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San Marcos Texas voters force end to fluoridation with 61% at the polls
(San Marcos, Texas) – More than two and a half years into their most recent fluoride-free movement, San Marcos residents turned out in the November 3rd election to pass Proposition 1 to end the near 30-year practice of fluoridation. This was San Marcos’ first-ever citizen-led charter amendment offered to voters, gathering 61% of the ballots cast. The measure […]
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San Marcos anti-fluoride measure wins with 61 percent of vote
San Marcos residents voted in favor of a measure to forbid the city from adding fluoride to the municipal water supply. With all precincts counted, about 61 percent, or 1,814, voted for Proposition 1, and 39 percent, or 1,173, voted against. Anti-fluoride activists initially came out against the proposition as it is worded on the […]
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San Marcos Voters Say No to Fluoride in Water
SAN MARCOS, Texas — As the election results began to come in, Fluoride Free San Marcos began to celebrate. “I’m proud of the people of San Marcos for ending such an irrational policy,” said Justin Arman with Texans for Accountable Government. The effort to engage city leaders to remove fluoride from the water began years […]
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San Marcos: Fluoride controversy makes local election ballot
With city council elections around the corner, the controversy surrounding the use of fluoride in public water systems is picking up steam as local activists push their views on the issue. Proposition 1, a city charter amendment for the upcoming Nov. 3 election, received a lot of support this week as activists for and against […]
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Dallas: Paper names fluoridation-fighter Regina Imburgia one of the 10 most embarrassing people in North Texas
9. Regina Imburgia The name may not immediately ring a bell, but Regina Imburgia is responsible for Dallas’ long, often stupefying, always amusing fight over fluoridation. Fluoridation is a basic civic good. It helps kids who have less access to dental care avoid cavities. That didn’t stop Imburgia at the rest of her Colonel Ripper-aping crew from […]
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Pro-Con: Should fluoride be added to drinking water?
The safety and benefits of fluoride are well-documented, according to public health officials. Then why do some opponents argue the process of adding fluoride to public drinking water should be stopped? Lynn Short, director of Victoria Public Works, said the city started its fluoride program in 1985, and its levels are monitored by the Texas […]
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The Q&A: Ryan Quock
Ryan Quock serves as vice chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, as well as associate professor of Restorative Dentistry at the UT Health Science Center at Houston. There he studies fluoride therapies, as well as other components of caries management. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Trib+Heath: […]
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Committee votes to continue adding fluoride to city water
Austin committee members voted to continue fluoridating city water after taking no action on a proposal to remove the added fluoride. The Public Utilities Committee and Health and Human Services Committee considered a resolution from Council Member Don Zimmerman that claimed it is unethical to force residents to consume fluoride and called for the city […]
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Fluoride on San Marcos’ November Ballot
In April, Fluoride-Free San Marcos submitted a petition calling for voters to decide whether or not the city should continue adding fluoride to its water. “Citizens have the right to petition and change what they’d like to change in the community and have the people vote on it,” the group’s Kathleen O’Connell said. But it […]
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San Marcos to put fluoride issue on November ballot
Although the San Marcos City Council on Tuesday voted to hold a referendum in November on whether the city can add fluoride to the municipal water supply, the anti-fluoride activists who instigated the vote say they will oppose its passage. Sam Brannon, a member of the group fighting the city over the issue, said the […]
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