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Sublimity fluoride ballot measure
Voters in Sublimity were choosing to keep adding fluoride to their water. The city 15 miles east of Salem asked its residents if they wanted to continue to put fluoride in the drinking water, a practice the city has undertaken since 1955. Sublimity is one of 29 in the state that adds fluoride to its […]
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City of Lebanon: Notice of Receipt of Ballot Title to end fluoridation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Lebanon received a prospective initiative petition that complies with constitutional requirements. On May 4, 2022 the City Recorder received from the City Attorney the following draft ballot title for Initiative Petition #LEB2022-01. CAPTION: Removal of Fluorosilicic Acid from Lebanon Water Supply. QUESTION: Shall the City of Lebanon […]
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Oregon: Albany Council Agenda, April 27, 2022
Brief excerpts from the April 27, 2022, agenda for the City Council Members. FOR: March 30, 2022, Letter from Dan Keteri, CEO, Samaritan Albany General Hospital. “On behalf of Samaritan Albany General Hospital and Samaritan Health Services, I write to express our support of continuing water fluoridation in the City of Albany’s water supply… “According […]
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Oregon: Albany councilor’s push to remove fluoride from drinking water fails
Albany City Hall , Ashley Smith, Mid-Valley Media An Albany City Council member’s push to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water died without a vote. Councilor Matilda Novak raised the idea in March, leading to a staff report and passionate testimony regarding fluoridation during a council meeting the night of Wednesday, April 27. In […]
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Albany, Oregon. Back to the Sixties: Debating fluoridation
Fifty-four years after an election on fluoridation of the Albany drinking water supply, the issue is back before the city council. Councilwoman Matilda Novak brought it up. On March 21, she said she understood that fluoridation had been approved years ago by ordinance, and now she wanted a new ordinance to reverse that decision. Novak […]
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Corvallis upholds H&V decision that may lead to air emissions discharge permit
Background from 2015 report: “The modified permit allowed Evanite — and later H&V [Hollingsworth & Vose] — to discharge up to 98 tons of nitrogen oxide, 21 tons of carbon monoxide and 2.8 tons of gaseous fluorides each year at the south Corvallis site. “No testing for those emissions was required or performed at the […]
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As kids come back for screenings, dentists seeing more tooth decay
Note from Fluoride Action Network: “When the Covid pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, dental offices were largely shut down, and school screening programs ground to a halt.”Now, almost two years later, Huggins said she’s seeing the consequences in the mouths of her patients. Some children are coming in with teeth that might have […]
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Fluoride Prescribing Behaviors for Medicaid-Enrolled Children in Oregon
Abstract Introduction: This study aims to examine physician and dentist fluoride prescription patterns and identify the factors associated with fluoride prescriptions for Medicaid-enrolled children. The hypothesis is that dentists will be the primary prescribers of fluoride and that caries risk factors will be associated with fluoride prescriptions. Methods: Data were analyzed for Oregon children aged […]
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The Evolution of State-Based Dental Sealant Programs in Oregon Within the Context of the State Health Care Transformation Process
* Read full study in pdf format Abstract Context: The 2007 Oregon Smile Survey of first, second, and third graders found that, since the first (2002) Smile Survey, all major measures of Oregon children’s oral health had worsened. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 2 interventions proven effective in preventing dental caries (cavities) […]
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Report details impact of school-based oral health program in Eastern Oregon counties
Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alliance released a report detailing the impact of the Healthy, Happy Smiles, a school-based oral health program, for the 2019-2020 school year. Overall in the 2019-2020 school year, 51% of students returned parent consent forms, 42% of students received dental screenings, at least 36% of students received fluoride application and 14% […]
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