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  • Editorial by the Portland Mercury for fluoridation

    The Sanest Arguments Against Fluoride…And Why They’re Still Wrong IF FLUORIDE FAILS at the ballot box later this month—an incredibly distinct possibility, and something of a tragedy for Portland—it won’t be because of the kooks and the conspiracy theorists who’ve spent decades stoking panic about a safe, tested, and effective health measure. That ugly strain […]

  • Fluoride hearing set for Portland City Council on Sept. 6, vote Sept. 12

    With approval all but certain, Randy Leonard’s proposal to fluoridate drinking water will head to the Portland City Council for a public hearing Sept. 6 and a vote Sept. 12. Already, Mayor Sam Adams has joined Commissioners Leonard and Nick Fish in announcing support. Leonard’s controversial proposal has prompted mounting opposition, however, with an electronic […]

  • Portland mayor supports fluoridation

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Sam Adams responded with pride after receiving a compliment on his teeth Friday: “These teeth grew up on fluoride — Newport, Oregon, fluoride.” The city he governs could soon join the list of places that add the mineral to its water supply to fight tooth decay. Adams announced he […]

  • Editorial: Fluoridate Portland’s water

    Drinking-water fluoridation, which doesn’t happen in Portland, deserves to be about as controversial as water chlorination, which does. Like chlorination, fluoridation prevents illness through the use of a substance you wouldn’t want to chug, and it occurs safely throughout the country. About 74 percent of Americans on community systems get fluoridated water. And even in […]

  • Portland: Fluoridation Opponents Propose New Ballot Initiative

    Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, an activist group opposed to fluoridating Portland’s water supply, has announced that they will seek to file a city ballot initiative, the “Clean Drinking Water Measure”, that would halt the addition of any fluoride to Portland’s water supply. The announcement comes mere days after Mayor Sam Adams tweeted that […]

  • Portland: Sam Adams Tweets He’ll Vote for Fluoride

    Mayor Sam Adams announced on Twitter this afternoon that he’ll vote to fluoridate Portland’s water supply. That makes three votes on City Council for Commissioner Randy Leonard’s surprise plan to add fluoride to city water, a process Portland has resisted for more than half a century. “Please vote yes to fluoridate #PDX water,” Portland resident […]

  • Portland: Fish supports fluoridation

    A second city commissioner has said he will vote to fluoridate Portland’s water before the first hearing has been held on the issue. A coalition of health providers, minority organizations and social service agencies is lobbying the council to add flouride to the city’s water to reduce cavities. Commissioner Randy Leonard, who oversees the Portland […]

  • Anti-fluoride fight: Portland’s Roger Burt on front lines for 34 years

    There are other things Roger Burt should be doing right now. So many other things. He’s newly retired, so he and his wife, Jeannie, could be traveling the world. Or unpacking the boxes in the front hall of their new Laurelhurst bungalow. Or he could be following through on his plan to volunteer at a […]

  • Portland: New emails reveal direct involvement by state agency in pro-fluoride campaign

    Clean Water Portland Calls for Investigation of Improper Collaboration PORTLAND, May 20 – Newly uncovered emails from the Oregon Health Authority show direct collaboration between key OHA staff and Healthy Kids Healthy Portland to shape strategy and messages for the campaign to add fluoridation chemicals to Portland’s tap water. The emails, obtained by Clean Water […]

  • Portland: Fluoride Campaign Reports Huge Cash Haul, Unusual Spending

    Pro-fluoride campaign makes “grants” to minority groups The pro-fluoride campaign, Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, has reported $325,000 in new contributions since Monday, taking a large lead in the money race on Measure 26-151, the proposal on the May 21 ballot to fluoridate Portland’s water. The campaign reported contributions of $165,920 from the Northwest Health Foundation; […]