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St. Croix Falls city council sinks teeth into fluoridation issue
Ten years ago the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the fluoridation of community water systems as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th Century for reducing the incidence of tooth decay. Is water fluoridation still right for the 21st Century, though? The St. Croix Falls City Council wrestled with […]
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County Board of Health urges fluoridation for Chippewa Falls, Bloomer, Cadott, Lake Hallie & New Auburn
There’s a set of numbers to consider before the Chippewa Falls City Council hears a plea Tuesday night to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. And those numbers are 70 to 30. That’s the percentage that an April 2004 advisory referendum on fluoride was crushed by city voters. The referendum vote was quickly followed […]
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Chippewa Falls to revisit fluoride issue
The issue of adding fluoride to Chippewa Falls’ drinking water is back. Mayor Greg Hoffman has invited Jean Durch, Chippewa County’s public health director, to give a presentation at the City Council meeting Tuesday. The council in 2004 rejected a plan to add fluoride on a 6-1 vote. However, only one of those council members […]
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Prairie du Chien: Voters nix fluoridation
Excerpt: Voters flocked to the polls throughout the county to vote in patterns which closely resembled the patterns throughout the state, and Prairie du Chien voters soundly defeated the referendum proposal to fluoridate the city’s water. The fluoridation proposal, which is not a binding referendum but intended to give city council members an indication of […]
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Holmen to get fluoride in water
Holmen voters approved a referendum asking whether fluoride should be added to the city’s water supply. Votes totaled 2,118 in favor of fluoridation and 1,856 against. Print PDF
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Holmen: Village board OKs fluoride referendum vote
Village residents may voice their views of fluoridation of Holmen’s water supply in a referendum Nov. 4, and when they do they’ll be able to consider the cost to the taxpayers. Meeting Sept. 11, village trustees worded the referendum question so voters will know the cost of their vote. Village public works director Bob Haines […]
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Holmen committee sets wording for Nov. 4 fluoride referendum
Holmen residents will get a say on whether fluoride should be in the water supply come Election Day. Tuesday, the Holmen Village Board’s Finance and Personnel Committee approved wording for a referendum that will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. The question will read: “Are you in favor of implementing the fluoridation of the village […]
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Diversity, fluoride stir debate
Local residents have been presented with a couple of complicated and controversial issues during the past few weeks. There have been no easy answers, but there has been a glut of half-truths, distortions, flat-out lies and inherited beliefs that are absolutely right or absolutely wrong — depending on who’s doing the talking. On top of […]
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Fond du Lac: Fluoride referendum rejected
Voters in the city of Fond du Lac won’t get a chance to weigh in on the water fluoridation issue. The City Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday night to reject a proposal calling for an advisory referendum on whether fluoride, a chemical that prevents tooth decay, should be added to Fond du Lac’s water supply. […]
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Prairie du Chien: voters to decide on fluoridation November 4
Excerpts: … Following through on a decision to place a non-binding referendum regarding water fluoridation on the November ballot, council wrestled with a decision over whether or not to include estimated costs in the question. Council member Linda Munson argued for two questions: a yes or no on the fluoridation and a second question asking […]
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