College Station Council Votes to Stop Adding Fluoride to Water Supply
Featured Stories, News Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
The College Station water supply will soon have no added fluoride. For a variety of reasons, six of the seven council members voted Thursday night to end the 22 year practice.
Karl Mooney elected to do his own research.
Katy-Marie Lyles says her vote was strictly about saving $42,000 dollars.
Comments from Katy-Marie Lyles.
Julie Schultz was among those saying there are other ways to add fluoride to one’s dental routine.
The council majority supported the staff’s recommendation, despite an 11th hour campaign that included comments at the council meeting from eight local dentists.
Councilwoman Blanche Brick was the only one who voted to continue adding the chemical.
City officials say the cavity-fighter is naturally in the water supply at about half the level recommended by federal authorities.
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Posted by Bill Oliver
on Sep 22 2011. Filed under Featured Stories, News.
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I think this is very good news, however, I would just remind everyone that we have to wait and see IF cessation of water fluoridation in College Station actually happens. The city of Watsonville in California had a wonderful and apparently successful effective campaign for many years to stop water fluoridation, but now some factions in the local government have prevented their accomplishment from being implemented. I understand they will need to more or less start all over again with expensive litigation to try again to stop water fluoridation.
With water fluoridation, you have to FOLLOW THE MONEY. You have to see who is donating large sums of money to the campaign coffers of the city mayor and council members. Only then can you understand why a city will keep fluoridating no matter what the citizens vote for and no matter how many years of solid scientific studies show fluoridation is injurious to human health.
As for this “victory”, I have to say I will believe it when I see it.
“You have to see who is donating large sums of money to the campaign coffers of the city mayor and council members.”
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How do you do that?
This is a step in the right direction, but if Blanche Brick does not understand that what is being added is not the same as natural occurring fluoride they were not adequately informed prior to their vote.