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Bill could overide fluoride opposition
SALEM — During the 1950s, as cities across the nation considered whether to add fluoride to their water supplies to prevent tooth decay, communist machinations abounded as people questioned whether under the guise of offering stronger teeth was in actuality a government plot to control them with chemicals. That was some three generations ago, yet […]
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Fluoridation is not safe way to go
House Bill 3099 would force Oregon cities including Portland, Eugene, Bend and Ashland to add fluoridation chemicals to their drinking water even though each of these cities has specifically voted against fluoridation. Fluoridation promoters have been unable to convince most local communities in Oregon to fluoridate their drinking water, so they are pushing the Legislature […]
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Fluoride bill heads to House floor without recommendation
A bill requiring cities to add fluoride to their water to prevent tooth decay cleared a House Committee Friday — without a recommendation on its merits. The move sends the passionately argued fluoridation bill to the House floor. A similar Senate bill has yet to get a hearing. Oregon ranks 48th among states in percentage […]
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Lebanon still waiting for results of fluoridation
LEBANON — Less than six years after Lebanon began fluoridating its drinking water, dentists say it’s too early to see results. But they want to keep the project going. Lebanon started adding fluoride to its water in the fall of 2001 in line with a City Council decision in January 2000. The benefits of fluoridation […]
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Fluoride bill’s a waste of energy
Portlanders have made it clear they want their water to run pure – and that includes leaving out even potentially beneficial substances such as fluoride. The Oregon Legislature, however, is considering taking away Portland’s right, and the rights of many other water providers in the state, to decide whether to add fluoride to drinking water. […]
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Fluoride fight renewed in Ore. legislature
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s perennial tug-of-war over adding fluoride to the water supply in cities with more than 10,000 residents resurfaced Tuesday at the state Capitol, with a familiar cast of adversaries facing off over the benefits and risks of mandated fluoridation. Two-thirds of the U.S. population drinks from fluoridated water supplies, which dentists […]
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Mention fluoride, and fight’s on
Decades after most of the rest of the nation accepted adding fluoride to the water supply to prevent tooth decay, the issue remains a flashpoint in Oregon. “Of all the issues in the state, this is one of the most contentious,” says Brett Hamilton, a director of the Oregon Dental Association, which supports fluoridation. “It’s […]
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Fluoride bill stalls as doctor, nurse in Legislature cite health concerns
In Salem, there’s a new landscape for an old fight, over whether Portland and other cities around Oregon should be forced to add fluoride to drinking water. Although the 2007 Legislature is less than three weeks old, a bill requiring fluoridation of municipal water supplies supported by the Oregon Dental Association already appears to have […]
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Law would require fluoride in water
SALEM — The Oregon Dental Association has launched a new drive for a state law that would require domestic water suppliers that serve more than 10,000 customers to fluoridate their drinking water. Senate Bill 33, was introduced the opening day of the session this month. It has yet to be assigned to a committee. With […]
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Ashland passes bill prohibiting fluoridation
ASHLAND – The Ashland City Council wants to underline its message to the Oregon Legislature: Don’t tell us what to put in our drinking water. So it passed an ordinance this week making it illegal to put fluoride, or anything else that would act as medication, in the city’s water supply. Although the American Dental […]
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