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Corning Fluoridation Project Put On Hold
Some Corning City Council members once again made it clear Thursday night that they want to wait for the public to decide about fluoridating the city’s drinking water supply. City Council previously told the city manager not to spend any city funds on the fluoridation project until city voters decide whether they agree with council’s […]
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Fluoride confusion in Corning
CORNING, N.Y. — There seems to be some confusion among Corning leaders about whether to move forward with a plan to put fluoride in the city’s water. Council members already voted to add fluoride to the water supply. But a referendum set for November could change that. Council members, meanwhile, ordered the city manager to […]
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Cost could send fluoride down drain
SCHENECTADY — A California megalopolis’ decision to add fluoride to its water supply is having an impact on several Capital Region communities, including Schenectady, which is considering dropping the additive due to rising prices. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which serves approximately 18 million people in the San Diego and Los Angeles metropolitan […]
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Officials considering removal of fluoride from Schenectady water
SCHENECTADY — For decades, the city has spent thousands to add fluoride to the drinking water in hopes of protecting residents’ teeth. But as the price for the chemical rises and more municipalities question fluoride’s effectiveness, city officials are wondering whether it’s really worth the cost. “If it isn’t that much of a benefit, we’re […]
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Newly elected mayor of Corning wants to suspend fluoridation spending
The Mayor of Corning wants to stop moving forward with the project to fluoridate the city’s drinking water. Mayor Tom Reed says he wants to put a hold on the project until November when voters will get to decide if they want fluoride in their tap water. In September a Corning man got enough signatures […]
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Corning Council OKs vote on fluoride in 2008
CORNING — Corning voters will decide in November 2008 whether to bar the city from fluoridating its water. The Corning City Council, in an 8-0 vote Monday, sent an anti-fluoridation proposal to the Steuben County Board of Elections for inclusion on the ballot next year. The council also voted unanimously to place a moratorium on […]
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Corning has enough signatures to force fluoridation referendum
CORNING — A petition calling for city charter changes that would prohibit Corning from fluoridating its water has enough valid signatures to trigger a referendum, City Clerk Rose Blackwell said Friday. Blackwell said the petition contained 320 valid signatures — 14 more than the 306 needed to force a vote. “I’m very pleased with this […]
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Corning: Fluoride issue may go to voters
CORNING — Assuming the petition seeking to prevent the fluoridation of the city of Corning’s public water supply contains enough valid signatures and satisfies other legal requirements, a referendum on the issue could go to voters in the 2008 general election, according to a written opinion from the city’s attorney. The memo also states that […]
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Corning: Anti-fluoridation referendum could appear on 2008 election ballot
Assuming the petition seeking to prevent the fluoridation of the City of Corning’s public water supply contains the minimum number of valid signatures and satisfies other legal requirements, the referendum on the issue could appear on the ballot of the 2008 general election, according to an written opinion from the city’s attorney. The memo also […]
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DeRuyter 5-year-olds get Ritalin by mistake
When teachers at DeRuyter Elementary told Amata Rounsaville that her kindergarten daughter was one of 15 pupils accidentally given Ritalin instead of a routine fluoride tablet Thursday morning, she hurried to the school to find out how such a mix-up could occur. Both pills are small, but the fluoride was dark purple, smelled like grape […]
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