A Hinesburg resident, concerned about reports about potential harm fluoride poses, took his worries to the Board of Selectmen and members want to hear from the public about the issue. Karl Novak, who was unavailable for comment this week, introduced the question about fluoride’s effects in a letter to local media. Citing studies performed in […]
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Fluoride oversight leaves Intel with stain to clean: Editorial
Intel is to Oregon’s economy what Mount Hood is to its landscape: the signature feature that towers above everything else. It’s pretty much impossible for the semiconductor giant, with more than 17,000 employees in Oregon, to be inconspicuous. Its Washington County factories become visible from blocks away. Its employees and suppliers clog surrounding roads. Nevertheless, […]
Copper theft affects Adelanto water… arsenic, fluoride levels increased
ADELANTO • The city has added new security measures after copper thieves vandalized three water wells, causing arsenic and fluoride levels in the water to exceed EPA limits. The city recently notified residents that arsenic and fluoride levels in their drinking water exceeded EPA limits over a two-week period, but city officials say the levels […]
Intel, come clean on fluoride emissions: Editorial
As Oregon’s largest private employer and a major driver of the state’s economy, Intel wields enormous clout in Washington County and Hillsboro. The company employs 17,000 high-wage workers in the metro area, its ambitious expansion plans prop up the local construction industry, and it pays millions upon millions in fees and taxes for roads and […]
Crawford County: Schools shouldn’t act as social services agencies with fluoride
It seems to me that the question of using fluoride to prevent decay is still going on. After reading Mr. Art Hoffman’s letter to the editor (“Fluoride helps our kids preserve smiles,” Sept. 14) I feel that the public has the right to know about fluoride, first, and secondly, I want to know if they […]
Columbia: Citizens voice opinions on fluoride
Officials in charge of voting to keep or remove fluoride from Columbia’s water showed no sway toward one direction or the other at a meeting Wednesday. For the first 20 minutes of the meeting, the Columbia Power and Water Systems Board of Public Utilities allowed attendees to voice their opinions on fluoridation. Chairman John Collier […]
Intel’s air quality permit in Washington County: answers to common questions
Intel is applying for a new state air quality permit as it continues a $3 billion-dollar expansion in Hillsboro. At a pair of public meetings the past two weeks, about 40 residents showed up. Many pushed for more regulation of Intel’s emissions and others asked questions of Department of Environmental Quality employees. It’s a complicated […]
The future of the f-word
An investigation into the secretive world of fracking and what it means to California Red dots indicate hydraulically fractured wells as shown on a FracTracker.org map. Click on the image for a larger version. MAP COURTESY OF FRACTRACKER ALLIANCE/WWW.FRACTRACKER.ORG About this story: This story was first published in a similar version on ChicoSol.org, a bilingual online […]
Cheyenne: Fluoride levels lower
Water from the tap contains less fluoride than it normally does. Cheyenne’s water normally contains approximately 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of fluoride. It is the amount recommended by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to prevent tooth decay and promote dental health. Cheyenne’s drinking water currently contains between 0.3 mg/L and 0.4 mg/L. […]
Fluoride or the Fox in the Henhouse
In North Carolina there is a great range of music on the radio from classical to folk to the most avant-garde. An old tune caught my attention the other day. Some of its catchy words won’t let me go, and I think I am starting to know why: “Who broke the lock? Who broke the […]