A roomful of local residents peppered state regulators with questions about air pollution from the Hollingsworth & Vose plant in south Corvallis during a three-hour public meeting Wednesday night that frequently turned testy. About 75 people turned out for the event, hosted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. […]
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Astoria sidesteps ballot question on fluoride
Sidestepping a fractious election-year debate, the Astoria City Council narrowly voted Monday night not to undertake a ballot question on fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Voters in 1952 authorized the city to add fluoride to the water supply and reaffirmed the decision in 1956. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has praised community […]
Lebanon. Editorial: Water fluoridation issue should go to a vote
Excerpt: … Because it’s such a hot-button issue, the people should decide by a public vote. The water in Lebanon is fluoridated now because the city council voted to add fluoride to the water in 2000, and was not decided by the public… Read full editorial
Intel secures air quality permit, two years after fluoride gaffe derailed it
Oregon regulators granted Intel an air quality permit for its Washington County manufacturing operations last week, a permit sidetracked in the fall of 2013 over revelations the chipmaker had been emitting fluoride for 25 years without disclosing it. No evidence emerged that the fluoride emissions posed a health risk, but Intel’s failure to disclose the […]
Corvallis: Neighbors air pollution concerns at H&V factory
South Corvallis residents worried about living in the shadow of the Hollingsworth & Vose glass fiber plant got responses to some of their concerns from company representatives and state environmental regulators at a public meeting Monday night, but some questions remained unanswered. More than three dozen people turned out for the two-hour meeting in the […]
Fluoride advocate wades into crowded race for commissioner Jules Bailey’s Multnomah county seat
Mel Rader, executive director of Upstream Public Health, a Portland nonprofit, today entered the race for the Multnomah County Commission seat being vacated by Commissioner Jules Bailey, who is running for mayor. Upstream Public Health advocates against tobacco and for better nutrition and fluoride, all of which are areas that overlap with the county health […]
Corvallis: H&V Fiber faces hefty DEQ fines
Hollingsworth & Vose Fiber Co. has agreed to pay $240,000 in penalties and fees to settle environmental violations relating to air pollution at its south Corvallis glass fiber plant going back nearly 20 years. In a mutual agreement and final order announced Friday afternoon by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, H&V does not acknowledge […]
Setting the Record Straight on Oregon’s Oral Health
The author says that several factors have major effects on dental health, especially diet, personal dental habits, professional care and genetics. But based on a wealth of credible data, fluoridation isn’t one of them. OPINION — Last week’s headline and article, “Oregon Ranks at the Bottom in Oral Health,” made three main points. First, public […]
Oregon Ranks at the Bottom in Oral Health
Dr. Bruce Austin, 10 months into his job as Oregon’s first state dental director, says poor oral health is Oregon’s “hidden epidemic,” leading to worse overall health especially in children; he advocates statewide fluoridation among other solutions. According to a 2012 Oregon Smile Survey taken at 82 schools statewide, 17,000 Oregon kids between ages six […]
Anti-fluoridation forces to gather signatures to get issue on Marin ballot
Backers of a Marin anti-fluoridation initiative plan to set up tables at the Sunrise Center in Corte Madera on Friday afternoon to begin collecting signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Clean Water Sonoma-Marin wants to require the Marin Municipal Water District to stop using fluoride in water until it can detail what’s in […]