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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 […]

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 […]

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’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 […]

What do more than 200 physicians and Portland medical professionals, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Headquarters Scientists Union and the local leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Sierra Club have in common? We and many other Portland organizations oppose adding risky fluoridation chemicals to our clean, safe drinking water. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]