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Petition asks Port Angeles to reconsider fluoridation action
PORT ANGELES — A group fighting to keep fluoride out of the city’s water system hopes to deliver at least 1,000 petition signatures asking the City Council to reconsider its decision to add the chemical supported by local dentists. “We hope to present our petition to City Council later in the month. We realize that […]
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Anti-fluoride group urges taking Port Angeles council to task
PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation opponents urged about 45 people Tuesday to “take the City Council to task” and let them know they oppose fluoridation of the city’s water system. The two-hour session at the Port Angeles Library was hosted by Clallam County Citizens for Safe Drinking Water. It included Dr. Eloise Kailin and Sequim businessman […]
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Port Angeles group revisits fluoride issue
PORT ANGELES — A group of residents concerned about city leaders’ approval of fluoridating city water gathers Tuesday to inform others of the chemical additive. “We going ahead with this meeting to gather people in Port Angeles that are concerned about fluoride. . . . let them know that it may have detrimental effects,” said […]
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High court takes fluoride suit
The Washington State Supreme Court will decide whether the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health can force local water purveyors to put fluoride in their drinking water. The court last week decided to hear an appeal by six Pierce County water providers that have challenged the health board’s order, which forces water systems serving more than […]
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Fluoridation may be revisited in Sequim
SEQUIM — Fluoridation might not be a dead issue in the city of Sequim. But Mayor Walt Schubert said it will need a bottom-up effort to bring it completely back to life. “It’s not hard to get an initiative on the ballot,” Schubert said Wednesday. Schubert also pledged his support of a campaign to gather […]
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Sequim council rejects fluoridation
SEQUIM — The City Council decided Wednesday not to fluoridate city water after a community survey showed strong objection to the chemical additive. By rejecting fluoridation by a 4-1 vote, the Sequim council lived up to its promise to base its decision on the results of the survey. Councilman Paul McHugh cast the lone vote […]
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Fluoride initiative drive begins in Pierce County
A group of Pierce County residents is sponsoring an initiative and petition drive to force a public vote before water suppliers can put fluoride in their drinking water. The move derives from last year’s decision by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Board to order the county’s larger water purveyors to fluoridate their water. The health board […]
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Port Angeles council won’t revisit fluoridation decision
The Port Angeles City Council refused a request Tuesday night from a half-dozen people to revisit its Feb. 18 decision to fluoridate the city’s water supply. Sequim resident Bob Forde said he was “quite appalled” at the council’s decision, adding “as far as I’m concerned the battle isn’t over.” He didn’t elaborate. Deputy Mayor Orville […]
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Port Angeles has `lots of work’ before developing fluoridation timeline
PORT ANGELES — City officials have to develop a timeline for installation of a water fluoridation system. “There’s lots of work to be done before awarding the contract and fluoridating the water,” Public Works Director Glenn Cutler said Wednesday. Cutler’s comments came a day after the City Council voted 6-1 to accept a Washington Dental […]
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Port Angeles, Washington considers grant for water fluoridation
Should Port Angeles fluoridate its water? That’s the question that will be debated before the City Council in a public hearing Tuesday. The hearing could be followed by a vote by the council members on whether to fluoridate. More than 162 million Americans have fluoridated water, while around 82 million do not. Battles over the […]
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