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Spokane City Council To Take Up Water Fluoridation Proposal Monday Evening
An emergency water fluoridation ordinance will go before the Spokane City Council Monday evening. The Spokane City Council is scheduled to vote this evening [Monday] on a proposed emergency ordinance to inject fluoride into the city’s drinking water. The issue has reignited old debates about the public health benefits of fluoridation versus its perceived harmful […]
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Spokane. Forum’s Take-Away on Fluoridation: It’s Harmful.
PRESS RELEASE. “If anyone is fully aware of the massive scientific and medical evidence against fluoridation – if they actually hear both sides of the issue – they’d know it isn’t safe.” That was the conclusion of Jeff Irish, chair of the citizen group Safe Water Spokane, following its Zoom public forum last night. It […]
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Spokane. Mayor Woodward’s social media posts draw attention to controversial fluoride measure
Spokane Mayor Woodward’s social media posts are drawing more heated attention to one of the most controversial measures in years — whether to add fluoride to the city’s water. On Thursday, Mayor Woodward reposted a tweet from an account called ‘Grain of Sand.” The anti-fluoride user tweeted at the mayor directly saying in part, “I […]
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Spokane City Council to vote on water fluoridation Monday
After decades of debate, a veto-proof emergency ordinance is on the table. SPOKANE, Wash — Spokane remains the largest city in the state of Washington to not add extra fluoride to its drinking water. On Monday, the Spokane City Council could vote to change that. Fluoride is commonly added to water in order to approve […]
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Spokane. We need clean water (Letter)
As in the case of Spokane, the city of Portland has also voted against water fluoridation multiple times. In reviewing the reasons why, a couple of things jumped out at me. First, city engineers estimated that it would require adding some 215,000 pounds of chemical fluoride to the Portland water supply annually. Shocked by that […]
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Spokane: Fluoridation Money Comes with Strings Attached
PRESS RELEASE: The proposal to partially fund capital costs if Spokane fluoridates its water has several stipulations not previously made public. According to the city council’s recently-released agenda packet for their September 14 meeting, the ARCORA Foundation, an arm of Delta Dental, pledged $4 million toward building fluoridation infrastructure. But there’s a catch that may […]
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Safe Water Spokane to Host Public Forum on Fluoridation Sept 10th
To register to participate and ask a fluoridation question of our expert panel, or to watch this event live, please visit https://safewaterspokane.org/forum SPOKANE, WA – On Thursday, September 10th at 6:00 p.m. the citizen’s group Safe Water Spokane will host a virtual Zoom forum on fluoridation that is free and open to the public. It […]
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Spokane. Time to let the wisest voices, not the loudest, guide us on fluoride (Columnist)
The city of Spokane’s water tank at 9th Avenue near Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, pictured in 2017, was built in 1969. It’s one of several water storage facilities used in the city’s water system. (JESSE TINSLEY) Mark Wiener vividly remembers the Great Portland Fluoride Battle of 2013. It wasn’t the kind of clash […]
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Spokane. No to fluoride (Letter by Phil Zammit)
I trust the knowledge and honest ‘urging’ of Spokane City Council to approve adding fluoride to our water by some dentists. That said, I simply cannot swallow their solution! (1) Why is it always not for us but “for the kids?” Not only that, but “those poor disadvantaged kids.” (2) My wife and I raised […]
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Spokane. Molina supports fluoridation (Letter)
I am expressing my strong support for the City Council’s passage of an emergency ordinance to optimize fluoride levels in Spokane’s water supply so that all people in the community – regardless of age, address, education, or income, have the best opportunity for improved health. I am honored to serve as President of Molina Healthcare […]
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