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Wichita voters reject fluoridated water
By Dion Lefler and Ann
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/11/07/2559291/wichita-voters-reject-fluoridated.html#storylink=cpy
Voters in the city of Wichita rejected fluoridated water on Tuesday, as they did in 1964 and 1978.
Election returns posted early Wednesday morning showed a fluoride initiative sponsored by local dentists and doctors failed with 59 percent voting no.
Jonathan Hall of Wichitans Opposed to Fluoridation said the results were confirming what he sensed during the campaign.
"We felt pretty confident the whole way through," Hall said.
"First off, historically, more than half the time when it comes to a public vote, fluoride is voted down. Then talking to people as we’ve been campaigning, people have been expressing: ‘We never knew this about fluoride.’ People want to learn, and they’ve been happy to learn about it.”...
By Dion Lefler and Ann
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/11/07/2559291/wichita-voters-reject-fluoridated.html#storylink=cpy
Voters in the city of Wichita rejected fluoridated water on Tuesday, as they did in 1964 and 1978.
Election returns posted early Wednesday morning showed a fluoride initiative sponsored by local dentists and doctors failed with 59 percent voting no.
Jonathan Hall of Wichitans Opposed to Fluoridation said the results were confirming what he sensed during the campaign.
"We felt pretty confident the whole way through," Hall said.
"First off, historically, more than half the time when it comes to a public vote, fluoride is voted down. Then talking to people as we’ve been campaigning, people have been expressing: ‘We never knew this about fluoride.’ People want to learn, and they’ve been happy to learn about it.”...
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