Bellingham residents value clean and safe water free of fluorosolic acid with heavy metal contaminents such as lead, arsenic and mercury Take action to protect clean and safe drinking water in Bellingham Bellingham currently has one of the nation's cleanest drinking water supplies largely due to the millions spent protecting this resource. We are called again to protect Bellingham's drinking water as it was protected in 1992 and 1997 against fluoridation schemes. We will need to work hard to continue to protect this precious resource. Will Bellingham turn into a city where a large portion of the population drinks bottled water and the tap water is avoided and ridiculed as in other cities?  Opportunities to Take Action to protect clean and safe drinking water   1) With more cities across Washington and and the nation choosing not to fluoridate their drinking water, fluoridation interests are increasing looking to force the issue on cities and town through state legislatures and on the federal level.   As an example, an attempt to force all cities within Oregon to fluoridate was made in 2005 which was narrowly rejected.   Contact your state and federal representative today and urge them to not attempt to force fluoridation on cities through preemption.  (see contact info below).  Cities such as Bellingham should have the right to make their own decisions concerning their drinking water supplies and not have fluorosilicic acid forced upon them.   2) Download, print out campaign material here and pass around to family members, friends and others concerned with clean and safe water:   a.  One page flier "5 Reasons To Reject Fluoridation" (very popular)   b. Two page : Brochure [front] : [back]  (print out then copy to make double sided tri-fold brochure.  See .jpeg format below if needed).    c. Fluorosilicic Acid Chemical Data Sheet (The manufacture's list of the chemical components of the likely fluoridation mixture containing heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic)   You can also mail any of the documents to friends, family and anyone you know concerned about clean drinking water in Bellingham   3) Keep up to date on the fluoride issue in Bellingham at http://www.noforcedfluoride.org.  Send the link to your friends and family to let them learn about the issue.  The web page is now regularly updated "Bellingham Fluoride News Update."  The site links to literally hundreds of original source materials, scientific studies, and PDC forms, where one can study the matter.   4) Receive the latest Bellingham fluoride news by joining the email list by sending an blank email to No_Forced_Fluoride_Bellingham-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.  (The list will not be sold or used for any purpose other than the fluoride issue).   5) Send a donation of  $35 to $60 today to   Danelle Weaver, Tresurer Healthy Goals for Bellingham 2716 St. Claire St. Bellingham, WA 98226-4004  (registered Washington PAC)    (Neglible cost compared to the cost of bottled water, a water service, or installing and maintaining a reverse osmosis water filter.) 6) Volunteer and email the group to help in any way you are able.  Do you have special skills or contacts? 7) Send a letter to the editor to your local paper in support of clean water (Bellingham Herald, Whatcom Independent, Bellingham Weekly or Whatcom Watch and others) 8) Sign the Protect Our Water petition at www.powalliance.org (national) to "join with members of eleven EPA unions in their call for an immediate Congressional act placing a national moratorium on water fluoridation pending a full Congressional investigation into this public policy"   Contact information for State and Federal Representatives.  Let them know in your own words why Bellingham residents should not have Fluorosilicic Acid "Fluoride" forced into its drinking water supply.  Be courteous and direct. Rep. DAVE QUALL 40th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT   District office: 1330A S 2nd St Ste 105 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 (360) 428-1023 Olympia Office: 301 John L. O'Brien Building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 (360) 786-7800 quall.dave@leg.wa.gov Rep. JEFF MORRIS 40th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT District office: 1330 A S Second St Suite 100 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 (360) 428-1022 Olympia Office: 434 Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 (360) 786-7970 morris.jeff@leg.wa.gov     Sen. HARRIET SPANEL 40th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT Legislative Office: 305 Legislative Building PO Box 40440 Olympia, WA 98504-0440 Telephone: (360) 786-7678 Fax: (360) 786-1999 spanel.harriet@leg.wa.gov Rep. KELLI LINVILLE ( D)  42nd LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT Olympia Office: 429 Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 (360) 786-7854 linville.kelli@leg.wa.gov District office: 104 W Magnolia St Ste 306 Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 738-6177 Fax: (360) 738-6178   Rep. DOUG ERICKSEN 42nd LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT Olympia Office: 427A Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 (360) 786-7980 ericksen.doug@leg.wa.gov Dale Brandland 42nd LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT Legislative Office: 203 Irv Newhouse Building PO Box 40442 Olympia, WA 98504-0442 Telephone: (360) 786-7682 Fax: (360) 786-1999 brandland.dale@leg.wa.gov   Rick Larson, US Congress rick.larsen@mail.house.gov BELLINGHAM 104 W. Magnolia, Room 206 Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: (360) 733-4500 Fax: (360) 733-5144 EVERETT 2930 Wetmore Ave, Ste. 9F Everett, WA 98201 Phone: (425) 252-3188 Toll-free: (800) 562-1385 Fax:(425) 252-6606 Sen. Patty Murray Washington, D.C. Office senator_murray@murray.senate.gov 173 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2621 Fax: (202) 224-0238 Seattle Office 2988 Jackson Federal Building 915 2nd Avenue Seattle, Washington 98174 Phone: (206) 553-5545 Fax: (206) 553-0891   Sen. Maria Cantwell maria@cantwell.senate.gov   State Offices Toll-free Phone: 1-888-648-7328   WASHINGTON, DC 717 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3441 202-228-0514 - FAX 202-224-8273 - TDD   SEATTLE 915 Second Avenue Suite 3206 Seattle, WA 98174 206-220-6400 206-220-6404 - FAX (Outside - .jpeg format) Download and print out campaign flyer and pass out to friends, neighbors and anyone you know concerned about clean water and what they ingest. (Inside .jpeg format) 9) Help educate people you know on fluoride with studies on fluoride, statements from the EPA scientists and other material including (most are very printer friendly) Citizens Against Bellingham Fluoride