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Editorial - Let’s go ahead with fluoridation for dental health

Editorial - Commissioners get it right on fluoridation

The voters have spoken: we want community water fluoridation!
See official Skagit County elections results.  Proposition 2 passed by more than 1000 votes and with more than 52% of the vote.  Thank you for your support!

Skagit Valley Herald urges County Commissioner action!
Read the Herald's November 17, 2006 editorial:  "Commissioners should heed vote on fluoride."
Read other media endorsements here.

Sedro-Woolley City Council unanimously endorses fluoridation!
Read the City Council minutes from when Sedro-Woolley City Council members acted to improve the health of their community.

 

 


You made the difference.

Voters delivered a clear message to the County Commissioners:  we expect the same protection and health benefits from fluoridated water that other leading communities already enjoy.

Water fluoridation protects oral health for current and future generations and saves money for families, businesses and taxpayers.

That’s one reason why dozens of local organizations and hundreds of volunteers joined with us to help pass Proposition 2.

Thanks to your help, our future will include improved oral health.

Citizens for a Healthy Skagit, a broad coalition of Skagit County physicians, dental health professionals, community leaders, businesses and educators, believes our County’s residents also should receive the proven health benefits of community water fluoridation.

 
 
What people are saying...     Everyone benefits     Dental disease
             
Dr. Harold Clure,
Skagit County

Family Physician, retired: 
"Water fluoridation will cost just pennies per person per month. Early prevention is key because tooth decay is progressive and becomes more difficult to treat with time. This really is one of the best things we can do for the overall health of our community."
See other local supporters.
   



Nearly one-third of seniors have untreated dental cavities.
Fluoridated water
reduces cavities
by up to 40%
.
Support water fluoridation in Skagit County today.

    According to the Surgeon General, dental decay is a "silent epidemic."

Oral disease can be intensely painful and impair overall health.  Dental decay impacts almost 60 percent of elementary school children, making it a leading cause of missed school, and it affects a child's ability to learn and succeed. 

You can help Skagit's children!
 
 
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