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St. Lucie West leaders want to halt fluoride
PORT ST. LUCIE — St. Lucie West residents who’ve been drinking fluoridated water for a decade could find that additive missing in the coming weeks after elected supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to stop adding fluoride to tap water if they can get around a county law requiring it. Charles Altwein, newly elected chairman of the […]
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Voters to decide fluoride issue in Stuart
STUART — City commissioners, uneasy about having to decide whether to fluoridate drinking water, agreed Monday night to leave it up to somebody else: city residents. After listening to more than an hour and a half of public comment, commissioners voted 4-0 to put the matter to voters in the November election. In the meantime, […]
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St. Lucie West Services District seeks to shut off the fluoride
PORT ST. LUCIE — Residents in St. Lucie West may have the fluoride in their water removed by the end of the week. In a quick series of votes at their Tuesday board meeting, the St. Lucie West Services District decided to shut off the fluoride treatment to the district’s 7,500 customers. They unanimously voted […]
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Martin County won’t add fluoride to water supply
STUART — On one side were the blue-shirted activists, those convinced that fluoride is hazardous to the health of most anyone who drinks it out of the tap. On the other side were those dressed in white: dentists and nurses who desperately wanted the chemical compound added to Martin County’s water supply to help strengthen […]
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Martin votes against fluoridating water
STUART — Martin County commissioners voted 3-2 this afternoon against adding fluoride to the water the utility department serves to more than 20,000 customers. The majority agreed with a large group of activists who questioned the safety of using the chemical, as well as its usefulness. Commissioners had decided to reconsider their earlier approval of […]
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Ripple against Martin fluoridation grows to wave
STUART — Six months ago, Jensen Beach engineer Pat Arena was running a one-man campaign opposed to Martin County’s plans to begin fluoridating the drinking water it serves to 28,000 customers. Nobody was paying attention. But this squeaky wheel may be getting some grease. Three of the five Martin County commissioners now say they plan […]
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Martin reopens fluoride debate
Stuart — The great fluoride fight is coming to Martin County later this year. The county plans to start adding the mineral to its drinking water for its 28,000 customers early next year, almost four years after commissioners voted 4-1 to fluoridate the water. But commissioners voted Tuesday to let supporters of the additive, and […]
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Martin rethinks fluoride amid health angst
STUART — After weeks of appeals from residents, Martin County commissioners on Tuesday will discuss whether they want to revisit their decision three years ago to inject fluoride into the county’s drinking water. Commissioners voted 4-1 in March 2003 to start fluoridating water. But because it took time to get grants and hire a contractor […]
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West communities continue to debate merits of fluoride
WELLINGTON – Mention fluoride, and the topic is sure to bring out a passionate debate. The issue has been rekindled by a recent study on the possible risks of the stuff that’s supposed to be good for your teeth. The county commission voted 4-3 recently to continue fluoridating county water for now, but a Wellington […]
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Palm Beach County rejects proposal to stop adding fluoride to water
In a second go-around over the hotly debated issue of fluoridating public water, the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday rejected arguments that the additive is harmful and clashed with a recommendation by the county’s top administrator to stop the practice. In a 4-3 vote, the commission decided to keep fluoridating water that reaches 480,000 […]
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