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Washington State: 2015 Statement on Community Water Fluoridation
August 2015 STATEMENT ON COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION The Department of Health supports community water fluoridation as a sound, population-based public health measure. The decision to add fluoride to a public water system is made by the local community. The department encourages communities to begin and maintain fluoridation in drinking water systems. Community water fluoridation began […]
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Will Port Angeles council members’ fluoridation votes mirror survey results? So far, four noncommittal
PORT ANGELES — Four of the seven City Council members are noncommittal on abiding by the results of an upcoming survey of water users who will be asked if fluoridation of city water should continue after May 18. In recent separate interviews, Mayor Dan Di Guilio and Councilmen Lee Whetham and Dan Gase said they […]
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Anti-fluoridation billboards are misleading, irresponsible
One of four billboards in the Tacoma area claims that community fluoridation is toxic to children, an argument disputed by reputable medical experts. Courtesy C.N. Sorci ___________________________________________________ [Note from FAN: The letter below is irrelevant to the message on the billboard. On FAN’s homepage, where the billboard is displayed, there is a link to the […]
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Washington state: Overview for new rulemaking & public comments
Online at WA Department of Health Adopted Rules Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) 2015 Emergency Loan Program Effective July 8, 2015, water systems are able to apply for emergency funding of up to $100,000 to cover emergency recovery activities. This emergency rule is in effect for 120 days. We are also starting rule making […]
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Alcoa Wenatchee fined for water quality violations
Pollution levels in wastewater discharged to Columbia River above limits OLYMPIA – Alcoa has been fined $36,000 for discharging too much aluminum, fluoride and suspended solids to the Columbia River from the company’s Wenatchee Works smelter in Malaga. The smelter operates under a Clean Water Act permit that regulates the treatment and discharge of wastewater. […]
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Port Angeles City Council decides on fluoridation poll by mail rather than ballot item
The fluoride question will not be posed to voters on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The City Council decided Tuesday that it would be too logistically difficult to include in a ballot question those Clallam County Public Utility District customers who drink the city’s fluoridated water. Instead, they decided that all city customers as […]
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Port Angeles’ fluoridation advisory ballot has strange twist for election system [Corrected]
Corrected to reflect that the City Council held an advisory vote in 1975 but fluoridation didn’t begin until 2006. PORT ANGELES — The City Council’s insistence on expanding the reach of a Nov. 3 fluoridation advisory ballot election beyond the city limit has created one of the more unusual twists in the county’s election history. […]
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Port Angeles city council to meet on fluoride vote language
The Port Angeles city council meets tonight to come up with the ballot language for an advisory vote on fluoride. Last week, the council voted 4-3 to ask voters what they thought about continuing adding fluoride to the water system. The non-binding vote will be on the November ballot, but wording for the ballot must […]
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Port Angeles residents to get November nonbinding vote on fluoride in water
Forty years ago, Port Angeles residents overwhelmingly voted against fluoridating their non-fluoridated drinking water. City Council members then kept the water as it was. In the Nov. 3 general election, citizens will be asked a similar question, with one big difference: Should the city stop injecting the mineral additive into the water system after doing […]
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Port Angeles city council could ask for public vote on fluoride
The Port Angeles city council may soon be taking up the issue of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. The contract for adding the chemical into the water supply comes up for a renewal next year. City manager Dan McKeen says the city council members have indicated they want to take a closer look […]
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