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Portland. Dental health doesn’t require fluoride: Letters to the Editor
Scotland recently got amazing dental health results with their ‘Childsmile’ program. In less than 10 years, dental costs were cut in half, and seventy percent of kids had no tooth decay. ‘Childsmile’ enrolls new babies at the age of three months. Parents are provided nutritional education, brushing instructions, and connected with a dentist. Dental exams […]
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Opponents and supporters of water fluoridation release ideas for dental health
Both supporters and opponents of water fluoridation released a list Wednesday of 11 ways the dental health of children in Multnomah County can be improved. The Children’s Dental Health Task Force was formed in 2013 after Portland’s contentious vote on fluoride. The group spent the last year coming up with alternatives to water fluoridation. Task force spokesman Mel […]
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Intel air quality: Committee created by fluoride settlement begins work
The first meeting of a committee created in the wake of Intel’s failure to disclose fluoride emissions began with a polite – but adversarial – greeting. “I’m pleased to meet you,” said committee member Dale Feik, addressing Intel attorney Tom Wood. “I’m a critic of you.” Feik, a member of the Washington County Citizen Action […]
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Intel committee, established after disclosure of fluoride emissions, to hold first meeting
The first meeting of the newly created Intel Air Quality Advisory Committee – established after the company admitted last year to emitting fluoride for decades in Washington County – will be held Wednesday night at the Hillsboro Public Library’s Shute Park branch. The committee is comprised of representatives from Intel and two watchdog groups, Neighbors […]
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Oregon’s 2014-2020 Oral Health Strategic Plan – Coming to a City Near You!
The Oregon Oral Health Coalition and the Oral Health Funders Collaborative are leading the effort to develop a new Oral Health Strategic Plan for Oregon. The DRAFT Strategic Plan for Oral Health in Oregon contains three key focus areas: Prevention, Workforce, and Infrastructure. It incorporates Healthy People 2020 oral health objectives, a set of national […]
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Multnomah County phasing out fluoride tablet program in schools
Multnomah County is planning to phase out its long-standing fluoride program at schools in the county, which offered fluoride tablets to children. At the same time, county leaders are working to expand an existing but “more efficient” dental program at schools, which offers dental sealants. “Fluoride tablets are just not an effective way to to […]
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Multnomah County to stop offering fluoride tablets in schools next year
Multnomah County students who crunch fluoride tablets or swish fluoride rinses to ward off cavities won’t get the treatments at school next year. The county is phasing out its school-based fluoride supplement program after more than 40 years, opting instead to invest more money in a “more effective and efficient” treatment option: dental sealants. “It’s not […]
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Silverton: Group wants fluoride out of drinking water
Since the early 1970s, the city of Silverton has added fluoride to its drinking water. But a group of local residents, led by Clint Simmons of Silverton, are not happy with the practice and would like to put a stop to it. Simmons said he was drawn to the issue after watching voters in Portland […]
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Fluoride in water? Washington’s Kalama, with Portland native on city council, preps for potential vote
A small Washington city is considering giving its residents a say in whether fluoride should continue to be added to city drinking water, some fifty years after the chemical was first added to local tap water. Kalama, in Cowlitz County, could consider giving its 2,344 residents a vote to remove fluoride from its water supply. According […]
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Sweet Home seeks public to comment on fluoride in city water supply
Sweet Home residents will be able to voice their opinions about whether the city should continue putting fluoride in the city’s drinking water, during a public hearing at the city council’s June 24 meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall annex. City Manager Craig Martin… said the city has added fluoride to drinking water […]
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