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Forum weighs pros, cons of water fluoridation
The question of whether to fluoridate Manila’s water supply was a hot topic of debate at the Manila Community Center Tuesday. Measure B, before Manila voters on Feb. 5, is an advisory measure that asks voters whether they would like the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District to add fluoride to their water if the district […]
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Pinon Pines Mutual Water Company serves water with high fluoride levels (2.5 to 3.2 mg/L)
Shareholders of the Pinon Pines Mutual Water Company were informed by their board of directors on December 21, 2007 that recent rain and snow storms did not recharge the water table sufficiently to alter the pumping schedule that has been in use all summer. That schedule will remain in effect. Water is being blended from […]
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Water district fluoride study almost ready
HUMBOLDT – A study on the economic impacts of adding fluoride to the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District’s system is almost done and will soon be released to the seven communities it serves. The district and its seven municipal customers – Arcata, McKinleyville, Eureka, Glendale, Blue Lake, Manila and the Humboldt Community Services District – […]
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Arcata Fluoride Forum on January 22
The League of Women Voters will sponsor a public forum at the Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Drive on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. to discuss the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the community water supply. Measure B on Manila’s Feb. 5 ballot addresses this issue. Speaking in support of the measure […]
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Fluoridation Flows and Flaws
Fluoride recently began flowing through the tap water into millions of Southern California households. But the pipeline of information to warn the public about fluoride exposure is apparently clogged up with something. Many people need to avoid fluoride altogether to preserve their health, we know this because scientists in government agencies have documented it thoroughly. […]
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Caution on Expanding Water Fluoridation
We are approaching the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District release of the engineering report that will reveal the costs of potentially expanding community water fluoridation (CWF) to a handful of surrounding communities. Manila will be the first of those communities to let its citizens have a choice when they vote on February 5th. A January […]
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For some, fluoridated water still hard to swallow
A chemist called it “criminally intolerant chemical warfare to enslave the American people.” A self-described inventor and “secret investigator” said the government was trying to “kill you slowly.” Another man put it bluntly: “Communism is one of the factors behind it.” In the summer of 1966, a year after the Watts riots, Los Angeles City […]
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Suzanne Somers letter to the Malibu Surfside Times
Editor, I just received the letter entitled “Information on Fluoridation of your Drinking Water,” LA Waterworks District No. 29, Malibu (that’s us folks). This information sheet is filled with misleading and untrue information which affects all of us and the health we are enjoying. Fluoride is being presented to us as an opportunity. Nothing could […]
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Fluoridation will begin tomorrow in many parts of San Diego County
After months of delay, water taps in many parts of San Diego County will begin flowing with fluoridated water tomorrow. What is fluoridation? Fluoridation is the addition of a chemical to water to prevent tooth decay. The Metropolitan Water District, which supplies water to Southern California, will be using fluorosilicic acid to provide fluoridation. Why […]
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Most county residents to get fluoridated water from faucets after long delay
Sixty-two years after fluoridation was introduced in the United States, fluoridated water is scheduled to start flowing out of the faucets of most San Diego County residents today. It’s a reality that thrills many public health officials and dentists, but infuriates many other people. Fluoridation proponents, including the California Department of Public Health, the California […]
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