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Fluoridation Foes Want A New Vote
Six months after failing at the polls, fluoridation foes are petitioning for new elections and serving notice that lawsuits will soon be filed in Davis and Salt Lake counties. “If a vote were taken right now, fluoride would fail,” predicted David A. Hansen, a Kaysville resident who launched a petition drive this week to collect […]
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Just Shut Up and Drink: Public Health Officials “Violated Public Trust”
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department’s announcement Tuesday that it isn’t close to developing a water fluoridation plan should concern voters, because health professionals and elected officials were united last year in their assurance that the process would be cheap and easy. “The major water companies in Salt Lake and Davis counties have done careful […]
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Clearfield relents on fluoride
CLEARFIELD — The city of Clearfield won’t use taxpayer money to try to stop the fluoridation of Davis County water after all. The City Council declined to endorse a resolution Tuesday that would have lent city financial support to any citizens group that would initiate a petition drive to stop fluoridation in Davis County. Only […]
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Public officials should honor fluoridation vote
There are a lot of fine people living in Clearfield, and among them are some pretty sharp members of the city council. We’ve dealt with them over the years and found them to be pretty straight shooters. We’ve also dealt with the leaders of the Davis County Board of Health and found them to be […]
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Clearfield vows to help anti-fluoridation efforts
CLEARFIELD — The City Council pledged Tuesday to help any citizens group that will organize a campaign to stop fluoridation of Davis County drinking water. The council passed a resolution Tuesday offering city support, assistance and free legal counsel to any group that will try to stop Davis County fluoridation before the plan is implemented […]
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Weber May Face County-Wide Fluoridation Proposal
OGDEN — Fluoridation fans in Weber County hope to rally enough support to get the issue on the ballot in 2002. Dr. Clifford Goff, a retired dentist and former member of the Weber/Morgan Board of Health, served as the “point man” for fluoridation during the last election and agreed to spearhead the effort again in […]
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Utah Health Officials Want Fluoridation Fast Tracked
FARMINGTON Some health officials in Davis County say a bill seeking to create a fluoridation task force may be a waste of time and money and could delay fluoridation. At a meeting Tuesday morning, board of health members voiced concerns that SB206 may put up to a two-year delay on the fluoridation of public water […]
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Utah Health Officials Want Fluoridation Fast Tracked
FARMINGTON Some health officials in Davis County say a bill seeking to create a fluoridation task force may be a waste of time and money and could delay fluoridation. At a meeting Tuesday morning, board of health members voiced concerns that SB206 may put up to a two-year delay on the fluoridation of public water […]
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Centerville residents seek to stop fluoridation
CENTERVILLE —Fluoridation may have been approved in November’s election but a group of Centerville residents are gathering signatures to sway city council members to exempt the city from the county-wide fluoridation effort. The group distributed a flyer in the Clipper, asking residents to contact one of three members of the group to sign the petition. […]
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Bill Proposed in Utah to Protect Water Companies from Fluoridation Liabilities
Some health department officials are suspicious of a new piece of legislation they say may serve as a roadblock to water fluoridation in Salt Lake and Davis counties. Senate Majority Leader Steve Poulton, R-Holladay, says he has a bill in the works that would create a task force to study the implementation of water fluoridation. […]
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