ATM Warrant - Fluoride articles
Below is the text for the two citizen petition articles concerning fluoride. Please read them carefully.
ARTICLE 25
CITIZEN’S PETITION: FLUORIDE WARNING
Shall the Town vote to approve a warning concerning Templeton citizen’s fluorosis risk the additive poses to infants, to be added to all water bills and consumer confidence reports (which must be mailed to all water consumers, be posted online, and available at the Selectmen’s Office and the Light and Water Department). The warning is as followed:
“Your public water supply is fluoridated. According to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention, if your child under the age of 6 months is exclusively consuming infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, there may be an increased chance of dental fluorosis. Consult your child’s health care provider for more information.”; or take any other action relative thereto.
A citizen’s petition submitted by Peter Farrell and 28 others
Shall the Town vote to approve a warning concerning Templeton citizen’s fluorosis risk the additive poses to infants, to be added to all water bills and consumer confidence reports (which must be mailed to all water consumers, be posted online, and available at the Selectmen’s Office and the Light and Water Department). The warning is as followed:
“Your public water supply is fluoridated. According to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention, if your child under the age of 6 months is exclusively consuming infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, there may be an increased chance of dental fluorosis. Consult your child’s health care provider for more information.”; or take any other action relative thereto.
A citizen’s petition submitted by Peter Farrell and 28 others
ARTICLE 26
Move that the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to seek Special Legislation as set forth below: provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of the petition as follows:
An Act authorizing Annual Town Meeting as the responsible party on any and all decisions involving fluoridating or not fluoridating the public water supply.
Section 1. Notwithstanding Section 8C, Chapter 111, Title XVI, Part 1 of the general laws of or any general of special law to the contrary, the legislative body at Annual Town Meeting with a majority vote shall be authorized to make any and all decisions in regards to fluoridating or not fluoridating the public water supply however should town meeting vote to fluoridate the public water supply oversight on fluoride dose shall go to the town Board of Health. Annual town meeting shall also make decisions on health warning involving water fluoridation and any other decisions involving fluoride and the public water supply.
Section 2. Upon effective date of this act the Legislative body at Annual Town Meeting shall become the responsible party for all matters concerning fluoride and the public water supply.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
A citizen’s petition submitted by Peter Farrell and 28 others
