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Boyne City commissioners deny fluoride vote request
… Following a brief procedural discussion the commission voted 3-2 against putting the question on the November ballot. Commissioners Laura Sansom, Derek Gaylord and Gene Towne voted against placing the question on the ballot, while mayor Ron Grunch and commissioner Tom Neidhamer voted in favor of putting it on the ballot. The vote was split […]
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State awards City of Clare one of four Fluoridation Equipment Grants
The Michigan Department of Community Health Oral Health Program recently awarded the City of Clare and three other Michigan communities with Fluoridation Equipment Grants to initiate and maintain community water fluoridation programs. This is the fourth year grants were awarded to community water systems. These grants were made possible by a donation of $100,000 from […]
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Traverse City: Group gears up to fight fluoride decision
TRAVERSE CITY — Ben Hansen wasn’t happy about Traverse City commissioners’ decision to continue adding fluoride to the public water supply. “I am baffled, I am disappointed, and I am disgusted by what happened (June 16),” Hansen said of commissioners’ vote. Hansen, a leader of the group Fluoride Free in TC, hopes to put the […]
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Portage, South Haven receive state grants for new fluoride equipment
Portage and South Haven are among four Michigan communities that have received state grants for new fluoridation equipment. Portage has received $24,000 toward new equipment and South Haven has received $11,216. The cities of Monroe and Clare also received funding, according to a Michigan Department of Community Health press release. In Michigan, 90 percent of the population […]
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Traverse City Commission approves fluoride In water
The Traverse City Commission voted five-to-one on Monday night to purchase a year’s supply of fluoride and continue a program that began more than 60 years ago. Commissioner Jim Carruthers cast the lone vote against water fluoridation — which he has opposed since he was first elected to the commission six years ago. Debate lasted […]
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Traverse City Commission to look at fluoride in drinking water
Every year in Traverse City, commissioners budget almost $30,000 to keep adding fluoride to the water supply. That usually passes with little fanfare. But this year it’s up for extra debate, and a group in town is raising some fierce opposition. Health officials say it’s safe and effective Officials at the Grand Traverse County Health […]
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Dentist, doctors urging Traverse City Commission to keep fluoride in
GRAND TRAVERSE CO. — Local dentists, doctors and health officials are urging the Traverse City Commission to continue to fluoridate the city’s water. Health officials made the statement Friday morning in reaction to a small group of people who are asking the city to remove funding for the city fluoridation program from the new budget. […]
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Attorneys: Boyne City fluoridation-ending vote was legal
BOYNE CITY — Attorneys for Boyne City have found that a split vote by the city commission last month to discontinue fluoridating the city’s municipal water supply was a legal action. At its last meeting on May 27, the Boyne City City Commission voted unanimously to get an opinion from its attorneys about the legality […]
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Boyne City seeks legal review of fluoride decision
In an effort to quell questions about its recent split decision to discontinue fluoridating the city’s water supply, the Boyne City City Commission will seek an opinion from its attorney on the legality of the action. … Almost immediately after the decision was made, questions began to surface from some members of the community about […]
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Traverse City: Group seeks to stop fluoride
A city commissioner and a group of TC residents seek to halt the fluoridation of local water. The dispute over fluoride in drinking water is enough to give someone a toothache — opponents point to studies that have shown fluoride might cause brain damage or skeletal disease; proponents argue that what’s added to water is […]
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