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Fluoride will flow in Salt Lake, Davis water
Fluoridated water will be flowing from the taps in Salt Lake and Davis counties in about a year. But Logan voters were leaning against fluoridation in early results. Water fluoridation, touted as a safe and effective way to reduce tooth decay, was winning in Salt Lake County, with 52 percent of the precincts’ votes counted. […]
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Fluoridation Loses Twice in Washington
Voters in Spokane and East Wenatchee voted against adding fluoride to their drinking water. The fluoridation proposal was rejected in Spokane by 51 percent of the voters and by 53 percent of the voters in East Wenatchee. Spokane also rejected water fluoridation in 1969 and 1984. About 68 percent of Americans drink fluoridated water. Supporters […]
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East Wenatchee Voters Flush Fluoride
EAST WENATCHEE — Voters in the East Wenatchee Water District have rejected efforts to put fluoride in the regional water system. “It was the voters’ choice,” said Dr. Robert Merrill, spokesman for Wenatchee Valley Citizens for Healthy Teeth. “Unless there’s a significant change in what people want, it’s dead for now.” Commissioners in the water […]
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Brattleboro voters reject fluoridation of drinking water
Voters have decided not to add fluoride to the town’s drinking water. The measure was defeated Tuesday by a vote of 2,859-2,276. Select Board member Newell “Russ” West said the board would abide by the vote. “We were smart enough to say it was going right to the people, who were more vehement about this […]
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What’s Ahead for the Nation’s Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride?
In storage yards at the nation’s present and former uranium enrichment plants are some 700,000 metric tons of depleted uranium hexafluoride, a toxic product of the uranium enrichment process. The US Department of Energy (DOE) in April published a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Alternative Strategies for the Long-Term Management and Use of Depleted […]
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‘Civil Action’ lawyer takes on pollution, corruption at Ormet Aluminum
COLUMBUS – In a meeting room at a downtown hotel here, Jan Schlictmann waits for his 10 a.m. appointment. He doesn’t look a bit like John Travolta, who portrayed him in the film A Civil Action. It was based on Jonathan Harr’s 1995 book about Mr. Schlichtmann’s battle against corporate polluters. It was Mr. Schlichtmann […]
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Ralph Nader speaks out against fluoridation in San Antonio
I am not normally a fence-sitter, but until last week I was straddling the barbed wire on the fluoridation issue, and it was getting mighty uncomfortable. With an 18-month-old daughter at home, my wife and I have debated the volatile issue many times. Most discussions ended with the two of us more confused than ever […]
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Fluoride contamination of water: an issue of concern in India
OCT 31, 2000, M2 Communications – A 20-member Swedish delegation led by Mr. Kjell Larsson, Minister of Environment, Government of Sweden called on the Union Minister for Water Resources, Shri Arjun Charan Sethi here yesterday. The Minister for Water Resources at the outset welcomed the leader and the delegation for paying a visit to India. […]
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Utah water company asks customers to vote no to fluoridation
The Holiday Water Company in Utah has recently distributed the following pamphlet to its customers (October 2000): You have undoubtedly noticed the discussion ? pro and con ? about the fluoridation of our drinking water in Salt Lake County. At Holiday Water Company, we have spent a considerable amount of time and effort researching this […]
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Salt Lake Tribune Advises Utahns to Vote No to Fluoridation
You probably heard it first from your pediatrician or dentist: Give your kids fluoride while their teeth are forming and they will be more cavity-resistant for life. That explains why fluoridating water makes so much sense on the surface. The cover story in July’s issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, however, unequivocally […]
United States, Utah