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Two ballot measures in Oregon that would put fluoride in city drinking water appear to be losing, according to results updated Wednesday from the Oregon Secretary of State. The failures of the ballot measures — in Hillsboro and Lebanon — are yet another sign of Oregonians’ longstanding opposition to fluoride at the ballot box. Similar […]

Hillsboro residents opposed adding fluoride to the water supply in a non-binding vote Tuesday. As of 12 a.m. Wednesday, partial returns showed 42% supporting the measure and 58% against, with 54% turnout thus far. Though the vote on Measure 34-338 is advisory only, the Hillsboro Water Department committed beforehand to following voters’ recommendation, unless the […]

Two Oregon cities, Hillsboro and Lebanon, are holding votes on whether to fluoridate their tap water amid increasing national debate questioning the practice’s safety versus its benefits to oral health. In Hillsboro, the City Council put on the ballot an advisory measure asking voters if the city should start adding fluoride to its drinking water system for about […]

In June of 2024, the Hillsboro Herald discovered that the City Manager and Staff were asking the City Council to approve a vote to refer the possible Fluoridation of Hillsboro’s water to the Voters.   Because of that article, a group of Doctors came to the June 18th, 2024 Council meeting and vehemently protested adding fluoride […]

Hillsboro voters will consider fluoridating the city’s water supply this year. Do you support or oppose the measure? Why? Pace: I’ve chosen to refrain from commenting on Ballot Measure 34-338, which asks Hillsboro community members to participate in a nonbinding vote that provides input to the city on adding fluoride to Hillsboro’s water system. It […]

Hillsboro residents will soon vote on whether to add fluoridation chemicals to their water. Clean Water Hillsboro, an all-volunteer coalition of professional and lay advocates, strongly urges a no vote on this ballot measure, 34-338. Two weeks ago, in a landmark decision, the federal district court of Northern California, after a seven-year lawsuit against the […]

TAMPA — A decades-old debate over whether fluoride should be added to Tampa Bay’s drinking water might be renewed. On Sept. 26, Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal posted on the social media site X that he intends to bring a motion to end the practice of Hillsborough County adding fluoride to “our children’s water supply. […]

Hillsboro voters this fall will advise the city whether to add fluoride to the public water supply, weighing in on a mineral that’s widely used to strengthen tooth enamel but that opponents say can hurt children’s neurological development. Hillsboro pediatrician Beth Mossman spearheaded the effort to have city residents vote on the addition of fluoride. […]

This November, voters in Lebanon, Oregon will decide whether to keep adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Lebanon has fluoridated its water since 2001. It uses the federally recommended rate of 0.7 parts-per-million, and this costs the city about $25,000 per year. Now, some community members are voicing concerns about the practice, and whether […]

In a move that revisits an old public health debate, the Hillsboro City Council has greenlit a community advisory vote on the topic of fluoridating the city’s drinking water supply. According to City records, the initiative is slated for the November 2024 ballot and seeks to adhere to the EPA’s recommended fluoridation level of 0.7 […]