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Port Angeles. LETTER: Pregnant women should avoid fluoride
A study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives (Sept. 19), shows child brain damage occurs when pregnant mothers drink waters fluoridated at the so-called “optimum levels” (0.7 mg/L). They will give birth to children who likely will have meaningfully lowered cognitive function at 4 years old, and at 6-12 years old, about half of these children […]
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Second-class city measure debated before Port Angeles Business Association
PORT ANGELES — The campaign for Port Angeles to revert back to a second-class city has been fueled with misinformation, David Mabrey said during a forum Tuesday. Mabrey, who has been outspoken at public meetings over the last two years, challenged most claims made by Edna Willadsen, an Our Water, Our Choice! organizer and a […]
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Port Angeles debate airs pros, cons of fluoridating water
PORT ANGELES — Arguments for and against fluoridation were aired Tuesday at a general election forum as city voters prepare to cast advisory ballots Nov. 7 on whether Port Angeles public works should resume adding fluorosilicic acid to the municipal water supply. Dr. Tom Locke of Sequim accused fluoridation foes of spreading “alternative facts” about […]
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Port Angeles: Water fluoridation foes file complaint with state
PORT ANGELES — A complaint to the state Public Disclosure Commission by Sequim-based Protect the Peninsula’s Future challenges Clallam County Health and Human Services over its participation in creating an oral health brochure produced by the Arcora Foundation, formerly the Washington Dental Service Foundation. The environmental group claims the county agency and Arcora violated PDC […]
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Port Angeles: Council Candidates Discuss Fluoridation Issue
PORT ANGELES — Two candidates vying for a seat on the Port Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday the city should eschew second-class status and encourage economic development and weighed in on an avigation easement for William R. Fairchild Memorial Airport. Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin and Artur Wojnowski disagreed on how to answer a Nov. 7 advisory vote […]
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All six hopefuls for Port Angeles City Council against switch to second-class city status
All six Port Angeles City Council candidates in the Aug. 1 primary election said at a forum this week they oppose the Nov. 7 general election ballot proposal under which the city would become a second-class-city. The candidates — three vying for council Position 1 and three running for Position 2 — also touched on […]
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Port Angeles City Council candidates debate fluoridation, opioids, trees
PORT ANGELES — Three candidates for a Port Angeles City Council Position 2 seat staked out positions on water fluoridation, opioid use and Lincoln Park trees Tuesday at an Aug. 1 primary election forum. One-term incumbent Lee Whetham, a plumber, and challengers Jacob Oppelt and Mike French — two downtown businessmen who have not run […]
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Port Orchard might ditch second-class city status; Port Angeles considers adopting it
PORT ANGELES — Port Orchard residents are close to taking away their city as an example held up by Port Angeles fluoridation opponents who want to change Port Angeles from a municipal-code city to a second-class city and re-elect an entirely new City Council early next year. The Port Orchard City Council is heading in […]
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Port Angeles Council vote puts second-class city, fluoride questions on ballot
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council approved a Nov. 7 general election ballot resolution Tuesday which would ask voters to revert city government to the second-class city designation it held before 1971 and would mandate new elections for City Council members. The vote on the resolution, proposed by the anti-fluoridation group Our Water, […]
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Spokane woman buys billboards to fight against fluoride
Meet Rose Marie Waldrom; she’s an anti-fluoride crusader and claims that water fluoridation is “public health quackery”. She’s putting her money where your mouth is. “My husband nearly divorced me because I took all of our vacation money and paid for five billboards that are spread around town,” says Waldrom. The reason why she has […]
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