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Bonney Lake files lawsuit to reverse fluoridation rule
The City of Bonney Lake has joined six water utilities and a grass-roots group in the escalating legal fight against local fluoridation. Bonney Lake has filed the latest lawsuit against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in an attempt to stop forced fluoridation of drinking water. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 8 in Pierce County Superior […]
United States, Washington State -
Voters reject Watsonville fluoridation
WATSONVILLE – The final tally on Measure S is in – and it appears those opposed to adding fluoride to the city’s water supply have floated to the top. Still, officials say state law may be the final word in the matter. After all absentee ballots were tallied, the measure apparently passed with 50.9 percent […]
United States, California -
Watch out New Jersey, especially the poor
Dear All, We are a few days late circulating this newspaper story from New Jersey. Unbelievably, on the very day that we woke up to find that fluoridation had been rejected all across the United States (except for Beaverton, Oregon and several small communities in Maine, see below), the forces of ignorance were busily promoting […]
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Poor kids’ dental care nothing to smile about
Nov. 10–Three-year-old Raul Rodriguez clutches the wall, smiling warily as older kids bounce surgical-glove balloons off each other’s heads in the dentist office. Bashful, but no easy scare, Raul made his first solo ride in a dentist chair at the Osceola County Health Department Dental Office that same day last month — after just two […]
United States, Florida -
Texarkana Votes No to Fluoridation
For the second time in 16 years, the citizens of Texarkana, Ark., have rejected adding fluoride to their drinking water. With 2,467 votes in favor and 4,231 votes against, the idea of community fluoridation was soundly defeated in a referendum held on Tuesday. “This (result) was really a no-brainer,” said Mayor Danny Gray. “There were […]
United States, Arkansas -
Watsonville fluoride vote is too close to call
Measure S, which would ban the addition of fluoride to the city’s water supply, went down to the wire Tuesday night, with the race too close to call. Absentee and provisional ballots will decide the race. Though the initiative does not specifically mention fluoride, the group Watsonville Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, which sponsored the […]
United States, California -
Redding Voters Reject Fluoride
Redding soundly rejected water fluoridation Tuesday when 12,177, or 56.3 percent, of the voters approved Measure A. Fluoride proponents hoping to defeat the measure earned 9,437 votes, or 43.7 percent of the vote. But it was unclear late Tuesday whether Measure A’s passage will bottle up the city’s proposed water fluoridation program. A state law […]
United States, California -
Beaverton votes for fluoridation
BEAVERTON — By a 53-to-47 ratio, Beaverton voters were favoring a recommendation the city add fluoride to the water it supplies to about two-thirds of city residents. The fluoridation question, forwarded to voters by the City Council in August, was intended as an advisory vote about whether to take the step. Mayor Rob Drake said […]
United States, Oregon -
A Second Victory in Arkansas
Dear All, Margie Shaw in Arkansas has sent us two pieces of information from Arkansas. First, the victory against fluoridation in Texarkana, Arkansas (population 31,656) was a massive two to one success. Against 4,231 (63%) and for 2,467 (37%). Second, because of the magnificent efforts of our triple f’s (fantastic fluoridation fighters) in Texarkana, it […]
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Methuen voters keep town fluoride-free again
METHUEN — When the question is fluoridating public water, no still means no in Methuen. Voters decided to keep their water fluoride-free in 1981, 1997, and emphatically again yesterday. The referendum on adding fluoride to the water was rejected 56.6 to 43.4 percent, with 7,742 votes against it and 5,939 votes in favor. “We worked […]
United States, Massachusetts