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Fluoride Bill Fails In Senate Committee
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Efforts to mandate water fluoridation in larger Arkansas communities ended Wednesday after supporters fell short of a majority in the Senate Public Health Committee. Legislators failed to pass a bill that would require communities of 5,000 or more to put fluoride in their water systems. Supporters say fluoride is safe, economical […]
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Fluoride fracas: State should keep paddle out of our pond
A person would have to have been living in a cave in these parts not to know that fluoridation is a controversial issue in Texarkana. So state Rep. Steve Harrelson’s actions on a bill to require fluoridation in Arkansas municipal water supplies seem murky. Harrelson knew Arkansas-side residents were opposed to fluoridation, yet he voted […]
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Cities, not Legislature, should decide local policy
The Arkansas Legislature exists to serve the people of Arkansas who elected them to represent their interests in Little Rock, not to pursue their own special agendas at the expense of depriving individual municipalities of the right to make decisions on the local level The same can be said about a statewide water fluoridation mandate […]
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House approves fluoridation bill
Water systems serving 5,000 or more people would be forced to fluoridate the water under a bill passed 57-25 Monday by the Arkansas House of Representatives, even if the people using those systems have voted against using fluoride. House Bill 2627 by Rep. Tommy Roebuck, D-Arkadelphia, would pre-empt local ordinances on whether a city is […]
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House bill would require fluoridated public water
Adding fluoride to water would be a state mandate for most public water utilities under a bill that an Arkansas House committee recommended Thursday. Rep. Tommy Roebuck, DArkadelphia, a dentist for more than 40 years, sponsored House Bill 2627. It would require water systems that serve 5,000 or more residents to add fluoride to the […]
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Arkansas wrong to mandate fluoridation of water
When given an opportunity to make an electoral decision about fluoridating the city’s drinking water, voters in Texarkana, Ark., decided they didn’t want to risk potential physical health problems for the promise of better dental health. Regardless of what proponents and opponents may have thought of the issue, it was disposed of in the correct […]
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Foes criticize push to mandate fluoridation
Opponents knocked fluoride as poison to humans and forest creatures alike Monday as they urged legislators to reject efforts to make the chemical a mandatory addition to community drinking water in Arkansas. Rep. Tommy Roebuck, D-Arkadelphia, says fluoridation is proven to further dental health, especially among children. He is considering legislation for the upcoming session […]
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State proposal could force fluoridation
LITTLE ROCK – A joint committee of the Arkansas General Assembly is considering a proposal which would mandate fluoridation of all public water systems in the state. A hearing on Interim Study Proposal 2003-157 was held in September by the Joint Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. Currently, the option of water fluoridation is […]
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Monette City Council nixes water fluoridation
The Monette City Council heard representatives speak on the feasibility of city water fluoridation at the regular Monday, Sept. 27 meeting. Devane Baldridge presented a petition signed by 183 people who opposed fluoridation, and addressed the council about concerns. “Basically, outlying scientific information has come to me, concerning the risks of fluoridation,” Baldridge said. “The […]
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Panel hears benefits of fluoridated water
LITTLE ROCK – The state could save money and fewer Arkansans would suffer from toothaches if more communities in the state fluoridated their water, Rep. Tommy Roebuck, D-Arkadelphia, said Thursday. Roebuck, a dentist, advocated water fluoridation statewide during discussions of a legislative study conducted this year. He said nearly 40 percent of the people in […]
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