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• Speaker outlines fluoride hazards

  LAYTON –Once the fluoride initiative is defeated here in Utah, those who worked hard to bring about its demise can’t go home and “sit on their laurels,” a California dentist who is against fluoridating water told a group of about 75 people here last week. Dr. David Kennedy, a retired dentist from San Diego, who […]

• Milwaukee may lower fluoride levels in city water

  Department of Health and Human Services recommends less of additive The Milwaukee Water Works won’t eliminate fluoride from Milwaukee’s drinking water, but it appears the amount of the chemical going into the system will be reduced. A new proposal offered by Ald. Jim Bohl could be approved by the full council later this month, said […]

• Fluoride to begin its flow in SLC this week

  Salt Lake Valley residents will take their first sips of fluoridated water Wednesday, nearly three years after voters overwhelmingly approved fluoridation. Only three small water systems will not meet the Oct. 1 deadline, which means about 95 percent of the Valley’s homes and businesses will have fluoridated water flowing from the taps, said Royal DeLegge, […]

• S.L. County ruling could delay fluoride

  About 24,000 Salt Lake Valley residents will not get fluoride in their water for at least a year. Or will they? The Salt Lake County Council ruled Tuesday that the Holliday Water Co. and the White City Improvement District could delay adding fluoride until Dec. 31, 2004. But the Salt Lake Valley Health Department says […]

• Water companies sue to stop fluoride

  Two small water companies are suing to keep fluoride out of their supplies and are raising legal questions about whether it should flow to any of Salt Lake County. Holliday Water Co. and White City Water Improvement District have filed suit in 3rd District Court against Salt Lake County, the Salt Lake Valley Health Department […]

• Voters in Stuart to have final say on fluoride

  STUART — The Stuart City Commission voted 4-1 Monday to give residents the last word on whether the city should add fluoride to its water supply. The commission had already decided in January to ask voters their preference in a Nov. 6 ballot question, but hadn’t decided whether voters or commissioners would have the final […]

• Fluoride discussed in secrete-mails

  Salt Lake Valley Health Board members discussed water fluoridation last month in an e-mail exchange. And despite officials’ saying it is an important public health issue, don’t ask to see what they talked about. They won’t show you. In a possible breach of state open-meetings law, Health Department Executive Director Patti Pavey fired off an […]

• Fluoride costs brush officials wrong way

  FARMINGTON — After years of back-and-forth finger pointing, a study by health officials reveals the actual cost of adding fluoride to the county’s drinking water is more than twice than what was projected. The cost to implement fluoridation into public water systems and wells is $4.39 per person, based on figures provided by Davis cities, […]

• Let voters have say on fluoride

  It looks like Utah County may be the odd county out when it comes to putting fluoridation on the ballot. Salt Lake and Davis counties have already agreed to put the fluoridation issue before voters in November, and Weber County is on the verge of making the decision. Utah County is the only remaining Wasatch […]

• Discrepancy in Stuart fluoride vote cleared up

  Stuart voters who declined to answer the fluoride question Martin County Supervisor of Elections Vicki Davis and staff. A leading local opponent to fluoride spoke to Martin County Supervisor of Elections Vicki Davis on Wednesday about what seemed to be a discrepancy between 3,910 votes cast in Stuart’s Tuesday referendum and 4,588 ballots that were […]