November’s general election ballot continued in City Council Monday night. Councilman Rudy Touvell, D-6th Ward, said he was opposed to the city putting the issue on the ballot without supporters getting the required number of signatures to get it on the […]
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Lancaster fluoridation debate may go to voters
LANCASTER — Two city councilmen objected Monday to the way the city was handling the issue of putting fluoride into the city water supply. The first reading of legislation that would let voters decide the issue Nov. 2 was held Monday night. Councilman Rudy Touvell (D-6th Ward) said that when the issue was brought before […]
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Group to help spread word about C8 project
A community group is working to educate residents of the Little Hocking Water Association Service District about a study that could provide answers about the health effects of the chemical known as C8. The first newsletter about the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences study will be mailed by early next week to the 1,200 […]
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