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Advisory fluoridation vote set Nov. 5 for Washoe County
Washoe County voters will give their opinions at the ballot box this fall about whether public water systems should have fluoridation. The Washoe County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to include the advisory fluoride question on the Nov. 5 ballot. The vote is not binding. But local water providers cannot pursue fluoridation of public water supplies […]
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Water fluoridation may go to referendum in Reno
Fluoride proponents and opponents squared off Monday night in a third and final public hearing on adding the substance to the water supply. Proponents said fluoride in the water supply is safe and an economical way to fight tooth decay, especially among underprivileged children. Opponents called it a poison and said fluoride’s health benefits could […]
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Fluoride to stay in Las Vegas valley’s water supply
Fluoride proponents declared victory Tuesday night in their battle to keep the cavity-preventing chemical additive in the Las Vegas Valley’s public water supplies. Supporters gathered in a West Sahara Avenue dentist’s office and toasted early returns indicating that more than 57 percent of voters had decided to keep fluoride in the valley’s drinking water. That […]
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Fluoride enters Las Vegas water supply
Beaming dentists and health officials toasted each other with tap water-filled champagne glasses on Wednesday hours after Las Vegas became one of the last major American cities to fluoridate its water supply. “To a happier, healthier Nevada,” State Health Officer Mary Guinan said as she raised her plastic goblet at the ceremony outside the Community […]
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Cash set aside for fluoridation despite protests
Despite protests from opponents of the state’s fluoridation bill and the Las Vegas Valley Water District board’s own reservations, nearly a half million dollars was put aside Tuesday for the purchase of fluoride. The district’s board of directors, which consists of all seven Clark County commissioners, unanimously agreed to spend $408,672 for a year’s worth […]
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Gov. Guinn signs Clark County fluoridation bill
CARSON CITY — Gov. Kenny Guinn has signed a bill requiring fluoridation of the water system in Clark County, but he wants the public to vote on the issue. The governor has asked the Legislature to send him a “trailer bill” that will allow Clark County voters to have a say on a ballot question […]
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Senate OKs water fluoridation bill
CARSON CITY — Although it died in the wake of harsh public criticism two years ago, a bill to put fluoride in public water systems serving Southern Nevada’s larger cities scooted through the Senate Wednesday afternoon with only a handful of members opposing it. The bill, passed by the Assembly earlier this month, calls for […]
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Panel endorses bill to fluoridate water
CARSON CITY (AP) – A proposal to put fluoride in drinking water in Reno and Las Vegas was approved on a 26-16 vote Thursday by the Nevada Assembly. The controversial bill was backed by dentists who said they constantly see children with mouths full of cavities because Nevada is one of the few places that […]
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Wisdom of water fluoridation debated
It’s estimated that nearly every major city in the United States has fluoridated drinking water. And that has state Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani wondering why Las Vegas hasn’t joined the rank and file. Fluoridation is, after all, touted by the American Dental Association and 71 other national and international professional organizations as being the most effective […]
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Giunchigliani pushes fluoridation
CARSON CITY — Since 1989, the Governor’s Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board has pushed the idea that Nevada’s water supplies be fluoridated to prevent tooth decay, especially in children. Now the board has an ally in Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, D-Las Vegas, who will sponsor a bill in the 1997 Legislature requiring fluoridation in all […]
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