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From bag to bone
The next time you are staring at an open Google Web page, type “fluoride” on the search bar. You’ll receive 2,200,000 hits in less than a second – depending upon how fast your connection is. The Google search will show you Web pages like “Fluoride Action Network,” which, if you click on the blue link […]
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‘Fluoride facts’ not entirely true
Fluoride Fact # 21: On April 6, the Hood River Healthy Water Committee published a $9, one-inch advertisement in the Hood River News. The ad erroneously asserted Gorge Ecunemical Ministries (GEM), Hood River County Health Department and the Mid-Columbia Children’s Council endorse fluoride. The truth is that none of the organizations endorsed the pro-fluoride campaign. […]
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Something in the Water
Portlanders have voted down fluoridation three times, but now the state Legislature may force it down our throats-literally. A bill that would pressure Portland and most of Oregon to put fluoride in drinking-water supplies-and also potentially add harmful substances such as lead and arsenic-heads to the Oregon Senate after passing the state House last week. […]
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Fluoride a local concern: State shouldn’t mandate cavity-fighting chemical
The Oregon House of Representatives stepped out of character last week by approving a bill requiring that cities with populations of more than 10,000 add fluoride to their water. The Republicans who control the House would ordinarily be presumed to oppose state mandates of this sort, and also to resist improving collective well-being at the […]
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Bill to require fluoride in water passes House
The Oregon House on Monday passed a bill requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water, but it allows them a way out if they don’t have the money. The bill passed by a 36-22 vote. About 20 percent of Oregonians drink fluoridated water. Salem is one of the […]
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Fluoridation measure passes House, moves on to Senate
SALEM – The Oregon House passed a bill on Monday requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water – unless they don’t have the money to do so. About 20 percent of Oregonians drink fluoridated water. The bill passed by the House would apply to Eugene, Springfield, Portland, Medford, […]
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Fluoride bill, freedom collide
Judging by the fluoride bill, the notion of freedom needs some shoring up among Oregon legislators. A House committee has cleared a bill requiring cities above 10,000 in population to fluoridate their domestic water supplies. This is the latest development in a long, long debate. The prevailing wisdom has it that adding fluoride to the […]
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Fluoride bill gains support
SALEM — A bill requiring fluoride treatment in all drinking water systems that serve more than 10,000 people passed by a unanimous vote Wednesday in the House Water Committee. Even if the Legislature OKs the bill, there’s a catch. Because the legislation does not provide funding to purchase and install treatment equipment, and prohibits suppliers […]
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Fluoride bill has no effect on cities in the mid-valley
Mid-valley cities would not be affected by a water fluoridation bill that cleared a hurdle in the Oregon House on Wednesday. The bill, HB 2025, would require cities with a population of 10,000 or more to add fluoride to their water supplies. Albany, Sweet Home and Corvallis have fluoridated their water for decades, and Lebanon […]
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Fluoride measure advances in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — A House panel approved a bill that would require major Oregon cities to fluoridate their water unless they lack the money to pay for the defense against tooth decay. The measure backed yesterday by the House Water Committee prohibits water suppliers from charging their customers or taxpayers for the fluoridation. There’s also […]
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