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New coalition lobbies to fluoridate Portland’s drinking water
Portland’s reign as America’s largest bastion of fluoride-free water is facing a revolt. A newly formed and hush-hush coalition of more than 50 high-profile organizations is quietly lobbying the Portland City Council to add fluoride to a drinking water supply serving about 900,000 residents — not just in Portland but also Gresham, Tigard and Tualatin, […]
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Hydrogen fluoride: EPA fines North Portland Kanto Corporation for failing to report use of toxic chemicals
Kanto Corporation, a Portland chemical manufacturer, failed to report the use of toxic chemicals at its facility in violation of community right-to-know laws, according to a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. Kanto agreed to correct violations of the federal Toxics Release Inventory Program and pay a fine, according to the EPA. Kanto […]
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Philomath voters approve fluoride measure
Two doctors who worked to add fluoride to Philomath’s water three decades ago on Tuesday saw voters approve putting it back. Drs. David Cutsforth and David Grube, Philomath physicians, helped lead a petition drive to get measure 02-76 on the March 13 special election ballot. The campaign was launched by a group of community members […]
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Philomath voters have one week to return ballots on fluoridation question
The March 13 special election is a week away and, as of Monday, about 23 percent of ballots had been received by the Benton County elections office. Philomath voters are voting on Measure 02-76, which would overturn a May 2011 decision by the Philomath City Council to discontinue adding fluoride to the city’s municipal water […]
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Philomath City Manager Kugler defends actions
Philomath City Manager Randy Kugler has issued a formal defense of the city’s actions in publishing anti-fluoride information in its September newsletter. Kugler was responding to a series of 11 questions from Alana Cox, a compliance specialist with the Oregon Elections Division. Cox is investigating a complaint filed by Citizens for Healthy Teeth, a political […]
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Children’s cavities on the increase in Oregon
SEASIDE – Laurie Johnson spends a lot of her time looking inside the mouths of children at schools across Oregon. Johnson, school oral health programs coordinator with the Oregon Health Authority, looked at dozens of children’s teeth during a four-day screening and sealant program Feb. 23 – 28 at Seaside Heights Elementary School, one of […]
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Philomath to decide on fluoride in water in March 13 ballot
Voters in the small city of Philomath in Benton County will decide next month whether to restore fluoride to the city’s municipal water supply. Philomath’s water had been fluoridated since the early 1980s, but the City Council voted unanimously last May to stop adding fluoride to the municipal water supply. If approved, Measure 02-76 on […]
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Philomath: Fluoride forum draws crowd
… The event was organized by Ryan Weeks, director of Fluoride Free Philomath. The group is opposed to Measure 02-76. And while the meeting aimed to give audience members a chance to ask questions of opponents and proponents of fluoride, it was one-sided. Speaking against water fluoridation was dentist Bill Osmunson, who has practices in […]
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Philomath: Pro-fluoride proponents facing tight deadline
Excerpt: … Members of Citizens for Healthy Teeth initially thought they had until Tuesday to turn in their petition signatures and other materials for a measure that, if passed, would return fluoride to Philomath’s water supply. But through email correspondence with City Recorder Ruth Post, they found out that the 384 required signatures would have […]
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Philomath: Judge revises wording on fluoride measure
Excerpt: … After a hearing at the Benton County Courthouse on Thursday morning, Circuit Judge Locke Williams revised the language of a proposed Philomath ballot measure that aims to restore fluoride to the city’s water supply… Brewer’s version of the ballot question reads: “Shall the City of Philomath resume adding fluoride compounds to the potable […]
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