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Nebraska: Fluoride could go on ballot throughout area
CENTRAL NEBRASKA — Grand Island’s not the only one. Towns throughout Central Nebraska are leaving it up to voters to decide whether to opt out of the Legislature’s new mandate to fluoridate all water in municipalities with 1,000 or more people. Officials in Hastings, Shelton and York voted this month to place the issue on […]
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Hastings: Local group petitions for ‘Safe Water’
A citizens group in Hastings is now circulating a petition to ensure that if fluoride is put in the city’s water that the compound is safe for humans. Marvin “Butch” Hughes, local chapter organizer of Nebraskans for Safe Water, is leader of the petition drive that started after the Hastings City Council voted to put […]
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Hastings voters to decide on fluoride issue
For the first time since the 1970s, Hastings voters will decide if fluoride should be added to the city’s water supply. On Monday, the Hastings City Council unanimously approved putting the issue of fluoridation on the Nov. 4 election ballot, rather than leaving that up to petition circulators. In April, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB245, […]
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Fluoridation debate in Hastings got bubbling iin the 1950s
In February 1955, results of a study on fluoridation conducted in Nebraska and northern Kansas thrust the topic into discussion in Hastings. The study had shown that children living in low-fluoride cities had an average of about three times as many decayed teeth, four times as many missing teeth and two times as many filled […]
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Hastings: Council may put fluoridation on November ballot
Fluoridating the city’s water will likely be going on the November ballot in Hastings. On Wednesday, the Hastings City Council discussed the idea of putting the issue on the ballot rather than making the opponents circulate a petition to take the issue to a vote. The City Council has been discussing this issue since before […]
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Wahoo: Fluoridation vote on November 4
PAGE 6: … In April of 2008, Nebraska Legislature voted in a bill the requires the fluoridation of drinking water of any city or village with a population of 1,000 people or more. This bill will take effect on June 1, 2010. The estimated cost to fluoridate the water would be $25,000.00 for capital cost […]
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Fluoridation vote set for November
The question of whether or not to add fluoride to Chadron’s water supply will be placed before voters in the Nov. 4 general election, but at least one Chadron city council member is concerned that the wording of the question may be confusing. When you vote a ‘yes’ means ‘no’ and ‘no’ means ‘yes,’” council […]
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Beatrice: BPW considers fluoridation options
Beatrice Board of Public Works officials are weighing options as they decide on whether to fluoridate the city’s water as mandated by state law or put it to the vote of the people. The Nebraska Legislature passed LB245 that requires fluoride to be added to drinking water in cities and towns with population of more […]
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Hastings: Opponents want input on fluoride issue
Both proponents and opponents shared their views on the contentious issue of fluoridating the city’s water supply with the Hastings City Council Monday. The council took no action during Monday’s meeting. Instead it discussed the costs and issues with fluoridating the city’s water supply. HU environmental engineer Marty Stange presented the council with information related […]
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Imperial: Resolution to put fluoridation on Nov. 4 ballot
RESOLUTION #R 08-06-01 WHEREAS, Section 71-3305 of the Nebraska Statutes requires any city with a population of one thousand or more to add fluoride to the city’s water system; and WHEREAS, Section 71-3305 allows the voters of a city to vote to adopt an ordinance before June 1, 2010, to prohibit the addition of fluoride […]
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