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Norfolk politicians move to remove fluoride from water
A dentist’s tool in the fight against tooth decay could soon be stripped from municipal water. Norfolk council voted 6-2 in favour of following staff’s recommendations to remove fluoride from both Simcoe and Delhi municipal drinking water systems at this week’s council-in-committee session. The report, prepared by the county’s environmental services division, cited operators’ long-term […]
Canada, Ontario -
Waste Not, Want Not. One company’s fight against Newfoundlanders & Kanaks.
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK–The province of Newfoundland and the archipelago nation of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific seem to have little in common. New Caledonia, also known as Kanaky after the indigenous Kanaks who inhabit it, is a French colony in the southwest Pacific. Kanaky-New Caledonia separated from Australia some 85 million years ago and […]
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Prairie du Chien: Voters nix fluoridation
Excerpt: Voters flocked to the polls throughout the county to vote in patterns which closely resembled the patterns throughout the state, and Prairie du Chien voters soundly defeated the referendum proposal to fluoridate the city’s water. The fluoridation proposal, which is not a binding referendum but intended to give city council members an indication of […]
United States, Wisconsin -
Weeping Water & Eagle vote no to fluoridation
City of Weeping Water FLUORIDATION Issue Yes: 232 Percent: 50.66 No: 226 Percent: 49.34 Eagle Village Fluoridation Issue Yes: 270 Percent: 66.01 No: 139 Percent: 33.99
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Hastings: Results of 3 Questions on the Nov. 4 Fluoridation Referendum
Excerpts: City of Hastings Fluoridation Question No. 1 Shall the City of Hastings, Nebraska, adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City’s water system? Yes 6,510 No 3,245 Fluoridation Question No. 2 Shall the City of Hastings, Nebraska, adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluorosilicic acid or other fluorine-containing […]
United States, Nebraska -
Ravenna Votes No to Fluoridation
Excerpt: Should Ravenna ban FLUORIDE? YES – 345 votes – 62.84% NO – 204 votes – 37.16%
United States, Nebraska -
Election Results by County on Fluoride Referendum
Excerpts: City of Scottsbluff FLUORIDE For 2,617 Against 2,287 City of Mitchell Fluoride For 419 Against 221 City of Sidney Ordinance: Fluoride Issue Yes 1,478 No 1,236 City of Chadron Fluoride Yes 761 No 727 City of Crawford Fluoride Yes 31 No 23 Kimball Fluoride: Yes 746 No 297 Bayard Fluoride Yes 343 No 134 […]
United States, Nebraska -
Grant Votes No to Fluoridation
Excerpt: Fluoride Ordinance Residents of Grant voted against (395 – 159) the addition of fluoride in the city’s water supply.
United States, Nebraska -
Fluoridation falls flat across area
HASTINGS — Public fluoridation was a big loser Tuesday not only in Grand Island but across Central Nebraska. Every other Central Nebraska town that had the issue on the ballot — Aurora, Broken Bow, Central City, Hastings, Ord, Ravenna, St. Paul, Shelton, Stromsburg and Wood River — voted to opt out of the state’s fluoride […]
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Pierce, Madison, Ainsworth, Schuyler & Battle Creek Vote No to Fluoridation
Excerpts: WHETHER TO ADD flouride [sic] was another major issue in many communities. Most of Nebraska’s population is served by public water systems that either have enough naturally occurring fluoride or that already add fluoride to water. Voters in Pierce, Madison, Ainsworth, Schuyler and Battle Creek voted against adding fluoride to their municipal water systems, […]
United States, Nebraska