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Fluoridation makes ballot in Bellingham
The Bellingham City Council took no action Monday on a voter initiative to fluoridate the city’s drinking water, essentially sending the measure to November’s ballot without expressing an opinion on it. The council voted Monday night to table the matter until an Aug. 22 meeting, but the initiative will have been put on the ballot […]
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Water fluoridation divides Bellingham residents
Bellingham voters are signing petitions to have the city add fluoride to its water supply to help protect residents from cavities. Approximately 3,700 valid voter signatures of Bellingham residents are necessary to place the request to fluoridate the water supply to the city council. The council can then choose to implement an ordinance to fluoridate […]
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Water utilities aren’t responsible for dental care
On behalf of the water providers mentioned in your May 13 editorial, we offer not just an alternative point of view, but perhaps insight and facts for your readers. First, our mission is to provide potable drinking water to more than 200,000 people in Pierce County. The water we provide does not cause dental decay. […]
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Health department, not cities, must solve dental-care woes
The News Tribune once again demonstrates an unwillingness to research and correctly report on the subject of water fluoridation, including the alternative dental-care program for at-risk children recommended by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s Oral Health Advisory Group. A May 13 editorial states that water purveyor resistance to fluoridation does not make economic sense. A […]
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Fluoridation fight lives on
Some local water providers are aggravated over the health department’s latest fluoride proposal – and they got support Tuesday from the Pierce County Council. The council unanimously approved a resolution opposing the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s new plan, which would force water providers that serve 5,000 or more people to choose between fluoridating water supplies […]
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Petitions seek fluoridation vote
The question of whether to add fluoride to Bellingham’s water supply in an effort to prevent cavities may go before the city’s voters this fall. A new group called Bellingham Families for Fluoride has filed documents with the city to begin collecting signatures to put the question on November’s ballot, said David Hemion, assistant executive […]
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Fluoride poll not affiliated with city
Pollsters working for the Washington State Dental Association are claiming to represent Bellingham’s Public Works Department – but an association spokesman said he doesn’t know why. The survey aims to gauge people’s attitudes about adding fluoride to city water, which is not fluoridated now. “An ongoing major part of our public-policy efforts is to implement […]
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Not so fast on fluoride, say officials in Lakewood
The Lakewood Water District is looking at alternatives to putting fluoride into its water supply, just four months after residents voted in favor of adding the cavity-fighting compound. The district recently got an unexpected cash incentive to fluoridate the drinking water of its roughly 70,000 customers. The Washington Dental Service Foundation is offering $364,560, which […]
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Bonney Lake council approves alternative to fluoridation
Three years after the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s (TPCHD) 2002 mandate that “would require all water purveyors in the County serving 5,000 or more people to add fluoride to their water supplies” the Bonney Lake City Council is one step closer to reaching a compromise that meets the health department’s goal of widespread dental health […]
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Health Board Proposes Alternative to Fluoridation
The Pierce County Fluoride War might finally be over. But only if someone comes up with the money to fund a compromise plan being worked out between the two sides in the fight. The proposal: Put dental workers in elementary schools to coat kids’ teeth with sealants and fluoride varnishes, so long as parents consent. […]
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