clean water sheridan petition

7/28/2019 Clean Water Sheridan Petition

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Honorable mayor and city council members of the City of Sheridan,

WHEREAS water, our most precious resource, is essential to all and the public water

supply should be safe for all to drink; and

WHEREAS fluoride is the only substance added to public water for the purpose oftreating and preventing a health condition in the body, rather than treating the water itself

(such as chlorine being added to kill microorganisms), and many citizens feel it is not

morally or ethically justifiable to dose citizens with this substance or any other forcedmedication in water without first obtaining their written informed consent, and

WHEREAS fluoridated water provides an uncontrolled dose of fluoride to citizens, some

of whom may drink significantly large quantities due to their occupation, outdoor

activity, special diet, or health conditions (such as diabetes mellitus and diabetesinsipidus), and

WHEREAS the 2011 water report for Sheridan lists the fluoride content of drinkingwater at 0.5 ppm (parts per million), fluctuating between 0.2 and 0.8 and the CDC

recommendation for optimally fluoridated water is 0.7ppm, then the need to artificiallyfluoridate the drinking water with chemical additives would seem unnecessary, and

WHEREAS the National Research Council in 2006 reported that American infants and

young children are being exposed, on a body weight basis, to 3-4 times the amount of

fluoride as are adults, and young childrens bodies are especially susceptible to harmfrom chemical exposures due to their rapidly growing cells and tissues, and

WHEREAS current direction from the American Dental Association (ADA) and the

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend that parents and caregivers of infantsunder 1 year of age may wish to use non-fluoridated water when mixing infant milkformula for their babies in order to prevent the permanent scarring of tooth enamel

known as dental fluorosis, and

WHEREAS the free-fluoride ion is smaller than the water molecule and is not removed

by filtration devices, eliminating unwanted fluoride from tap water requires moreexpensive distillation or reverse osmosis systems that are not generallyeconomically available to all segments of the population, and

WHEREAS alternative methods of delivery exist; and we are already exposed to high

levels of unlabeled fluoride in foods and beverages, and

WHEREAS each individual possesses the inalienable right to choose or reject what he or

she consumes; therefore


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WE the undersigned citizens of Sheridan oppose spending taxpayer and ratepayer money

to fluoridate public drinking water and urge the Sheridan City Mayor, Sheridan City

Councilors, and the Sheridan Area Water Supply to stop planning for the fluoridation ofpublic water supply.

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