Portland’s departing mayor hastily answers some of our questions. When Sam Adams filed to run for mayor in early 2008, both he and Portland seemed on the verge of a triumphal march. The economy was rocking. As the veteran of 15 years at city hall cruised to victory, he set a civil-rights precedent as America’s […]
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Portland: Council pushes ahead with water fluoridation plans
PORTLAND – The Portland City Council voted 3-1 to move water fluoridation up by a year, which could affect a planned citizen vote on the issue. It blocks a unanimous vote by the council in September, to add fluoride to Bull Run water, which serves the City of Portland and other water users. The fluoride […]
Milton no longer adding fluoride to water
Excerpt: … City officials decided to pull fluoride from drinking water in November as “strictly a cost-saving measure” according Ricky Hinote, director of water and wastewater treatment for Milton. “The grant money used to pay for it ran out,” Hinote said. “It was going to stop due to money last year, but the state gave […]
San Jose finally getting fluoride for city’s drinking water
SAN JOSE — After years of debate, San Jose is finally getting fluoride in its drinking water. A unanimous vote Tuesday by the Santa Clara Valley Water District endorsed a funding plan for the long-anticipated project for the largest city in the country without fluoridated drinking water. But it will take about two more years […]
Water fluoridation: Read the transcript of our Q&A with Paul Connett
Paul Connett, the executive director of the Fluoride Action Network, answered the questions below from syracuse.com readers about community water fluoridation. Connett, a retired professor of chemistry from St. Lawrence University, opposes the practice. Last week, Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow, who supports community water fluoridation, answered questions on the topic. The debate […]
Darien. Water Worlds Part 2: A look at hot issues within the treatment process
When we open up our faucet and let water pour out, we’re engaging in the miracle of modern plumbing that began hundreds of years ago and today remains a staple of civilization. For Darienites connected to the public water supply, the process of bringing water from its source and to homes and businesses involves numerous […]
Portland: Council may speed up fluoride vote
Opponents of fluoridating Portland’s water system are criticizing Commissioner Randy Leonard’s effort to speed up a public vote on the issue. The opponents have qualified a measure on the issue for the May 2014 ballot. The City Council will consider a resolution introduced by Leonard on Thursday to hold the election in May 2013 instead. […]
Columbia: Citizens raise concerns about fluoride
Columbia is joining a long list of U.S. cities taking another look at the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water. It’s a debate that has resurfaced from time to time across the country over the past several decades. In recent years, the practice has come under fresh scrutiny from activists armed with […]
Philadelphia. City Council notes: Profile of a prolific commenter
If the three-minute testimony allowed to each member of the public during the comment period in City Council meetings each week can be regarded as an art form, then Robert Taylor should be regarded as Philadelphia’s most prolific artist. Taylor, president of Transport Workers Union Local 700 for the past 25 years and a libertarian, […]
Portland: Fluoride opponents want more study, 2014 vote
Opponents of attempts to put fluoride in Portland’s water demanded that the city form an “independent scientific review panel to evaluate safety concerns” about the process. The Clean Water Portland PAC also wants the Council to reject efforts that would move up a public referendum on fluoridation by a year, from May 2014 to next […]