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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 […]

• Adding Fluoride to Portland Drinking Water? Really?

  When the prospect of adding fluoride to Portland’s drinking water reared it’s head once again, our first reaction was how unlikely in today’s times of enlightenment about toxins and the sacredness of all things natural, in a progressive city that historically has stood against conventional medicine by voting against fluoridating public waters when other major […]

• Portland. Fluoride poll: Measure faces uphill battle

  An exclusive KATU News poll offers insight into how Portland residents plan to vote in the contentious issue of fluoridating water. Of the 800 Portlanders polled by Survey USA – including nearly 600 likely voters — 48 percent say they plan to vote against fluoride, while 39 percent say they favor fluoride. Fourteen percent were […]

• Portland: Man caught stealing anti-fluoride signs outside campaign HQ

  It appears some people on both sides of the Portland fluoride debate are willing to vandalize their opponent’s signs to get their point across. On Wednesday, we showed you how an anti-fluoride supporter kicked over one pro-fluoride sign, and in another case a pro-fluoride sign was set on fire. Now we’re also seeing how anti-fluoride […]

• Portland: Fluoride campaigns approach $1 million

  Portland’s raging fluoride debate isn’t just igniting conversations at dinner tables. It’s burning through money, too. Fluoride proponents and opponents are approaching the $1 million fundraising mark as the May 21 inches closer, according to state filings reviewed Friday. In total, both sides reported contributions of $922,413 — with more than two out of every […]

• Portland. The Fluoride Debate: A Closer Look At The Science

  Editor’s Note: Thursday, OPB aired the following story about fluoride science.  The story misstated where the American Cancer Society stands on water fluoridation. According to a Cancer Society spokesperson, the group has taken no position on water fluoridation. OPB regrets the error.  The story also contained information about a study that summarized the findings of 27 […]

• Portland: Fluoride Vote Gets Its Own Hitler Video

  And so, in accordance with Godwin’s Law, it has come to this. The furor over Measure 26-151 has resulted in a YouTube parody video in which Adolf Hitler rails against the destruction of his plan to fluoridate Portland’s water. “How could you let them vote?” the German dictator roars, via subtitles. “You said City Council […]

• Portland: You Can’t Handle the Tooth

  Why the far right and left have come together to defeat flouride [sic]. It’s an April evening at Dishman Community Center in Northeast Portland, and people are pissed. The occasion is a public debate between Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, the local campaign that’s backing the Portland ballot measure to fluoridate our water, and its fluoride-hating […]

• Portland: Health Groups Pour More Money into Fluoridation

  Two of the biggest supporters of Measure 26-151, which calls for the fluoridation of Portland’s water supply have kicked in more cash to the Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland campaign. State filings for today show that the Northwest Health Foundation, the biggest contributor to the campaign, has given another $20,000, bringing its total to $235,000. The […]

• Other cities at the mercy of Portland fluoride vote

  GRESHAM, Ore. – As the Portland fluoride vote approaches, campaigns on both sides are working hard. If voters approve it, about 900,000 people would get fluoride in their drinking water. But nearly a third of those people don’t get to vote. 19 cities buy water from the Bull Run Reservoir and the Portland Water Bureau. […]