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Bonney Lake files lawsuit to reverse fluoridation rule
The City of Bonney Lake has joined six water utilities and a grass-roots group in the escalating legal fight against local fluoridation. Bonney Lake has filed the latest lawsuit against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in an attempt to stop forced fluoridation of drinking water. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 8 in Pierce County Superior […]
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Utility districts file suit to halt fluoridation
Five Pierce County utility districts announced Friday they had sued to keep from having to put fluoride in public drinking water. After hearing comments on the contentious issue, the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health on Oct. 2 unanimously voted to require utilities serving more than 5,000 people to fluoridate their water by Jan. 1, 2004, […]
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Lakewood Challenges Health Department Mandate
A countywide fluoridation mandate will go before voters in Lakewood this fall. The Lakewood Water District’s Board of Commissioners unanimously has agreed to let ratepayers vote whether the district should fluoridate its water, a directive from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. The health board in April decided to require all county water systems serving 5,000 […]
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Tacoma/Pierce County will study effect of fluoride on salmon
The Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department will study the environmental impacts of fluoride – including its effect on salmon – before continuing with plans to mandate water fluoridation. The Board of Health made the decision Wednesday after meeting in executive session to discuss the possibility of lawsuits from fluoride opponents. No other community in Washington – […]
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Lakewood water users will vote on fluoridation
Lakewood water users will decide in a fall election whether to comply with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s fluoridation mandate. The Lakewood Water District board of commissioners agreed to allow its Lakewood customers to vote on whether to add fluoride to their water. Many health experts say the additive prevents tooth decay. The district will […]
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Dental insurer helps with fluoridation
Washington’s largest dental insurer will give Pierce County $420,000 to help pay for fluoridating its drinking water. The grant is the biggest ever awarded by the Washington Dental Service Foundation. The Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health voted earlier this month to require fluoridation of all county water systems serving more than 5,000 people. The mandate […]
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Tacoma/Pierce Co. Health Board Votes to Mandate Fluoridation
The Tacoma/Pierce County Board of Health voted unanimously Wednesday to require water fluoridation for most of Pierce County. The decision came after three hours of emotionally charged testimony by fluoride opponents and proponents. About 100 people attended the board meeting and nearly 50 testified. The board set a Jan. 1, 2004, deadline for fluoridation of […]
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Richland council reviews fluoridation
The Richland City Council will consider fluoridating city water in the wake of deep cuts to public health programs. Written information both for and against will be collected for council members, and a workshop will be scheduled on the topic. Councilman Larry Haler said he expected one or two public hearings to be scheduled in […]
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Tacoma-Pierce County health board to consider fluoridation Proposal
The Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health will consider a proposal Wednesday to mandate water fluoridation for nearly a quarter of a million county residents. The board will hear public comment on the proposal and could vote on it – though it’s also possible the decision will be postponed. It’s unusual for a health board to […]
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A Vocal Audience Speaks: No Fluoride
Water fluoridation took a thrashing in Spanaway Monday evening, along with health board members who failed to attend a public meeting on the subject. The choice of refreshments wasn’t very popular, either. About 70 people turned out for the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department’s first community meeting on the agency’s proposal to require fluoridation of all […]
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