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Portland. Dentists Throw More Money at Fluoride Vote
As we enter the final week of the May election cycle, the big money continues to flow into the “yes” side of Measure 26-151, which calls for the fluoridation of Portland’s water supply. Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland reported two contributions totaling $68,000 from the Dentists of Oregon PAC, bringing that group’s total giving to the […]
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Watertown City Council Ponders Benefits, Risks Of Fluoride
Every time you turn on the faucet and every time you pour a glass of water in Watertown, it’s there: fluoride. It’s intended to improve the dental health of the public, but a group of citizens have been rallying to stop the city from adding the chemical, saying it’s actually hurting people. Anti-fluoride speaker and […]
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Invercargill: Public may decide on fluoridation
Invercargill City councillors appear to be hesitant about making a decision on whether to continue fluoridating the city’s water supply, with one suggesting they leave it to the public to decide. The council received about 400 submissions to its draft annual plan this year, of which about 300 were about fluoridation. The vast majority of […]
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Watertown: Fluoride concerns voiced by activist
The man who successfully lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago offered a simple challenge — debate him and his anti-fluoride views. After speaking before the City Council on Monday night, Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, […]
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Portland: A teacher’s concerns regarding fluoridation of our drinking water
1) As a delivery system, I believe adding fluoride to tap water is doomed to failure. In my work as a Reading Specialist at high-poverty schools, I have learned this ironic and sad fact: Many kids rarely drink water. Why should they? No one has taken the time to inform them how their bodies operate […]
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Southampton. Fluoride in water: protesters plan new legal battle
CAMPAIGNERS against water fluoridation in Hampshire are planning a fresh legal battle in the courts, the Daily Echo can reveal. In the latest salvo of their long running battle, Hampshire Against Fluoridation (HAF) claim they have found a loophole which could block plans to add fluoride to tap water. Despite losing a legal challenge last […]
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Salem uses fluoridation chemical that Portland’s hotly debating
STAYTON, Ore. – As a heated battle rages in Portland over whether it should add fluoride to its water for the first time, the city of Salem has fluoridated its water since 1964. And since 2001, it has used liquid fluorosilicic acid, which is the same chemical that Portland will use to fluoridate its water […]
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Portland. Voting low in special election so far
With a little more than one week to go before the May 21 Special Election, only around 11 percent of Multnomah County voters have mailed in their ballots. That’s a surprisingly low return rate so far, given the highly visible campaigns being waged over the measure to fluoridate Portland’s water. Around three-quarters of all registered […]
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Portland: DEQ union comes out against water fluoridation
The union local representing Oregon Department of Environmental Quality employees has gone on record in opposition to drinking water fluoridation. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3336 voted 28 to 18 in late April against flouridation in general. The information was publicized via a news release sent out Monday by Clean […]
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Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala: Health Ministry Checks Well Water
The Health Ministry has commenced a program to measure the fluoride content in well water in the Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala districts. A survey conducted by the Ministry had revealed that there is a high concentration of fluoride in well water in these areas. Health Ministry spokesman W. A. D. Wanninayake told The Sunday Leader that there […]
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