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Billings Voters to Decide Fluoride Debate
The contentious water fluoridation issue goes back before Billings voters Nov. 5 because fluoride opponents have gathered enough valid petitions to force a vote. Yellowstone County Election Administrator Duane Winslow said Friday that petitions signed by 6,827 registered Billings voters – 15 percent of the 45,373 people registered to vote in the 2001 city election […]
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Billings’ Council won’t stop group’s petition on fluoridation
If the people of Billings don’t want fluoride in their water, members of the Billings City Council say they’re not going to force the issue by finding a legal loophole in the petition process against fluoridation. During a work session Monday, several council members said they believe an anti-fluoride group will gather enough signatures on […]
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Billings fluoride opponents fight back
Sara Rollins was, to put it mildly, unhappy Tuesday morning. “Last night I saw an injustice that just outraged me,” she said. Her outrage was sparked by the Billings City Council, which voted Monday night to begin adding fluoride to the city water supply without putting the question to a vote of the public. Rollins, […]
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Billings City Council gives teeth to fluoridation
The Billings City Council, after hearing testimony from 56 people during a public hearing Monday night, voted to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. Nine of the 10 council members voted for the resolution, with Dave Brown casting the lone dissenting vote. Brown made a motion to put the measure to a vote of […]
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Fluoridation not a new issue in Billings
Willard Fraser, mayor of Billings for much of the 1960s, was never known for keeping his opinions to himself. In April 1965, the Billings City Council had passed an ordinance authorizing fluoridation of the city water supply, and opponents gathered enough petition signatures to force a public vote on the issue. Unless the council called […]
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Billings’ fluoride foes protest use of chemical
Clayton Fiscus of the Cancer-Prevention Coalition says if you are wondering whether to support adding fluoride to Billings water, consider one fact: The warning label on fluoride toothpaste. “It says right there on the Crest toothpaste label not to eat it and if you do to consult a physician immediately,” Fiscus said. Fiscus and about […]
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Missoula Undeflected
Dear All, We have long maintained that the push for fluoridation is an attempt to deflect from two obvious problems with respect to dental health in America’s children. The first problem, is that America, despite its enormous wealth, provides very poor dental care for children in families of low income. The second is that American […]
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Fluoride activist presses case in Billings forum
Anti-fluoridation activist Paul Connett says that he can’t get anyone to debate him about fluoridation, but he got something close to a debate on Saturday. Lora Schultz, health coordinator for Head Start in Billings, showed up at a Billings motel for Dr. Connett’s announced challenge to take on fluoridation proponents. Ms. Schultz, a registered nurse […]
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Chemist: Hear both sides in fluoridation debate
I have spent the last six years researching the issue of fluoridation, with no ax to grind, and I am appalled that anyone would consider adding this biologically and pharmacologically active substance to the drinking water. Fluoride is not an essential nutrient. The level in mothers’ milk (10 parts per billion) is one hundred times […]
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Missoula Health Board Rooting out Tooth Problem without Water Fluoridation
MISSOULA – Young people should eat no more than a cup and a half of sugar each week. But the average American child gets 7 cups, much of it in soft drinks that he buys from his school vending machines, nutrition specialist Mary Pittaway told the Missoula Health Board on Thursday. Tackling that problem may […]
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