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No sparkly smiles for Denver’s anti-fluoride activists
Libertarians, anti-communists and holistic dentists alike have formed an unlikely team to take a gulp at one of Denver’s lesser chewed on policy issues: fluoride in the water. On Tuesday, the Denver Board of Water Commissioners voted in favor of upholding Denver Water’s long-running practice of community water fluoridation, enriching the level of fluoride in […]
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Denver Water to keep adding fluoride
Denver Water will keep adding fluoride to the metro area’s drinking water supply, despite objections from some. The utility’s board of directors voted today to continue a policy in place for more than 60 years to fluoridate water as a way to fight tooth decay. “After careful consideration of the information put forth by both […]
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Denver Fluoride fight pits activists against long-standing health policy
Fluoride has been added to municipal water systems since the 1940s. The practice has been widely shown in numerous medical studies to reduce tooth decay in people from all walks of life, regardless of economic or ethnic background. On Wednesday, Denver Water will decide whether to continue adding fluoride to the drinking water of its 1.3 […]
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Snowmass: Fluoride: Thumbs up or down?
Survey to cost more than drop in the bucket The Snowmass Water & Sanitation District plans on asking its customers – all 3,400 of them – whether or not their water should be fluoridated. The district will poll property owners in Snowmass Village and Brush Creek, as well as affected renters and tenants, about what […]
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Water systems sink teeth into debate over drinking it. The Fate of Fluoride
Rifle city officials who already had their hands full trying to control costs on a $28 million water treatment plant project were confronted with another complication earlier this year when asked to make the plant capable of adding fluoride to protect teeth. The City Council deferred action on the request from area health professionals and […]
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Snowmass Water seeks public input on fluoride
The Snowmass Water and Sanitation District plans to review its decision to stop fluoridating its drinking water. The district’s board called a special meeting Friday after receiving a slew of comments both supportive and critical of its July 17 decision. It decided to conduct a survey to find out how its customers feel about the […]
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Durango: City asked to eliminate fluoride in water
A commission that studies water issues in Durango will discuss further reducing or even eliminating fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Dr. Jim Forleo, a Durango chiropractor who has been leading local efforts to eliminate fluoride use in water, said he hopes to encourage city officials to take a fresh look, given new guidance and […]
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Editorial: Denver, stick with fluoride
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? The debate over adding fluoride to public drinking water has raged on and off for the better part of a century. Now it’s back on the agenda of the Denver Water Board, which provides water to 1.3 million metro residents. A hearing last week was jammed with activists who […]
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Fluoride debate hits Colorado’s largest water utility as governor weighs in
DENVER — Colorado’s largest supplier of public drinking water is in the midst of a debate over how much fluoride — if any — to put into its delivery system after the federal government announced new standards in April. The discussion at Denver Water, which serves about one out of five of Colorado’s 5 million […]
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Debate over water fluoridation continues in Colorado, Grand Junction water has contained fluoride for decades
Colorado’s largest supplier of public drinking water in Denver is in the middle of a debate over how much fluoride – if any – should be put into its delivery system after the federal government announced new standards in April. One city in the Western Slope is still debating whether or not to add it […]
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