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East Wenatchee to vote on fluoridation
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastside residents will vote on fluoridation of the regional water system in the Nov. 7 general election. It will be a non-binding, advisory vote. Neither proponents nor opponents are entirely happy. The East Wenatchee Water District’s three commissioners voted unanimously Monday to put the issue on the ballot. Only the district’s 13,000-plus […]
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Spokane pro-fluoride group pays $2 for each signature
Spokane — Hard work and $25,000 guaranteed that Spokane residents will be able to vote on adding fluoride to their water. People for Healthy Teeth delivered 12,742 signatures to City Hall on Tuesday, 50 percent more than state law requires to place an initiative on the ballot. While the city clerk’s office will have to […]
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Dentists push for mandatory fluoridation in Washington
OLYMPIA — A year after voters in Olympia rejected fluoridation of water supplies for the third time, a statewide dental group is at the Capitol, pushing for legislation to make fluoridation mandatory throughout the state. The Washington State Dental Association proposal would require public water systems with more than 1,000 hookups to fluoridate water supplies […]
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