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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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Davis will stay with fluoride
FARMINGTON — The closest race in Davis County was once again fluoridation of drinking water. With 100 percent of the vote counted early today, residents narrowly decided to keep fluoridating their water. The final vote was 51,581, or 51 percent, in favor and 49.399, or 48.9 percent, opposed. Davis County Clerk/Auditor Steve Rawlings had been […]
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Davis voters to decide again on controversial fluoridation
FARMINGTON — The second round in the fight over Davis County water fluoridation culminates Nov. 2, as voters determine whether to leave fluoride in or take it out of the county’s drinking water systems. The re-vote on the hotly contested measure was forced by anti-fluoride groups through a signature petition presented to the Davis County […]
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Fluoride foes press case to packed house
LAYTON — Several of the scientists opposed to fluoridation who addressed a packed house here Friday night were amazed at the number of people who showed up for the so-called fluoride debate. “You’re obviously very well organized. I’ve never spoken before a group as large as this,” said Dr. William Hirzy. He is a senior […]
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Scientists speak out on fluoride
LAYTON — Scientists opposed to putting fluoride in public water supplies spoke to a packed house Friday night at the new Davis County Conference Center. Proponents of fluoridating the county’s water, Utahns for Better Dental Health and the Davis County Health Department, declined to appear. The public forum was sponsored by Waterwatch of Utah, a […]
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Hazards of fluoridation outweigh its benefits
I’m the head of preventive dentistry at the University of Toronto as well as a practicing dentist. My career as a university professor has been devoted to dental research, specializing in tooth development and, more recently, dental/bone fluorosis, which is the systemic poisoning caused by fluorides. For many years, I was a vocal supporter of […]
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Fluoride fighters bring in backup
KAYSVILLE — To persuade voters to use the Nov. 2 general election to rid Davis County drinking water of fluoridation, opponents have brought in an internationally recognized five-member fluoride-fighting team. Three of the five members appeared Thursday at the Utah State Botanical Gardens in Kaysville to discuss science as it relates to the hot-button political […]
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Fluoride proponents still won’t debate
LAYTON — A so-called fluoride debate will proceed even though no fluoride advocates will participate. For the second time, Utahns for Better Dental Health — Davis, declined to participate in the debate scheduled for this Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Davis County Conference Center, 800 W. Heritage Park Blvd. in Layton. Waterwatch […]
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Fluoride advocates nix debate
LAYTON — Saying that a proposed fluoride debate has been unfairly structured, Utahns for Better Dental Health — Davis, has refused to participate in a public debate sponsored by Waterwatch of Utah. The debate, entitled “Fluoridation: All Things Considered,” has been scheduled for Oct. 22 from 7-9 p.m. at the Davis County Conference Center, 800 […]
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Fluoride rivals rally at library
CLEARFIELD — Fluoride opponents assembled Thursday in their battle to remove the compound from drinking water. Christine Harker, who organized the meeting at the North Branch of the Davis County Library, told the 30 people in attendance they need to share information with their neighbors if they want to get fluoride out of their water […]
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