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Portland: Yes to Fluoride: A Smart Health Equity tool.
By Coalition of Communities of Color in Portland, Oregon. By Gerald Delany (SEI, Co-Chair), Carmen Rubio (Latino Network, Co-Chair), Lee Po Cha (IRCO), Matt Morton (NAYA) and Joseph Santos-Lyons (APANO). In a typical Oregon third grade classroom of 25 kids, at least eight have untreated dental decay and five of those students have seven or […]
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Portland: Amanda Fritz undecided on fluoride but won’t push for a public vote
Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz says she won’t push for a citywide vote on fluoride. When the issue first surfaced publicly in August, Fritz wrote in an email that “it seems that the most prudent course of action may be to support a referral of the issue, rather than Council making the decision.” Fritz, in a […]
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Portland editorial: Randy Leonard’s aggressive fluoridation schedule deserves council support
Citizens reportedly inundated the Portland City Council with calls and emails shortly after Commissioner Randy Leonard proposed last week to fluoridate the city’s water by March 1, 2014. That’s a lot sooner than the Portland Water Bureau had said it could get the job done, and it’s a couple of months before Portland residents would […]
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Portland Mayor Sam Adams: Why I’m Voting Yes on Fluoridation
Dear Portlander, I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the Autumn season. Since I announced my support for adding fluoride to Portland’s water system, many people have asked me how I came to my decision. I have been studying the water fluoridation issue since I was elected as a City Commissioner and I am […]
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Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman mum on fluoride stance
Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman on Friday remained silent about his stance on fluoride. Saltzman is the only member of the Portland City Council who hasn’t weighed in with a public hearing looming Thursday and a vote scheduled Sept. 12. Already, Mayor Sam Adams and Commissioners Randy Leonard and Nick Fish have said they’ll vote […]
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Portland Commissioner Randy Leonard calls for fluoride by March 2014, two months before opponents want public vote
City Commissioner Randy Leonard just made the race to fluoridate Portland’s water supply more controversial, if that’s even possible. Leonard on Friday proposed that the Portland Water Bureau implement a fluoridation plan by March 1, 2014, two months before voters could weigh in under an initiative effort that will be launched by opponents. The contentious issue of […]
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Dr. Know: The Fluoridation Saga Continues
There’s no evidence to support the claim that drinking water with fluoride has benefits to our oral health. Just take a look at the World Health Organization chart on fluoridated vs. non-fluoridated countries. —Mia N. It’s funny you should cite the WHO as a source. I happen to have right here its gripping 134-page “Fluoride […]
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Brewers keep their spirits up in midst of fluoridation debate
With all the debate on fluoridating the city’s water, one voice hadn’t weighed in — until now. Some of Portland’s largest craft brewers say the proposed plan to add fluoride to the Bull Run water supply at a level of 0.7 parts per million will not affect the brewing process or the taste of their […]
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Don’t contaminate our world-class water
As Portlanders, we are passionate about our drinking water, which is some of the world’s best. Protecting our right to clean water is something that brings us together. It’s not surprising that Portlanders have rejected three attempts to fluoridate our drinking water. What is surprising, however, is that the City Council is poised to ignore […]
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Fluoridation – A Misplaced Conflict
The author believes fluoridation will improve the dental health of all our citizens, and is an ethical mandate, not a conspiracy by the city council. OPINION — August 28, 2012 — It is unfortunate that The Lund Report gave Rick North such as prominent podium from which to expound the “bad science” used by […]
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