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  • Portland. Sources Say: This will make your teeth grind

    The fluoride fight may not end on election day. If Ballot Measure 26-151 passes on May 21, attorney James Deal says he will file a lawsuit to prevent it from taking effect. Deal practices law in Lynnwood, Wash. He is the president of Fluoride Class Action, an advocacy group opposed to fluoridation. According to Deal, […]

  • Environmental groups say no to fluoride in Portland water

    The Portland chapter of the Sierra Club came out Wednesday against the water fluoridation measure on Portland’s May ballot, along with Columbia Riverkeeper and Food and Water Watch. The Sierra Club’s opposition to Ballot Measure 26-151 should be an important boost for critics, who figure to get outspent in the campaign. The Sierra Club, the […]

  • Portland. Sources Say: Citizen Nader says no to fluoride

    Those in favor of fluoridating Portland’s water are winning the fundraising race, but they lost the Voters Pamphlet fight. People supporting fluoridation submitted 24 pages backing Measure 26-151, which will appear on the May 21 special election ballot. They include health care professionals and organizations, area school board members and even Gov. John Kitzhaber, an […]

  • Portland: Advocate says lead, fluoride a bad brew

    Tamara Rubin, the Sellwood mom who earned a national reputation as a crusader against lead poisoning, is taking on a new target: fluoridated water. Rubin says the number of children poisoned by lead could double or even quadruple if Portlanders vote next month to fluoridate the city’s Bull Run water supply, based on studies showing […]

  • Portland. Sources Say: Big bucks bite fluoride fight

    The big guns have come out in the Portland fluoridation fight, pushing the supporters of Ballot Measure 26-151 to a huge fundraising lead over their opponents. But early this week, Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland reported raising more than $500,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. In comparison, Clean Water Portland reported around $175,000. Topping the major […]

  • Portland: Anti-fluoridation group says arsenic hitches ride on water chemicals

    Fluoridation opponents, citing a lab analysis of Philomath’s fluoridated water, argued Thursday that the fluoridation chemicals planned for Portland’s water supply could contain a deadly amount of arsenic. Clean Water Portland, the main campaign committee fighting the water fluoridation measure on Portland’s May 21 special election ballot, commissioned the study because Philomath uses fluorosilicic acid, […]

  • Portland: Few voters have returned ballots so far

    With one day to go before the May 21 special election, only around 22 percent of Multnomah County voters have returned their ballots. That’s well above the 11 percent that had voted at this point in the May 19, 2009, Special Election. Ultimately, only about 15 percent of county voters took part in that election. […]

  • Portland: Yes to Fluoride: A Smart Health Equity tool.

    By Coalition of Communities of Color in Portland, Oregon. By Gerald Delany (SEI, Co-Chair), Carmen Rubio (Latino Network, Co-Chair), Lee Po Cha (IRCO), Matt Morton (NAYA) and Joseph Santos-Lyons (APANO). In a typical Oregon third grade classroom of 25 kids, at least eight have untreated dental decay and five of those students have seven or […]

  • Portland: City’s fluoridation tussle boils over

    Portland City Council’s looming decision to fluoridate water from Bull Run Reservoir could prevent a lot of children from getting holes in their teeth. But the speedy-quick decision is punching holes in Portland’s relations with Gresham and other communities that buy 40 percent of Portland’s Bull Run water supply. “We really feel like we got […]

  • Editorial from the Portland Tribune for fluoridation

    Our Opinion: Fluoride, kids levies have long-term value Portland’s children — their teeth, stomachs, minds and general well-being — are up for a vote on May 21. The community should say yes to all of these needs by approving two ballot measures, one controversial and one not. Measure 26-150, which would renew the Portland Children’s […]