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Colorado Springs: What’s Not In The Water? The Fluoride Debate
It’s been called one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. That’s what the Centers For Disease Control said about communities that add fluoride to the water. Colorado Springs is not one of them and children seem to be at the center of a debate on whether adding fluoride to our tap […]
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Compound killed animals, says Pagosa couple
People who oppose the fluoridation of drinking water say that livestock, as well as humans, are susceptible to the effect of the chemical. A Pagosa Springs couple, Wayne and Cathy Justus, say six of their quarter horses and four dogs died from drinking fluoridated water between the mid-1980s and 2005, when the Pagosa Area Water […]
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Durango: City weighs fluoride issues
City of Durango water commissioners last week finished hearing presentations in a new debate on an old topic – whether the city should continue to fluoridate its drinking water. The question arises periodically, said Jack Rogers, the city’s public works director. Residents voiced concern in 1957 about government-sponsored mass medication when the city began to […]
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Erie to start adding fluoride Oct. 27
Fluoride will be added to Erie’s drinking water starting Oct. 27, six months after voters here approved the additive. The town of 16,000 is one of just a few remaining communities in Colorado that doesn’t fluoridate its water supply, and the issue passed by fewer than 100 votes. Over the summer, Kansas City-based Burns and […]
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Aspen to keep fluoride in water
Despite warnings from the city’s water department about an inefficient delivery system and harmful environmental effects, as well as references to studies that fluorinated water can cause bone cancer, the Aspen City Council decided at a work session Monday that fluoride will continue to be added to the city’s water supply. The council was considering […]
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Erie voters say yes to fluoride
Erie results Ballot Question 2A, fluoridation Yes 1,570 51.5% No 1,481 48.5% —————————————————————————————————– Voters in Erie decided Tuesday they want fluoride in their water and a new face in town government… In the final weeks leading up to Tuesday’s election, a vocal group of fluoridation opponents emerged and sent mailers to voters urging them to […]
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Fluoride foes in Erie get active
ERIE — With the town’s spring election just over a week away, a newly formed group opposed to putting fluoride in Erie’s drinking water is planning a mass-mail campaign. The Committee for Clean Water in Erie, formed in the past couple of weeks, is planning to mail out literature addressing the dangers of fluoridated water. […]
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Erie residents to vote on fluoride in their water
ERIE — In a perfect world, Diane Brunson would have the fluoride flowing freely through every Colorado tap. To Brunson, who heads the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Oral Health Unit, it’s an easy call. Statistics show sharp reductions in tooth decay in communities that fluoridate their water. Studies show the costs — […]
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Health Department calls on Pueblo West to add fluoride to water
People who live in Pueblo West may not be getting enough fluoride in their water, and that has the city-county health department concerned about a negative impact on oral health. Water departments in Colorado are not required to add fluoride to drinking water, but the state health department recommends it. Pueblo West does not add […]
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Fluoride fracas afoot in Erie
ERIE — This town of 16,000 is one of just a few remaining communities in Colorado that doesn’t fluoridate its water supply, but that could change next spring when Erie residents head to the polls. Elected leaders are set to vote tonight on a resolution that would place a water-fluoridation measure on the town’s April […]
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