U.S. Regional Contacts
United States
ARIZONA
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Bruce & Sherrian Bloomquist
Group Affiliation: Flagstaff Citizens for Safe Drinking Water |
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ARKANSAS
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Crystal Harvey
c/o Po Box 20069
Hot Springs, Arkansas
71903
501-520-6990
crystalthepink@gmail.com |
Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member
Involvement: Working to stop mandatory fluoridation legislation in the state. |
CALIFORNIA
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Maureen Jones
Email: maureenj( at )pacbell.net
Tel: (408) 297-8487
Fax: (408) 297-2678
Web site: www.Keepers-of-the-Well.org |
Group Affiliation: Citizens for Safe Drinking Water & FAN National Dream Member
Involvement: For the past twelve years I have worked almost daily at a national level. I send clean, highlighted, complementary, documentation packets to private citizens, council members, and state legislators. My paper archives number in the thousands, dating back to the 1930s. I also keep a running list of cities that have quit or rejected fluoridation since 1990. I enjoy doing radio shows and welcome all questions and calls for documentation on the issue. |
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David Kennedy, D.D.S.
Group Affiliation: Citizens for Safe Drinking Water
email: davidkennedy-dds@cox.net
tel: 1-800-728-3833
fax: 1-619-281-1578
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About Citizens for Safe Drinking Water: One of the most active groups in the country. They have a 1-800 # (728-3833) to answer any of your questions on fluoride, as well as a voluminous packet of fluoride information which they send out free of charge. David Kennedy and Jeff Green (greenjeff@cox.net) are the main coordinators of the group. |
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Gene Burke
Group Affiliation: Santa Monicans for Safe Drinking Water Coalition & FAN National Dream Member
PO Box 358
Santa Monica CA 90406
tel: 310 451 9950
e-mail: burkegene@msn.com
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Involvement: Group's founder-director is a longtime activist/researcher in food/animal/pollution projects; an environmental health analyst since 1986.
Current Activities: Since its formation in early 2002, SMSDWC has attempted via internal efforts to catalyze scientific investigation into the f-process decided for this community (pop. 84,000) by its City Council (4-3) in October, 2001. That decision was remarkable in the sense it was made without the Council's seeking the advice of its elite Environmental Task Force (ETF). To this date, there continues to be much controversy about that factor. We've tried to work closely with the ETF to catalyze scrutiny processes. Despite our urgent requests for such and our presentation of copious scientific data/docs/arguments, the CC has virtually ignored proactive ETF advisories requesting a delay and a request for their conducting a Risk Assessment Study. SMSDW's requests for review also have been continuously ignored. After some technical delays, this Council's entrenched pro-F majority is now pushing for a completion of the f-installation by Fall '04. That notwithstanding the absence of ordered technical studies, or an Environmental Impact Report, or Risk Assessment Studies. One of the four entrenched pro-f Council members tersely summed up its position recently by remarking "We debated and voted for fluoridation wrong, right, or indifferent; and I think we should now move ahead."
What has been the main lesson of SMSDWC to date? That the respectful and literate presentation of abundant evidence for-- at minimum-- mere "reasonable doubt" considerations has appeared to be inadequate for this local City government to date. However, thanks to increased press interest/coverage about this negative activity, national attention has now been brought to this. FAN has been instrumental in making that possible. SMSDWC intends to insist upon a delay of this process by every means possible until sound safety and technical studies are produced--that is, if such production is possible...from ANY source. |
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Danny Gottlieb & Frank Cousineau
Group Affiliation: Citizens for Safe Water in Habitats
email: gottlieb@ainet.com& LifeSupport@juno.com
tel: 209-572-2393
P.O. Box 4651
Modesto, CA 95352-4651 |
Website: www.nofish.org (No Fluoride in Stanislaus Habitats) |
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Mountain View Citizens for Safe Drinking Water
email: Billie@nofluoride.com
Tel/Fax: 650-968-1424 |
Website: www.nofluoride.com
About Mountain View Citizens for Safe Drinking Water: Formed to fight fluoridation in Mountain View and San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Stephen F. Sherrill
tel: 805-682-4876
email: sfsherrill@earthlink.net |
Group Affiliation: Director, Santa Barbara Citizens for Safe Drinking Water |
COLORADO
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Pati Caputto
email: mtncentre@aol.com
tel: 970-224-5521
3932 JFK Parkway
Fort Collins, CO 80525 |
Group Affiliation: Fort Collins Clean Water Advocates & FAN National Dream Member
About Group: Fort Collins Clean Water Advocates formed as a non-profit in July 2003. We intend to put this issue on the April of 2005 city ballot.
Background: Fort Collins has been fluoridated since 1967, recently with HFS. In early 2001 Virginia Brown of our group asked City Council to stop fluoridating. They referred the question to the Water Board, which researched the issue and recommended to Council that the city STOP fluoridating. The city then commissioned a volunteer Fluoride Technical Study Group chosen by the Health District which studied the 'technical' data for nearly 2 years. Their voluminous document weighed in favor of continuing fluoridation, but they refused to consider any of the recent studies, including the Masters/Coplan and Mullenix studies. The Water Board continued to recommend we stop, the Health Board recommended to continue, and the City Council voted in July 2003 to continue fluoridation. At public hearings for this issue, anti-fluoridationists usually outnumbered the pro-fluoride speakers. Following this we continued our education of the public and began to prepare for a ballot initiative. |
ILLINOIS
KANSAS
(See recent news from Kansas)
Deanna Havens.
email: FAT-KS@cox.net
Group Affiliation: Fluoride Awareness Team of Kansas & FAN National Dream Member |
Group's Activities: Update: While the Fluoride Awareness Team was battling in Winfield, Wayne Lockbeck was battling in Hutchinson, KS (WLogbeck@yahoo.com). After wins in both cities, fluoride fighters teamed together to assist in other battles across the state including Ellis, McPherson, Harper and Wichita, KS (Dr. Robert Hetrick-- JBH6600@hotmail.com). While those battles were all successful, unfortunately Newton, Leavenworth and Maize were well on their way to fluoridation before we were ever notified. Subsequent efforts to stop implementation of fluoridation in Leavenworth and Maize were basically too little, too late especially when dealing with close-minded councils. By an administrative decision, the Maize Council completely ignored a referendum petition (legistlative) and allowed fluoride to flow through their new pipeline. We are currently waiting on an Attorney Generals' Opinion with hopes of reversing that. In addition, FAT-KS has proudly assisted other cities nationwide in defeating fluoridation. Some of these were in our neighboring state of Missouri... Ozark, West Plains and Ste. Genevieve. Our newest concerns are in Emporia and Parsons, KS... both are already fluoridated. Some in Emporia want to change that. Parson's has suspended their fluoridation for equipment repairs and we are hoping that we can build a Team there to prevent them going back online. High hopes.
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Melody Scheel
Group Affiliation: Fluoride Awareness Team of Kansas
email: mscheel@cox.net
fax: 775-415-5729 |
Involvement: Being actively involved in fighting fluoridation in Kansas towns since the mid-seventies, I am able to assist and advise the average citizen on proven techniques to involve others and lobby their City Council.
Goal of group: Mission is to educate Kansans on the adverse affects of fluoridation, Assist individuals in Kansas and neighboring states on techniques to lobby their City Council to reject fluoridation as well as provide contact information and websites to individuals needing more information. |
Bernard Miltenberger
294 E. Main St.
Frostburg MD 21532-1952
email: bernie_miltenberger( at )msn.com
tel: 301-724-9110 |
Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member Local Efforts: Campaigning actively against the fluoridation of Frostburg, Maryland. The city recently voted to go ahead and fluoridate. |
MASSACHUSETTS
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Kathy Fontane
Email: kathy.fontane( at )fluoridealert.org |
Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member |
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Stephen Dean, D.C.
1367 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
email: drdean@the-spa.com |
Group Affiliation: Massachusetts Communities for Pure Water
Group Website: www.saveourwater.org
Group Email: info@saveourwater.org |
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Bruce Randall
Email: bruce@fluoridealert.org
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Group Affiliation: Longmeadow Citizens for Clean Water
Interests: Working to remove fluoride from Longmeadow's water supply, and to help fight fluoridation throughout western Massachusetts |
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Our Rights, Our Water-Massachusetts
PMB #818, 1102 Pleasant St.
Worcester, MA 01602-1232
Tel: 508-770-4118
email: mail@orowma.org |
Groups activities: OROWMA's principle purpose is as an educational clearinghouse that will provide information to Massachusetts communities in order to enable citizens to make educated decisions on the effects of fluoridation. |
MINNESOTA
Jason Krueger
Email: jkrueger@fluoridealert.org
Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 |
Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member
Local Efforts: Joining concerned people together to better increase awareness of water fluoridation dangers (letters to the editor, online chat forums, political correspondence to local and state leaders). Our goal is eliminating Minnesota's current statewide fluoride requirement stating that water levels must maintain 1.2 parts per million. |
Matthew Wenger
Email: matt@fluoridealert.org
Duluth, MN
763-360-3960 |
Interests: I am working with local citizens, professionals, health practitioners, and elected officials to take a stand on ending water fluoridation in MN on a statewide basis. Through petitioning, written articles, informational presentations in universities and other public places, city council meetings and beyond, with the intent of raising enough interest, to eventually spark a re-examination and abolishment of MN statewide law of adding fluoride to our drinking water. |
MONTANA
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Mae Woo, DDS
email: mwoo@imt.net
tel : 406-651-9103 |
Group affiliation: Billings Citizens for Safe Drinking Water |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Gerhard Bedding
email: gbedding@earthlink.net |
Group affiliation: Director, NH Pure Water Coalition; & FAN National Dream Member |
NEW JERSEY
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Nancy Browne Coleman
P.O. Box 91
Convent Station NJ 07961-0091
tel: 973-984-0604
email: njnofluoride@aol.com |
Group affiliation: President, New Jersey Citizens Opposing Forced Fluoridation & FAN National Dream Member
Group Website: www.njsafewater.org
Group Activities: Working to prevent statewide mandatory fluoridation |
NEW YORK
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New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF)
email: nyscof@aol.com
website: www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof/ |
About NYSCOF: The most active group in New York State for many years now. NYSCOF has a wealth of information with a tireless staff of volunteers. The group has been instrumental in keeping fluoridation out of Long Island. |
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Ellen Connett
Editor, Waste Not
82 Judson St
Canton NY 13617
email: pesticides( at )fluoridealert.org
tel: 315-379-9200
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Interest in Fluoride: Researching the use of fluorides in pesticides.
Fluoride in Canton: In September 2002, a petition to stop fluoridation was circulated at St. Lawrence University in Canton. In less than one week, 125 faculty and staff (including the Dean of Students and the Registrar) and 250 students signed it. This petition was presented to the Canton Village Trustees. The Trustees responded by holding a Hearing on the issue in December. For a small community of 5,000 residents, the majority attending the Hearing wanted fluoridation to end. Our Trustees took the issue seriously, did a lot of homework, discussed the issue at their monthly board meetings, and in February 2003 they voted 3 to 1 to end fluoridation.. |
NORTH CAROLINA
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Concerned Citizens for Pure Water
164 Heatherly Hts. Rd
Saluda, NC 28773
Janet Pettit, President
email: jpettit@tds.net
tel: 828-749-9769
fax: 828-749-9789 |
Current Efforts: We have been fighting fluoridation since Oct. of '95 when the city council of Hendersonville, NC voted to fluoridate with less than 1 week of public discussion and after it had been rejected twice in the past by the citizens. Fluoridation began in June of 1997 and continues. We are also trying to get fluoride out of the water in the Asheville area. |
OREGON
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Kimberly Kaminski
PO Box 13307
Portland, OR 97213-0307
email: ocsdw@earthlink.net
Tel: 503-675-7451
Fax: 503-699-1805 |
Group Affiliation: Executive Director,
Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water
Current Efforts: Working at state and local levels to maintain Oregon's fluoride-free waters. |
PENNSYLVANIA
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Mike Ewall
email: catalyst@actionpa.org
tel: 215-743-4884
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Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member, & ACTION Center (Activists' Center for Training In Organizing and Networking)
Group Website: www.actionpa.org |
TENNESSEE
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Daniel G. Stockin, MPH
Senior Operations Officer
The Lillie Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 1951
Brentwood, TN 37024
Ph: 615-370-5788 Fax: 615-370-2151
Email: dan (at) thelilliecenter.com
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Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member
Current Efforts: We are coordinating efforts in Tennessee to educate water districts, politicians, water consumers, and others about the harm from fluoridation. We have worked with State Rep. Gary Odom to schedule an official hearing and review of the state's fluoridation policy on January 9, 2006 (tentative date; contact us to confirm date as well as time, location, and agenda). The hearing is being held by the Tenn. House of Representatives Conservation and Environment Committee, of which Rep. Odom is chair. |
UTAH
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WASHINGTON STATE
(See recent news from Washington State)
Emily Kalweit
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Group Affiliation: Director, Washington Action for Safe Water
Tel: 360-556-1191
Email: emily@fluoridealert.org |
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Audrey Adams
Renton, WA
425-271-2229
Email: audrey@fluoridealert.org
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Current Activities: Advocating with Dr. Osmunson---we've met with almost 50 legislators (or their LAs) to request a review of the science of fluoridation. Testified at the Select Committee on Environmental Health "Water: Raindrop to Tap" worksession on 2/20/08.
Affiliation: Wash Action for Safe Water and various Disabilities groups (The Arc, KCPC, Autism) |
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Citizens Against Forced Fluoride
Bellingham, Washington |
Group Website: www.noforcedfluoride.org
Group Activities: Working to stop fluoridation in Bellingham. |
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Skagit Clean Water
Skagit County, Washington
e-mail: SkagitCleanWater@yahoo.com
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Group Website: www.skagitcleanwater.org
Group Activities: The Skagit Clean Water Steering Committee meets periodically on Thursday evenings in the upstairs section of the Skagit Valley Food Coop's Deli in Mount Vernon. Any interested citizens who are concerned about fluoridation of our water supplies are welcome to attend these working meetings. For specific meeting dates and times, refer to the main page at the above web site, where meeting notices will be posted. |
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Protect Our Waters & Our Water--Our Choice!
P.O. Box 2423
Port Angeles, WA 98362
email: water@yes4cleanwater.org
tel: 360-452-9838 (Keith A. Wollen) |
Group Website: www.yes4cleanwater.org
About our group: We gathered petitions opposing the addition of fluoride to our water, but the city ignored us and
uoridated anyway. Since we had no initiative rights, we circulated petitions to get them and circulated more petitions to put 2 initiatives on the ballot. At this time, the city and Washington Dental association are challenging the validity of the initiatives in court. |
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Don Caron
2017 E. Bismark
Spokane WA 99207
email: donaldc88@attbi.com
tel: 509-489-3129
fax: 509-489-1026 |
Group Affiliation: Fluoride Awarenes Coalition (F-ACT). |
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Shirley Jacobson
Email: retiredlady_04( at )yahoo.com
Phone: 360-758-7753 |
Group Affiliation: FAN National Dream Member
Current Activities: Wrapping up 2005 election
campaign in Bellingham. Learning the ins and outs of the legislative process here in WA. |
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Safe Water Coalition of Washington State
FAN National Dream Member
5615 W Lyons Ct
Spokane, WA 99208. |
About Group: We incorporated November 2, 1988. We are dedicated to the safety and purity of drinking water in WA state. |
WISCONSIN
Justin Leeson
email: justin@fluoridealert.org
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Group Affiliation: Fluoride Action Network
Local Efforts: Working to raise awareness about fluoride, and stop fluoridation programs, across the state. |
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