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Bozeman to decide on fluoride
The Bozeman City Commission will decide Monday whether to continue adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Bozeman has been adding fluoride to its tap water since 1953, but a local group has asked the city to stop. Public health officials say community water fluoridation improves dental health, particularly among the poor. The Gallatin City-County […]
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Bozeman: Fluoride debate bubbles up
Charlie Graff wants Bozeman to stop putting fluoride in its drinking water. “No one really knows for sure if it’s safe or not,” he told Bozeman City Commissioners earlier this month. “There are some of us out here who are really concerned.” Graff, a sophomore at Montana State University, won’t drink or bathe in unfiltered […]
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Town of Circle removes high levels of fluoride by reverse osmosis
EPA’S ever-tightening rules push small towns out of compliance Clean water goes down easy; it’s the bill that’s hard to swallow. Few in Circle would have disputed that the town’s water was bad. The salt content was so high it killed grass; the fluoride so concentrated it discolored teeth. But when the Safe Drinking Water […]
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Browning water to contain fluoride
Fluoride will soon be back in Browning’swater supply to help fight off tooth decay. The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council passed a resolution recently in support of fluoridating a water project that will help about half of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, according to the Glacier Reporter. It’s been about 10 years since fluoride was taken out […]
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Blackfeet Tribal Council passes resolution supporting fluoridation
UPDATE – April 2013: FAN was informed this month that the Blackfeet tribe no longer fluoridate their water because they found it was unsafe for their community. Calling it a victory at the last General Council Meeting, IHS dentist Dr. Gary Pannabecker was thrilled the Blackfeet Tribal Council passed a resolution in support of fluoridating […]
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Billings voters say no to fluoride for 3rd time in 35 years
For the third time in 35 years, Billings residents have voted against adding fluoride to the city water supply. With complete but unofficial results Tuesday night, fluoride opponents outnumbered supporters by 17,150 votes to 15,620, or a difference of 1,530 votes. Similar proposals were defeated twice in the past – by 3,070 votes in 1967 […]
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Kalispell fluoride proposal defeated
Not in our water. That was the message Kalispell voters sent on Tuesday, as they overwhelmingly rejected a fluoridation ballot measure. Voters were asked whether fluoride should be added to Kalispell’s water supply. By a strong margin, they said no. With nine of 10 precincts reporting, 1,499 voters opposed fluoridation, while 2,516 voted in favor […]
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Fluoride debate in Billings
Israelis and Palestinians will live together in peace before opponents and supporters of water fluoridation agree on anything. Advocates of water fluoridation say it is backed by an overwhelming majority of health and science professionals nationwide and is one of the cheapest, most effective public-health initiatives ever undertaken in the United States. They say fluoride […]
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Kalispell fluoride initiative to benefit the disadvantaged
Bill Jones doesn’t apologize for sounding like a missionary. Quite the contrary: When it comes to fluoridation, he readily admits to being a zealot. Jones and his son have a dental practice in Kalispell. Earlier this year, he led a successful petition drive that will allow Kalispell voters to decide in November whether fluoride should […]
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‘Toxic waste’ in water fluoride
The chemicals used for fluoridation are recovered from the smokestack scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer industry and are placed untreated into our public water supplies. This unfiltered toxic waste also contains other contaminants such as lead, arsenic, mercury and more. Amazingly, these chemicals have never been tested for safety in humans. This is not disputed […]
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