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Spokane. Letter: Support for community water fluoridation, by James Sledge, DDS, FACD
I want to thank our City Councilmembers for their continued support in moving Spokane closer to joining the three quarters of the U.S. who benefit from community water fluoridation. Community water fluoridation has been an important part of improving the health of Americans for over 75 years. Those of us in healthcare have been witness […]
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Intalco fined for discharge violations
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The State Department of Ecology has released a summary of environmental penalties issued for the first quarter of 2021. Ecology issued over $83,000 in penalties of $1,000 or more from January through March. The Alcoa Intalco Aluminum was fined $2500 for several discharge violations. Ecology reports the Ferndale facility exceeded fluoride discharge […]
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Spokane: City outlines deal to study water fluoridation
It’s not a green light, but it is a start. City officials outlined an agreement on Monday that would allow a study of fluoridation to move forward. It’s likely more than a year before any fluoride would be added to the city’s supply of drinking water, if ever, but the agreement would end a monthslong […]
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Spokane mayor, council president may strike deal on fluoride study
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward and the Spokane City Council have struck a new deal over studying a fluoride system for city water. (Christopher Anderson) Spokane leaders have renegotiated the terms of the grant used to fund the analysis in order to assuage the concerns of Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward. The Spokane City Council accepted a […]
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Does community water fluoridation affect IQ? No.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The following article is pure propaganda generated by fluoridation promoters. Smile Spokane, the group spearheading the fluoridation of the city of Spokane, is affiliated with Better Health Together that published this article. Our response to their misinformation: • The New Zealand paper cited by Broadbent et al. As recognized by […]
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Weekend Reads: Fluoride is the Word
This week we dive into another scientific controversy: fluoridated drinking water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers it one of the 10great public health achievements of the 20th century, and yet others decry it as an attempt by the government to poison us (a conspiracy theory mocked in the movie Dr. Strangelove). […]
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Spokane. It’s not safe for everyone (letter)
As stated in Safe Water Spokane’s op-ed opposing fluoride (“Taking a principled stance on water fluoridation,” Jan. 8), about 1% of the population has hypersensitivity to fluoride. I happen to be one of those people. I don’t have to swallow fluoride in order to have a reaction to it. When I used to get a […]
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Spokane. Taking a principled stance on water fluoridation (Letter)
The latest fluoridation controversy is over the city moving forward with a cost analysis. Although initially funded by Delta Dental’s Arcora Foundation, the city must pay for it if it decides not to fluoridate. The current positions: Green light: Spokane City Council President Breann Beggs – Full speed ahead Yellow light: Mayor Nadine Woodward – […]
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Future of fluoride study for Spokane’s water remains uncertain
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward and the Spokane City Council are at loggerheads regarding whether to accept grant funding to study fluoridating the city’s drinking water. (Christopher Anderson) The Spokane City Council and Mayor Nadine Woodward are at an impasse over a grant-funded study about adding fluoride to the municipal water system. The city has […]
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City Council tables discussions of shelter space, water fluoridation
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane City Council tabled discussions of purchasing shelter space, as well as a resolution requesting the City conduct a study of water fluoridation during Monday night’s council meeting. According to the council agenda, the City has been looking to purchase a building to turn into a shelter for homeless people. The […]
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