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Board declines petition seeking new fluoride safety rule, cites statutory and resource concerns
Summary
The State Board of Health declined a petition that would have required the board to apply an 'assurance of safety' standard and disclose sources relied on for drinking-water additives; staff recommended denial as the petition restated statute and would be resource intensive.
The Washington State Board of Health voted to decline a petition from Washington Action for Safe Water and Bill Osmundson that sought rule language asserting an "assurance of safety" standard for substances added to public water.
Shay Bauman, a board policy advisor, recommended denying the petition, saying the requested rule would largely restate statutory duties and that…
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