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• Portland: Anti-fluoride group to launch second campaign

  Anti-fluoride forces will soon start a second signature-gathering campaign, for an initiative that would amend the Portland City Charter to ban fluoridation. Multnomah Circuit Court Judge Karin Immergut cleared the way for signature-gathering Tuesday when she approved the ballot language for the initiative, said Kim Kaminski, director of Clean Water Portland. The group earlier submitted […]

• Portland effort to fluoridate water supply halted until public vote

  Portland must delay its effort to fluoridate Bull Run water until getting city voters’ approval. The city elections office on Thursday verified that a referendum challenging the City Council’s September fluoridation decision has qualified for the ballot. That puts an automatic stay on any efforts to proceed. A vote will be scheduled in May 2014, […]

• Portland. Sources Say: Are politics safe to drink?

  We blame it on the Fog of Politics Sources erred last issue when we said the fluoride referendum would appear on the May 2013 ballot. In fact, it is scheduled to go before Portland a full year later, in the May 2014 primary election. The City Council has the authority to move the measure to […]

• Portland: Fluoride opponents want more study, 2014 vote

  Opponents of attempts to put fluoride in Portland’s water demanded that the city form an “independent scientific review panel to evaluate safety concerns” about the process. The Clean Water Portland PAC also wants the Council to reject efforts that would move up a public referendum on fluoridation by a year, from May 2014 to next […]

• 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 […]

• Portland: Sam Adams Exit Interview

  Portland’s departing mayor hastily answers some of our questions. When Sam Adams filed to run for mayor in early 2008, both he and Portland seemed on the verge of a triumphal march. The economy was rocking. As the veteran of 15 years at city hall cruised to victory, he set a civil-rights precedent as America’s […]

• Portland letter: Fluoridation does more harm than good

  Like most of you, I’m not a doctor or scientist. And like all of you, I don’t have time to research every subject I need to make a decision about. We typically look to the opinions of individuals and organizations we know and trust and act accordingly. I’m the former chief executive officer of the […]

• Portland tonight. Water Fluoridation talk by Pediatrician Dr. Yolanda Whyte

  JOIN US TONIGHT! Water Fluoridation: Too Risky for Portland’s Kids? with Pediatrician Dr. Yolanda Whyte Wednesday February 13th at 7 pm Emmanuel Temple Church (1033 N Sumner ST) Bring your friends, family and co-workers to hear respected pediatrician Dr. Yolanda Whyte’s engaging talk about the health risks that water fluoridation would pose to Portland’s children.Fluoride […]

• Portland. Fluoride Debate: What does scientific research say?

  Studies: Some say salmon in jeopardy There’s little scientific debate that fluoride, at the proper dose, can reduce tooth decay. But research into fluoride’s impact on fish and wildlife is more skimpy and less conclusive. That makes it hard for environmentally minded voters to separate political rhetoric from reality during Portland’s emotionally charged referendum campaign […]

• Portland: Fluoridation carries too many risks

  What do more than 200 physicians and Portland medical professionals, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Headquarters Scientists Union and the local leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Sierra Club have in common? We and many other Portland organizations oppose adding risky fluoridation chemicals to our clean, safe drinking water. […]