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St. Lucie West leaders want to halt fluoride
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By Teresa Lane
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
PORT ST. LUCIE — St. Lucie West residents who've been drinking fluoridated water for a decade could find that additive missing in the coming weeks after elected supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to stop adding fluoride to tap water if they can get around a county law requiring it.
Charles Altwein, newly elected chairman of the St. Lucie West Services District, first raised the issue of fluoridation years ago but found few sympathetic listeners.
When he read about Jensen Beach engineer Pat Arena persuading Martin County to overturn its decision to fluoridate, Altwein decided the time was right to try again. In another reversal on the additive, Stuart city commissioners decided Monday to hold off on fluoridating the city's drinking water, as was approved by the commission four years ago, and instead will put the matter to voters in November.
"There's a warning on toothpaste that says if you ingest too much, you should contact a poison control center," Altwein said. "Maybe (fluoridation) was a good idea back in the 1940s, but when you have better information, it's time to make better decisions."
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By Teresa Lane
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
PORT ST. LUCIE — St. Lucie West residents who've been drinking fluoridated water for a decade could find that additive missing in the coming weeks after elected supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to stop adding fluoride to tap water if they can get around a county law requiring it.
Charles Altwein, newly elected chairman of the St. Lucie West Services District, first raised the issue of fluoridation years ago but found few sympathetic listeners.
When he read about Jensen Beach engineer Pat Arena persuading Martin County to overturn its decision to fluoridate, Altwein decided the time was right to try again. In another reversal on the additive, Stuart city commissioners decided Monday to hold off on fluoridating the city's drinking water, as was approved by the commission four years ago, and instead will put the matter to voters in November.
"There's a warning on toothpaste that says if you ingest too much, you should contact a poison control center," Altwein said. "Maybe (fluoridation) was a good idea back in the 1940s, but when you have better information, it's time to make better decisions."
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