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C L E A N WAT E RS H E R I D A N

The uorosilicic acid that will be used touoridate our water is not naturally

occurring. It is an industrial waste by !product. Sheridan County residents shouldbe informed of the known adverse e " ects of

these chemical medications and choose forthemselves and family what form of uoride

they wish to use or not use. For moreinformation please see

cleanwatersheridan.wordpress.comContact Council Members & sign the

petition to overturn the decision at theGood Health Emporium, 45th Parallel,

Deines Chiropractic, Buchanan Chiropractic, Atlas Chiropractic, Star Liquor and Bagels &

Beyond. Thank You!

Sheridan City Council Members John Heath: 307 !673!1876 Kristin Kelly: 307!673!4751

Shelleen Smith: 307!461!7082 Alex Lee: 307!752!8804

Robert Webster: 307 !674!4206 Mayor Dave Kinsky: 307!675!4223

City Council Position Available ContactScott Badley, City Clerk

C L E A N WAT E R S H E R I D A Ncleanwatersheridan.wordpress.com Clean Water Sheridan on FaceBook

Sign this Petition or gathersignatures then mail to:PO Box 4063 Sheridan, WY 82801

WE the undersigned citizens of Sheridan opposespending taxpayer and ratepayer money touoridate public drinking water and urge theSheridan City Mayor, Sheridan City Councilors, andthe Sheridan Area Water Supply to stop planningfor the uoridation of public water supply

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Clean Water Sheridan is a grassrootsmovement of diverse people and groups thathave joined together to protect ourenvironment, health, economic well !beingand community quality of life. Our goalsinclude clean, safe and a " ordable water;prevention of health threatening pollution;protection of environmentally safe jobs andbusinesses; and empowerment of people to

make democracy work.

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Grandjean, P., Landrigan, P. $ 2014 %. Neurobehavioural

e" ects of developmental toxicity. Lancet Neurol.

Retrieved from http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/

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id=eaaSHLpQ3RqRNfSS3qZqu

Sheridan City Council voted to uoridate the city of Sheridans water supply without a vote from its citizenry. Newdevelopments have emerged against this policy, which adds to the controversy surrounding this misguided decision. The only reason the City Council has not implemented this policy at this time is due to funding decits. Listed

below are the 7 arguments against its use. Get active by signing the petition and contacting the City Council askingthem to stop water uoridation. A mini !petition and mail in PO Box is included on the back for your convenience.

F L U O R I D E A D D I T I V E S

The chemicals used in water uoridation are unpuried wasteproducts from the phosphate fertilizer industries scrubbedsmoke stacks. The majority of these industrial plants are foreignand do not have to comply with the strict environmentalprotection laws that regulate toxic exposures like in the UnitedStates. Sodium Fluoride bag used to place

in water systems Results ! om accumulation of uoride

I N F O R M E D C O N S E N T !

The citizens of Sheridan have the inalienable right to refuseto be medicated. It is also our right to know the exactchemical makeup of the intended compound that is to beused.

L I S T E D A S A N E U R O T O X I NAccording to research funded by the National Institutes ofHealth & National Institute for Environmental Health SciencesFluoride has now (2014) been listed as an industrial chemicalknown to cause developmental neurotoxicity in humans joiningthe ranks of arsenic, lead, and methyl mercury (Grandjen et al.,2014)

References

H A RVA R D U N I V E R S I T Y

A meta-analysis published by Harvard University support thepossibility of adverse effects of uoride exposures on childrens

neurodevelopment at the levels found in municipal watersupplies (Choi et al, 2012).

Choi et al. $ 2012 %. Developmental uoride neurotoxicity:

A systematic review and meta !analysis. Environ Health

Prospect. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

pmc/?term=10.1289/ehp.1104912

S WA L L O W I N G F L U O R I D E

Several recent studies have overwhelmingly concludedthat uorides benets (if there are any) come fromapplying it directly to the teeth, not from swallowing it.The largest study of tooth decay in America, by the U.S.National Institute of Dental Research in 1986-1987showed no signicant difference in decay rates anduoridated status (Yiamouyiannis, 1989).

Yiamouyiannis, J. $ 1989 %. Water uoridation and tooth

decay: Results from the 1986 !1987 national survey of U.S.

schoolchildren. Community Dentistry & Oral

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N E W H H S R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S

Based on new ndings that 40.6% of U.S. adolescents havedental uorosis, HHS and the EPA have recommendedlower the level of uoride for optimally uoridatedwater from 0.7-1.2 to 0.7 (EPA, 2011). City Council voted1.0 ppm, which is no longer valid.

EPA. $ 2011 %. EPA and HHS announce new scientic

assessments and actions on uoride. News ReleasesWater. Retrieved from http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/

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A C C U M U L AT I O N O F F L U O R I D E

There have been many studies addressing the accumulation ofuoride in the body from low level ingestion, showing negativeimpacts on the kidneys, pineal gland, thyroid, and thecardiovascular, reproductive, skeletal systems, and may be acancer promoter.