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Fluoride ruling questioned
FARMINGTON – Davis County elected leaders say a judge’s ruling halting the Nov. 5 fluoridation revote is unconstitutional and they may challenge it in court. County Commissioner Dan McConkie said the ruling handed down by Judge Glen R. Dawson on Monday in 2nd District Court gives him cause for concern based on its constitutional merit. […]
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A small personal victory in Texas
Dear All, We just received this delightful message from Tom Daniels, a student at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. I’ll let the message speak for itself, although I will add that for those seeking to do what Tom has done, a great place to start would be http://www.slweb.org/bibliography.html Paul Connett. PS Tom tells […]
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Erie City Council votes for safe drinking water ordinance
Erie City Council took a stance against fluoridation Wednesday night – and threatened to disband the Erie City Water Authority if it doesn’t drop its plans to add fluoride to the area’s drinking water. Council voted 6-0 at its regular meeting to give preliminary approval to an ordinance (see below) that would prohibit the Water […]
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New Recycling Facility Will Convert Uranium Waste Cylinders in Paducah, Ky.
PADUCAH, Ky.–Uranium Disposition Services says its new recycling facility should prevent additional buildup of about 38,000 uranium waste cylinders stored at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, create at least 150 permanent jobs and produce material that can be sold to help the federal government recoup costs. Starting in 2005, the facility will annually convert 1,500 […]
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Bush Administration Silencing Scientific Dissent
The Bush administration has begun a broad restructuring of the scientific advisory committees that guide federal policy in areas such as patients’ rights and public health, eliminating some committees that were coming to conclusions at odds with the president’s views and in other cases replacing members with handpicked choices. In the past few weeks, the […]
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Davis Fluoride Revote Struck Down by Judge
Davis County’s anti-fluoride contingency was dealt a crippling blow Monday as 2nd District Judge Glen Dawson ruled there would be no fluoride revote in the November general election. “I direct the county clerk not to place the question on the ballot,” Dawson said during a morning teleconference with attorneys. Davis County Commissioner Michael Cragun held […]
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Texarkana council shirks fluoridation issue
It’s a shame to see local politicians with some experience acting like mere novices in their handling, or rather mishandling, of the fluoridation issue but Texarkana, Texas, City Council members are doing just that. The fluoridation issue was initially proposed by Texarkana, Texas, City Council members about eight weeks ago. However, their leadership and communication […]
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Superfund site might pose greater risk, legal fight shows
Depositions and court documents in a massive lawsuit against Conoco Inc. indicate that pollution problems from the old Agrico Chemical Co. Superfund site could be much more severe than originally believed. Evidence gathered in the suit against Conoco, the site’s owner, shows there are areas outside Agrico’s 35-acre boundaries that might not have been properly […]
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Other cities want say on Texarkana fluoridation proposal
NEW BOSTON, Texas–Representatives from cities in Bowie and Red River counties that purchase water from Texarkana Water Utilities have decided that they too would like a say on whether their water gets fluoridated. “I haven’t necessarily heard anything negative from people about fluoride itself, but they have communicated to me that they want a say […]
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Kennebunk dentist leads fight for fluoridation
Lisa Howard has seen both sides of the tooth. As a Minnesota dentist, she practiced in one town where residents drank fluoridated water, and another where they drank untreated well water. In the well-water town, her patients had many more cavities, she said. “It proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that (fluoride) […]
United States, Maine