Editorial: Protect the most vulnerable

The debate over adding fluoride into Petersburg’s water has opponents and proponents debating the accuracy of online information, the use of junk science, addressing personal medical issues and plain old misinformation.

Most interesting is the fact that hundreds of citizens, whose homes are not even connected to Petersburg’s water system, will be voting on Proposition #7 that will decide if fluoride will continue to be added to the local water supply.

If fluoride added to drinking water was indeed harmful, the story would have made page one of every newspaper, and be the lead story of every br...

 

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