Holyoke would need board vote or special act to stop fluoridation

HOLYOKE -- Three ways exist for the city to stop fluoridation of public water and none appears easy or imminent, city councilors learned Tuesday . --The city Board of Health can be asked to lift the 1970 requirement that water be treated with fluoride to promote dental health; --10 percent of registered voters can petition for a binding ballot question to be held, but that option is available only upon an order to increase the amount of fluoride in the water supply and the petition must be filed within 90 days of the publication of such an order.

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