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Woodland surveys residents on fluoridation, tax hikes
The majority of Woodland residents oppose fluoridated water and higher taxes to pay for park and road maintenance, according to a survey of city residents. … Meanwhile, 56 percent of survey respondents said they were against fluoridated drinking water. The city has fluoridated its water, off and on, for two decades. Portland voters recently defeated […]
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Longview starts drawing from Mint Valley aquifer
It’s the end of an era — the city of Longview officially has switched its water source to deep wells after decades of piping water from the Cowlitz River. At 10 a.m. Thursday, Longview Mayor Don Jensen and City Councilmen Tom Hutchinson and Steve Moon turned a valve at the $33 million Mint Farm Regional […]
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Washington Judges set to hear case on water fluoridation
This Monday three appeals court justices in Tacoma, Washington will hear cases for and against fluoridation of the public water supply. Those in opposition to water fluoridation point out that those in support claim fluoridated water is promoted as tooth decay prevention, thus fluoride should be recognized as a drug, (any substance used with intent […]
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Longview: Mint Farm water treatment plant poised to go live soon
Starting in a couple of weeks, the water from Longview’s taps will originate from a deep aquifer rather than the Cowlitz River, which has supplied the city’s drinking water for decades. The city of Longview plans to activate the new, $33-million Mint Farm Water Treatment Plant sometime around Jan. 14, Public Works Director Jeff Cameron […]
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Port Orchard: Fluoridation to continue
Port Orchard will continue to fluoridate the city’s water supply. The city decided at a June 17 city council work study session to continue fluoridating city water after a series of informal ballots sent along with city utility bills in February showed that a majority of the 753 people who completed the survey wanted the […]
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Everett: Flouridated water a safe, low-cost public health tool (letter)
Opinions about the safety of our community’s drinking water were expressed in the March 24 guest commentary, “Fluoridated water supply: Utility should have to prove its safety.” We’d like to present the facts. Twenty years ago this spring, the City of Everett began adding fluoride to its public drinking water. Fluoride exists naturally in virtually […]
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Mercer Island Forum: Fluoridated water is unsafe for babies
In 2006 the CDC and ADA advised that infants should not consume fluoridated water. But public health agencies and water districts have failed to warn parents of this. Mercer Island’s tap water — which comes from Seattle Public Utilities — contains around 200 times more fluoride than mother’s milk and is not safe for infants. […]
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Port Orchard: Fluoride question will be floated to water customers
The City Council on Wednesday agreed to survey water customers’ preferences on fluoride and take action — or not — based on the results. The survey will be sent with water bills before the end of the year… Not all of the city gets fluoride in its water. McCormick Woods, annexed in 2009, is on […]
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Port Orchard: Water fluoridation issue resurfaces
Port Orchard residents may get to voice their opinion soon about whether or not the city should put fluoride in their water. “Since we’ve determined that this is not required to be a ballot issue, we don’t need to take this to a general election,” Mark Dorsey, the city’s public works director and city engineer, […]
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West Longview, WA: Alcoa plan for Reynolds cleanup completion coming next year
… The Pittsburgh-based company [ALCOA} is responsible for cleaning up the 416-acre site, which Reynolds contaminated for decades during aluminum smelting. Preliminary soil samples have indicated elevated levels of fluoride, cyanide and other hazardous materials, according to the state Department of Ecology, which oversees the study. The groundwater contains sulfate, fluoride and cyanide, agency officials […]
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