USA - LETTER: Vote ‘no’ on second-class-city, fluoride questions
LETTER: Vote ‘no’ on second-class-city, fluoride questions
Sun Nov 5th, 2017 1:30amLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
When I saw a recent photo headline, “Taking a stand for water,” I thought it was about fluoride-free drinking water. Wrong! So I’m writing about fluoride.
When I moved to Port Angeles in 2016, I saw that efforts to protect our city water had gotten quite personal and were now focused on changing our system of government, leading to two 2017 ballot issues: Proposition 1 to change our city’s charter and Proposition 2 to add fluoride to our water.
Since I like civility and local control, I will be voting no on Proposition 1. Enough said.
I need to say more about fluoride by quoting directly from the text on a fluoride bag typically used in municipal water supplies: “Sodium fluoride danger: poison — toxic by ingestion. Target organs: heart, kidneys, bones, central nervous system, gastrointestinal system, teeth. Do not get in eyes or on skin — do not ingest.”
I think we should take the manufacturer’s advice and not ingest fluoride in our drinking water.
In addition, the organizations that have been promoting fluoride use for many years recently lowered the maximum recommended concentration from 1.2 parts per million to 0.7 ppm, including the U.S. Public Health Service.
Why would they cut the maximum dosage by so much if this is so good for you? Many of the countries in the world have outlawed water fluoridation entirely — including China, Japan and most of Europe.
If you have any doubts, look at the back of any tube of fluoride toothpaste. Notice it tells you not to swallow.
So I will be voting no on Proposition 2.
Please remember, on these propositions, just vote no.
Paul Kolesnikoff,
Port Angeles
Sun Nov 5th, 2017 1:30amLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
When I saw a recent photo headline, “Taking a stand for water,” I thought it was about fluoride-free drinking water. Wrong! So I’m writing about fluoride.
When I moved to Port Angeles in 2016, I saw that efforts to protect our city water had gotten quite personal and were now focused on changing our system of government, leading to two 2017 ballot issues: Proposition 1 to change our city’s charter and Proposition 2 to add fluoride to our water.
Since I like civility and local control, I will be voting no on Proposition 1. Enough said.
I need to say more about fluoride by quoting directly from the text on a fluoride bag typically used in municipal water supplies: “Sodium fluoride danger: poison — toxic by ingestion. Target organs: heart, kidneys, bones, central nervous system, gastrointestinal system, teeth. Do not get in eyes or on skin — do not ingest.”
I think we should take the manufacturer’s advice and not ingest fluoride in our drinking water.
In addition, the organizations that have been promoting fluoride use for many years recently lowered the maximum recommended concentration from 1.2 parts per million to 0.7 ppm, including the U.S. Public Health Service.
Why would they cut the maximum dosage by so much if this is so good for you? Many of the countries in the world have outlawed water fluoridation entirely — including China, Japan and most of Europe.
If you have any doubts, look at the back of any tube of fluoride toothpaste. Notice it tells you not to swallow.
So I will be voting no on Proposition 2.
Please remember, on these propositions, just vote no.
Paul Kolesnikoff,
Port Angeles
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