latest news: in Colorado, United States
Showing 10 of 162 Articles:
-
Durango: Campaign group forms to support fluoridation
Several Durangoans have formed Healthy Kids, Healthy Durango, a campaign group to oppose Question 1A, the measure to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water. The Question 1A will be on the ballot for the April 4 municipal mail-in election. The No on 1A campaign will educate Durango voters about the role community water fluoridation […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango: First of three fluoridation lectures to be held Wednesday
Clean Water Durango will present three lectures about the dangers of water fluoridation as part of its “Vote It Out” campaign. In April, Durango voters will decide whether the city should continue to put fluoride in the water. The three events are free and open to all. • “The Risks Associated with Fluoride Toxicity” will […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango: Flowing to a vote
It may have been the hottest topic in town for more than a year, but following a decision Tuesday night by the Durango City Council, the fight over fluoride is really just beginning. The Council voted against a citizen-driven petition to prohibit the practice of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply, a process called […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango voters to decide fluoride-in-water question
The community will decide whether Durango’s water should continue to be fluoridated in an April election. The Durango City Council unanimously voted to place the question on the ballot following more than a year of heated meetings and debate. The council’s other option was to adopt an ordinance prohibiting fluoride, and none of the councilors […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango fluoride fight hearkens to Colorado Springs brown stain history
A fight over fluoride in Durango is nothing to smile at. It’s gotten pretty gnarly, judging from the excellent coverage of The Durango Herald. Next month the City Council is expected to decide whether to put a yes-or-no question on the ballot in April to let voters decide whether the city should continue to add […]
United States, Colorado NIDCR -
Durango City Council could put fluoride on February ballot
Voters may decide whether fluoride should be added to Durango’s city water in April. The Durango City Council will vote on whether the question will be go to voters on Feb. 7. A public hearing dedicated to the issue will be held at 5 p.m. Jan. 30 at City Hall. “I will be very surprised […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango voters likely to decide whether to halt fluoridation in drinking water
A petition that would stop the city of Durango from adding fluoride to its drinking water appears to have enough signatures, and now it will either be adopted by the Durango City Council within 30 days or left for voters to decide in the April election. Amy Phillips, director of administrative services for the city […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango: Fluoride choice should be put to a vote
At a time when many are calling out for greater public participation, I found it distasteful that the Herald would publish an editorial (Nov. 7) asserting that “the plan to ask Durango voters if they would prefer to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply is a bad idea.” The rationale used was that the […]
United States, Colorado -
Anti-fluoridation measure has no place on Durango’s upcoming ballot
There is a certain irony to suggesting on Election Day that voting on a particular issue is inappropriate. But the plan to ask Durango voters to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply is a bad idea – on several levels. For starters, all it takes to get an issue on the city ballot is […]
United States, Colorado -
Durango: Fluoride in drinking water could be up for vote
Voters might get a chance in April to decide whether the city of Durango should continue adding fluoride to its drinking water – a contentious topic that has divided the program’s supporters and critics. Durangoan Jim Forleo recently told The Durango Herald he has started the process to put a measure on the April city […]
United States, Colorado
Print 
PDF