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Gretna: Resolution to put fluoridation Nov. 4 ballot
RESOLUTION 6-08 (1 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 to the city water system; and WHEREAS, Section 71-3305 authorizes the governing body to place the ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the city water […]
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Hastings: Adding fluoride could cost city $1 million
Fluoridating the city’s water supply could cost more than $1 million in the first year if its implemented before the water treatment facility is built. That’s the news Marty Stange, a civil/environmental engineer with Hastings Utilities, delivered to HU’s Board of Public Works during its meeting Thursday. In mid-April, the Nebraska Legislature approved LB245, which […]
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Bill means Chadron will revisit fluoride issue
With a veto override during the final hours of this year’s legislative session, the Nebraska Unicameral either chose to save thousands of people’s teeth or poison them with a toxic substance, depending on what studies you believe Legislative Bill 245 requires cities and villages with over 1,000 residents to either fluoridate their water supplies to […]
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Fluoridation to occur by next summer
Grand Island is beginning fluoridation preparations. Utilities Director Gary Mader is gathering estimates on what it will cost to install a needed fluoride storage tank, to prepare local fluoride pumps idled a decade ago and to operate the fluoridation system every year. The Nebraska Legislature mandated that communities of more than 1,000 residents fluoridate drinking […]
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Health experts support adding fluoride to water
NOTE FROM FAN: The South Heartland District Health Department services Adams, Clay, Nuckolls and Webster Counties. ____________________________________________________________________________________ With the Nebraska Legislature now ready to give final approval to a bill that would require all communities with more than 1,000 people to fluoridate their water, questions about the use and safety of this naturally occurring mineral […]
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Bill that would force fluoridation gets 1st round OK
Twenty-nine senators indicated Tuesday they trusted the information on fluoridated water supplies with a first-round vote to approve the mandatory treatment of water in Nebraska cities or villages over 1,000 population. The bill (LB245) that advanced on a 29-4 vote would offer an opt-out clause for city residents to vote on the issue in their […]
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Hastings: City Council gives vote of support to fluoridation
The Hastings City Council unanimously gave support of a legislative bill that would require communities to fluoridate the water supply. During Monday’s meeting, the council passed a resolution to support LB245, a legislative bill that would require communities with more than 1,000 people to fluoridate their water supply. With LB245 the priority bill of Sen. […]
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Fluoride debate fuels Hastings City Council meeting
Hastings City Council said it supports legislation that would put fluoride in the cities water system. The decision came after people on both sides of the debate stress their concerns. Those in favor of putting fluoride in water say it is an issue of health. But not everyone is convinced. Others say it is not […]
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Hastings: Dentists sink teeth into fluoride issue
The Hastings City Council plans to publicly announce their support of fluoridating the city’s water supply Monday. On Wednesday, the City Council agreed to consider a motion to support the concept of fluoridation after learning about the benefits of fluoridation from a group of Hastings dentists, orthodontists and public health officials. The City Council’s discussion […]
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Hastings officials debate water fluoridation
A bill going through the legislature could require cities with more than a thousand people to put fluoride in their water. It is something that is up for discussion Wednesday night at City Hall in Hastings. City officials say it is a tough issue. City council will take a look at the bill Wednesday night […]
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