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Grand Island rejects fluoridation of city’s water
Grand Island voters have once again opted out of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. “It’s a matter of freedom of choice,” said Charles Carpenter, a spokesman for the Fluoride Information Center’s Grand Island Chapter of Nebraskans for Safe Drinking Water. “If you want fluoride, you can go get it.” Grand Island voters cast […]
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Milford City votes no to fluoridation
Milford City Fluoride Issue YES – 380 NO – 335 Explanation of vote: A Yes vote means the city of Seward/Milford will not add fluoride to the water. A No vote mean we will add fluoride to the cities’ water. ——————————————————————————– NOTE: Seward City voted for fluoridation: YES – 1239 NO – 1478 Print PDF
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Lexington Voters Say No to Fluoridation
Excerpt: Whereas, Section 71-3305 of the Nebraska Statutes requires any city with a population of one thousand or more to add fluoride to the city’s water system unless the voters of the City adopt an ordinance to prohibit fluoridation. Shall the city of Lexington, Nebraska, adopt the foregoing ordinance and thereby prohibit the addition of […]
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Many communities vote to opt out of fluoride plan
Voters across Nebraska decided Tuesday to opt out of a new law that would require some communities to add fluoride to their drinking water, an outcome that caught David O’Doherty off-guard. “We’re surprised and disappointed,” said O’Doherty, executive director of the Nebraska Dental Association. Adding fluoride to a community’s drinking water supply is the most […]
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Wahoo, Yutan, Ashland: Voters Say Yes to Fluoridation
WAHOO – Third time was the charm for the fluoridation issue on the ballot in Wahoo. The ballot issue passed this time with an unofficial total of 893 yes votes and 1,001 no votes. A “yes” vote was a vote to prohibit fluoride from the water system and a “no” vote was a vote for […]
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Results of towns’ votes on fluoride treatment
Seventeen Southeast Nebraska towns were among more than 60 communities statewide deciding whether to opt out of state-mandated fluoride treatment of drinking water. A vote “for” meant the voters opposed fluoridating the town’s water. A vote “against” meant the voters wanted fluoridation to proceed. Ashland: For, 216; Against, 291 (incomplete). Beatrice: For, 2,661; Against, 2,411. […]
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Battle Creek and Madison Residents Vote No to Fluoridation
Excerpts: Battle Creek FLUORIDE issue Yes (to prohibit fluoride), 407 No (against the prohibition), 146 Madison fluoride issue For adding fluoride, 169 Against adding fluoride, 447 Print PDF
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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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Pierce, Madison, Ainsworth, Schuyler & Battle Creek Vote No to Fluoridation
Excerpts: WHETHER TO ADD flouride [sic] was another major issue in many communities. Most of Nebraska’s population is served by public water systems that either have enough naturally occurring fluoride or that already add fluoride to water. Voters in Pierce, Madison, Ainsworth, Schuyler and Battle Creek voted against adding fluoride to their municipal water systems, […]
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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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