INTERNATIONAL FLUORIDE INFORMATION NETWORK

Dear All,

This is a great victory and a wonderful omen for the future demise of the US fluoridation program. Without any direct help from the anti-fluoridation movement the engineer responsible for fluoridating the water supply of Nowata, Oklahoma, did his homework and found out that it was a dangerous practice. He recommended to the City Council that they stop and they did - an unanimous 4-0 vote. How we wish that every engineer acted this responsibly and every council this rationally. It brings a whole new meaning to the notion of "public service". This was public service as it should be.

Thank you, Sid, and thank you, Commissioners.

It is also a tribute to all the science-based information out there on the Internet that people today can quickly get up to speed on the issue. Accurate information plus integrity plus responsible government will ultimately kill this silly practice. This is a very
good omen from Oklahoma. It gives us all heart to work even harder towards our goal: "Fluoride Free by Zero Three".

Paul Connett.

Nowata City Commissioners vote to remove
fluoride from drinking water
By: Charlotte Anne Smith, Special to the Journal March 05, 2002

NOWATA - On the recommendation of the water plant operator the Nowata City Council voted 4 - 0 Monday night to discontinue treating the drinking water with fluoride.

Sid Hudson, water plant manager, told the commission he had been researching fluoride on the Internet and had also read articles about it and the high incidents of cancer in the Nowata area and had come to the conclusion it was not good.

"Bartlesville did away with it two years ago," Hudson said. "The state doesn't demand you do it. 20-20 did a lot of research on it. It is highly toxic, found in rat poison. It costs $6,000 a year plus the cost of the four tests we have to do every day that the state requires. If the commission is in agreement I would like to put this before you for a vote."

"I've read the report you gave us and I'm satisfied with what it said," Commissioner Carol Stephens said. "I'll make a motion to accept Sid's recommendation to remove fluoride from our water."

The motion was seconded by Commissioner Judy Hesslen and approved by Stephens, Hesslen, John Carroll Jr. and Mayor Phil Ogden. Commissioner John "Bunky" Krouse was absent.
The Coffeyville Journal 2002
IFIN BULLETIN #491: Victory in Oklahoma. March 6, 2002