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Hastings voters overwhelmingly defeat fluoridation
About two-thirds of Hastings voters rejected the use of fluoride in the city’s water system in Tuesday’s general election. Marvin “Butch” Hughes, a local organizer against fluoride, said the outcome showed that people were opposed to putting something in the water supply that is not proven. He said there haven’t been any tests to prove […]
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Cambridge and Imperial: Voters Reject Fluoridation
Excerpts: FURNAS COUNTY … Cambridge residents declined to put fluoride in their water — 259 against the process and 199 in favor of it. The ballot was confusing — voters who wanted fluoride had to vote against the ordinance; those who did not want fluoride had to vote for the ordinance… CHASE COUNTY. Imperial voters […]
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North Platte says ‘no’ to fluoride in water
For the third time, North Platte voters have said “no” to fluoride. Two-thirds of the local voters approved a measure to opt out of a state mandate that requires cities with 1,000 or more people to fluoridate their drinking water. With all 27 precincts reporting, the unofficial election results showed that a total of 6,419 […]
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Aurora Voters Said No to Fluoride
Voters were standing in line at the Farr Building and Bremer Center in Aurora long before the polls opened Tuesday, a good indication there would be a healthy turnout for the 2008 general election… • Aurora voters said no to fluoride. Print PDF
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Bayard, Bridgeport, and Kimball Voters Reject Fluoridation
Excerpt: … Bayard, Bridgeport, and Kimball were regional communities rejecting fluoride in their water. Print PDF
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Broken Bow: Voters say no to fluoride
Title: Voters say no to flouride [sic] in Bow Broken Bow voters approved a ballot question that keeps fluoride out of the city’s water system. A vote “For” the question approved an ordinance that allows the city to opt out of mandatory fluoridation for Nebraska communities with more than 1,000 residents. There were 892 votes […]
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Several Neb. cities vote against fluoridation
Excerpt: … It looks like voters in more Nebraska cities have rejected proposals to add fluoride to their public water supplies. The latest communities to report rejection of the plan were those in Bayard, Bridgeport, Chadron, Crawford, Hastings, Kimball, Mitchell, Scottsbluff and Sidney. Others whose voters said no were Beatrice, Broken Bow, Cozad, Friend, Gothenburg, […]
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Fluoride OK’d in just two of eight towns
KEARNEY – Six of eight Hub Territory towns voted against fluoridating city water in the general election Tuesday. Broken Bow, Cozad, Gothenburg, Lexington, Ravenna and Shelton voted against fluoridating city water supplies. Alma and Franklin voted to fluoridate water. Kearney, Holdrege and Minden already fluoridate water. LB245 was approved in April and requires all Nebraska […]
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Communities decide about fluoride
York, NE — The issue of fluoridation has been decided in York and a number of surrounding communities, with mixed results. Many communities in the state voted on the issue, as a mandate was handed down by the Nebraska Legislature this past session, to all cities with 1,000 or more population. All cities of that […]
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Fluoride fails across area, especially in Hastings
HASTINGS — Public fluoridation was a big loser not only in Grand Island but across Central Nebraska on Tuesday. Every other Central Nebraska town that had the issue on the ballot — Aurora, Broken Bow, Central City, Hastings, Ord, Ravenna, St. Paul, Shelton, Stromsburg and Wood River — voted to opt out of the state’s […]
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