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Davis voters face fluoride issue again
FARMINGTON — The decision on whether to fluoridate Davis County drinking water systems will once again rest with voters in the Nov. 5 general election. In the meantime, Davis County Health officials vow to move full speed ahead to get fluoride implemented countywide by an Oct. 15 deadline. Davis County Clerk/Auditor Steve Rawlings said his […]
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Centerville digs heels against fluoride
CENTERVILLE — Despite two votes to the contrary, one countywide, the other for Centerville city, officials have decided to temporarily delay fluoridating the city’s water. At Tuesday’s city council meeting the purchase of about $500,000 to $700,000 worth of fluoridation equipment was put off. The council will address the purchase question at its next meeting, […]
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Fluoride foes offer more names in bid for new Davis County Vote
Fluoridated water has been flowing to southern Davis County for barely a month and already opponents are saying they have enough petition signatures to force a public vote — the second in two years — on the issue. They turned in 2,000 additional names this week. If the county certifies those lists, opponents will have […]
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Woods Cross gets court approval to be fluoride-free
BOUNTIFUL – Woods Cross residents needn’t toss out those fluoride tablets. Their water will remain free from the element for the foreseeable future. In a somewhat surprising ruling Tuesday, 2nd District Court Judge Glen Dawson said Woods Cross could operate its water system without tapping a countywide system – known as the Weber Basin Water […]
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Judge: No fluoride in Woods Cross water
WOODS CROSS — Much to the chagrin of the Davis County Health Department, a judge’s ruling Tuesday confirms that Woods Cross has a “functionally separate” water system, allowing the city to prevent fluoridated drinking water to flow into the city. Judge Glen R. Dawson, of Bountiful’s 2nd District Court ruled that since Woods Cross had […]
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Fluoride debate rages on in Davis County
Davis County residents will revote this November on whether to fluoridate public water supplies. Davis County elections clerk Pat Beckstead said Wednesday that backers of a local initiative had gathered the necessary number of signatures to return the issue to the ballot. A revote shouldn’t affect fluoridation plans leading up to the November election. As […]
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Judge to rule on Davis fluoride issue
Second District Judge Glen Dawson will decide June 4 whether Woods Cross can be exempt from Davis County’s plan to fluoridate all drinking water. Dawson heard arguments Friday on joint motions from both the city and the county and took the issue under advisement. The county has ordered Woods Cross and all other Davis communities […]
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Centerville offers well to those who don’t want fluoride
CENTERVILLE — Residents who don’t want fluoridated water can fill up their buckets at a special well, but they’ll still be paying for fluoridation. The City Council is raising water rates to cover costs of equipment and equipment installation to fluoridate the city’s water supply. The flat-fee rate hike represents a 10 percent increase over […]
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New measures will smooth way for fluoridation in Utah
Fluoridation triumphed, again, at this year’s legislative session. Two bills that could have postponed, changed or halted the fluoridation process in Salt Lake and Davis counties failed. And two pieces of successful legislation allow in some instances for fluoridated water to be distributed to areas where residents did not vote to fluoridate. “It’s an issue […]
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Hard to Swallow
Public health officials are fighting two anti-fluoridation bills in the Utah Legislature with a familiar two-pronged argument: Weird Utahns have been bucking a trend with their dogged opposition to water fluoridation, and scientists are unanimously behind it. It is the same misinformation that helped proponents win referendums in Davis and Salt Lake counties in November […]
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