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Spokane: Grant in hand, city plans to study fluoride
Spokane city officials have hired a consultant to study the controversial issue of fluoridating the municipal drinking water supply. (Christopher Anderson) After a bitter battle this summer over fluoridating the city’s water supply, Spokane is preparing to hire a consultant to study the issue. The process of choosing a consultant is expected to take […]
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Spokane moving forward on possible adoption of community water fluoridation
City of more than 200,000 people has never fluoridated its water Spokane, Wash. — Spokane, the largest city in Washington state to not fluoridate its water supply, is on the path to possibly starting the practice after the municipality’s city council decided to go ahead with a proposal that could add fluoride to its water […]
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Forks, WA: To fluoridate …or not to fluoridate …that was the question
Forks City Council met Monday night and took care of business. They also made a major decision, the topic of which brought out much public comment at the beginning of the meeting. The agenda listed “Fluoridation of City water” as an action item. The city has fluoridated the community’s water supply since the 1950s but […]
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Spokane. The impact of fluoride (Letter)
Found myself on the last stagecoach out of quiet Montana with a recently handicapped husband and unloaded in Spokane five years ago. Albeit a bit overwhelmed by the sounds of traffic, especially from the always-busy I-90 corridor, I thought, “Maybe this can work. A bit urban for us, but at least the governor cares about […]
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Spokane. Who funded fluoridation study? (Letter)
You have got to be kidding me! I can’t believe the city of Spokane will actually take the proffered money dangled by … wait for it … Arcora Foundation (the philanthorpic nonprofit of dental insurer Delta Dental) to “study” whether it would be beneficial to add fluoride to the drinking water! And, if they don’t […]
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Spokane City Council accepts a contract to start the process of studying, designing and implementing fluoridation
The original print version of this article was headlined “On the Path of Teeth Resistance” After more than four hours of video testimony on Monday, the Spokane City Council didn’t officially commit to start fluoridating the city’s water. But it did set the city on a path toward fluoridation that may be costly if it […]
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Smile Spokane information on City Council’s website: Part 2.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: SmileSpokane, the force behind the huge campaign to fluoridate Spokane, has two resources on fluoridation listed on the City Council of Spokane’s website under Items of Interest. The following is one of the two, titled City Council Fluoridation Facts & FAQ (PDF 6.6 MB). This is the American Dental Association’s […]
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Spokane will study fluoride with a $4 million grant
With a $4 million grant in hand, the city of Spokane can study the feasibility and cost of adding fluoride to its drinking water. If Spokane ultimately decides to move forward with fluoridation, the study will be paid for by the grant from the Arcora Foundation, the philanthropic nonprofit of dental insurer Delta Dental. If […]
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Smile Spokane information on City Council’s website: Part 1.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: SmileSpokane, the force behind the huge campaign to fluoridate Spokane, has two resources on fluoridation listed on the City Council of Spokane’s website under Items of Interest. The following is a propaganda piece listed on the website as City Council Information on Fluoride (PDF 974 KB). The pdf is dated […]
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‘Spokane voters have been robbed of a PUBLIC VOTE’: Woodward responds to City Council accepting fluoride grant
SPOKANE, Wash. — Mayor Nadine Woodward believes Spokane voters have been “robbed” of a public vote in regard to the ongoing decision of whether or not to fluoridate the city’s water. “Spokane’s City Council may have deferred a public vote on fluoridation, but their acceptance of a $4 million grant to fund it puts the […]
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