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Petitioner seeks moratorium and home‑rule authority on water fluoridation; water superintendent urges removal on cost and safety grounds
Summary
Two citizen petitions would (1) institute a moratorium on adding fluoridation chemicals to Templeton’s public water supply pending the outcome of an EPA appeal in a federal court case and (2) seek a home‑rule law shift to give annual town meeting authority over fluoridation decisions.
Two citizen petitions on municipal water fluoridation drew extended public comment and technical response at the Templeton Advisory Committee pre‑town meeting.
Julie Farrell, the petitioner on Articles 9 and 10, told the committee she will move a substitute motion for Article 9 to pause fluoridation “until such time as the court of appeals has decided the case” in a federal lawsuit she cited. Farrell said a U.S. District Court judge in the Northern District of California found that it is “reasonable to assume” that some fluoridation chemicals can lower children’s IQ and directed the Environmental Protection Agency to reexamine its rules; the…
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