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Right on Kenneth, well put. Its really quite ironic that the state is so concerned about arsenic in private wells, and yet, they want to dump fluoride, along with arsenic and a host of other contaminates into the public water supply

Now here is a really good question…

Say that fluoridation is somehow implemented in the water coming from Judy Reservoir and deaths result — as they have elsewhere around the country. This is not a scare tactic. It is reality. Who is the responsible party?

A. PUD No. 1 of Skagit County
B. The Skagit County Commission
C. The Skagit County Health Department
D. Washington Dental Service Foundation
E. The deceased

Perhaps the answer lies in the following news item:

Lawsuits threatened over forced fluoride
Attorney warns water group to preserve legal evidence

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Posted: June 17, 2008
9:42 pm Eastern

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Concerns about fluoridation are quickly surfacing as the National Kidney Foundation withdrew its support of the chemical additive at the same time the largest association of water professionals in the world was warned not to destroy evidence that may be required in legal actions filed by individuals harmed by drinking fluoridated water.

Following reports of the NKF’s acknowledgement that patients with kidney disease “should be notified of the potential risk” to their health from drinking fluoridated water, the American Water Works Association has been given notice that it must not eliminate or tamper with documents or recordings, indicating that lawsuits could be filed in the near future.

Attorney Robert Reeves delivered a fluoride evidence preservation notice to the 60,000-member water association last week. The document named AWWA’s Denver headquarters, regional offices and national and regional officers as “potentially responsible parties” who might be named in lawsuits filed on behalf of kidney patients and other individuals injured by ingesting fluoride.

Daniel Stockin of the Lillie Center, Inc., a public health training firm that has works to end fluoridation, said organizations should immediately withdraw support for use of the water additive.

“The letter from attorney Reeves to AWWA should make people aware that there is a rapidly closing window in which cities or health officials can act to end fluoridation without behind held accountable for continuing to support fluoridation,” Stockin told WND. “The news is out that there are sensitive groups such as kidney patients, diabetics and infants who need to be protected.”

(concluded at http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=67360)

Don,
In answer to your multiple choice I would choose “B”. Since the county commissioners double as the health department and they are the ones that want to mass medicate and are prescribing fluoride (a drug) without a medical license then they should take responsibility.

RCW 69.41.210
Definitions.
The terms defined in this section shall have the meanings indicated when used in RCW 69.41.200 through 69.41.260.

(1) “Distributor” means any corporation, person, or other entity which distributes for sale a legend drug under its own label even though it is not the actual manufacturer of the legend drug.

(2) “Solid dosage form” means capsules or tablets or similar legend drug products intended for administration and which could be ingested orally.

(3) “Legend drug” means any drugs which are required by state law or regulation of the board to be dispensed as prescription only or are restricted to use by prescribing practitioners only and shall include controlled substances in Schedules II through V of chapter 69.50 RCW.

(4) “Board” means the state board of pharmacy.