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Hazmat teams rush to fluoride spill in Parleys Creek
A fluoride spill has hazardous material crews warning people and their pets to stay out of Parleys Creek from Mountain Dell Reservoir to Tanner Park. Authorities say nearly 2,000 gallons of the chemical spilled into the creek Friday morning. Four Hazmat teams worked to keep the fluoride from flowing beyond the dog park at the […]
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Fluoride backers want legal fees paid
In 2000, Davis County residents approved fluoridation of the public water supply. Two years later, fluoride opponents submitted a petition for a revote and the county clerk prepared to put the matter before residents once again. However, within weeks, a judge barred the placement of the matter on the 2002 ballot. Now, in 2007, the […]
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County says water company not adding fluoride
Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon has not decided whether the county will sue a small water company for failing to add fluoride as required by public health rules. He wants to consult others before he acts on the request from the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health. “It’s an issue of fairness,” Corroon told […]
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Health department: Fluoridate or be sued
More than five years after Salt Lake County voters approved fluoride for public drinking systems, an east-bench water company continues to hold out. Now, after granting a series of extensions for Holliday Water Co., county health officials are threatening to sink their teeth into the renegade group with a civil lawsuit. Moments after a closed […]
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Fluoride overwhelmingly rejected in Tooele
Tooele voters have turned down a fluoridation proposal for a third time. Despite new residents that proponents thought might be more inclined to vote for fluoridation, it was defeated by a larger margin than in the 1999 election. Jim Busico of Tooele, a local realtor and fluoride critic, said the anti-fluoride activists were successful in […]
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Fluoride back on Tooele ballot
TOOELE — When residents here vote next week, they will be asked whether they want fluoride added to their drinking water, six years after voters defeated that same idea by a nearly two-to-one margin. Tooele dentist Dr. Clair Vernon and Tooele County Health Department director Myron Bateman asked the City Council last month to consider […]
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Water fluoridation link to cancer not bringing vote back
An investigation into why a link between water fluoridation and cancer was suppressed won’t bring the issue back to Davis County ballots, a leading anti-fluoride advocate said Wednesday. David A. Hansen, chairman of Citizens For Safe Drinking Water, said even with the new evidence, he’ll make good on his pledge and not petition to bring […]
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Safety fears halt fluoridation
RIVERTON — As of today, most residents here will not be getting fluoride in their drinking water — at least not for a while. Despite a countywide vote that mandated water systems fluoridate their drinking water, Riverton’s water system will stop fluoridating water going to customers east of 4800 West because of safety concerns for […]
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Riverton discontinues water fluoridation
DECEMBER 2004: The Riverton City Council has voted unanimously to shut down the distribution of fluoride in the city’s water until they receive a court order from Salt Lake County to begin putting it back in. Riverton Water Director Scott Hill appeared before the city council Nov. 9 and expressed his concern about the safety […]
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Davis fluoridation likely to endure
FARMINGTON — Davis County voters apparently have seen the last of fluoride on their ballots. By a vote of 51,581 to 49,399 — a 51 to 49 percent tally — residents decided to continue fluoridation of their drinking water with one part fluoride per million to help fight child tooth decay. Tuesday’s vote was the […]
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