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Clean water advocates file for citizen referendum with goal of giving Portlanders a vote on water fluoridation
Portland, OR – Immediately following the Portland City Council’s decision to add fluoridation chemicals to Portland’s water, clean water advocates announced plans to launch a citizen referendum that would put the fluoridation question to Portland voters. Referendum paperwork was filed within an hour of the City Council’s vote. The Clean Water Portland PAC at the same time announced […]
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Editorial. Fluoride in Portland: a banner day for public health
Set aside the boos and the recall threats from a vocal minority. Forget, for a moment, the angry references in public forums over the past month to fascism and forced medication. Wednesday was a great day for Portland. The City Council’s 5-0 vote to add fluoride to Portland’s drinking water will translate, over time, into […]
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ACSH: Fluoridated water finally comes to Portland
Portland, Oregon, whose residents have long resisted fluoridating city drinking water, will finally be joining the twentieth century in tooth decay prevention. (Yes, fluoridated drinking water became an official policy of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1951.) Just yesterday, the City Council approved a plan to add fluoride to Portland’s water by March of 2014. By […]
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Portland approves fluoridation; opponents vow to keep up fight
The City Council approved a plan Wednesday to add fluoride to Portland’s water, meaning Oregon’s biggest city is no longer the largest holdout in the U.S. The ordinance calls for city water to be fluoridated by March 2014. Dental experts say fluoride is effective in fighting cavities. Opponents of public fluoridation say it’s unsafe and […]
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To fluoridate or not: Red Deer city council to decide whether to keep it in water
City council in Red Deer, Alta., will decide next month whether to reduce, increase or eliminate fluoride in drinking water. Or it may allow residents decide the issue in a plebiscite next year. Earlier this week, the two sides of the fluoridated water debate was argued before city council decides on Oct. 29. James Beck, […]
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Queensland: fluoridation is no longer mandatory
State budget re-ignites fluoride debate (it’s no longer mandatory) Yesterday’s budget papers reveal the state government expects to save $14m by making water fluoridation voluntary. It will be up to councils to decide whether to fluoridate water. At the moment, the state subsidises councils to do so. Dr Andrew Won is President of the Australian […]
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Portland Council Passes Fluoridation With Unanimous Vote
After a controversial vote, Portland city leaders have directed the Water Bureau to build a fluoridation plant, scheduled to come online in 2014. April Baer reports the vote paves the way for months of political activity for supporters and opponents. Commissioner Amanda Fritz delivered a ten-minute speech before her vote. She’s facing a competitive re-election […]
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Portland, Ore., Becomes Latest Fluoride Battleground
Over jeers and cheers from the audience, commissioners on the Portland, Ore., City Council voted Wednesday to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water starting in 2014. Portland is the largest American city that doesn’t add fluoride to its drinking water. But some groups have raised questions about the possible risks from fluoridation and oppose […]
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Cornwall: Group demands fluoride be flushed from water
A group protesting fluoride in municipal water took their campaign to city hall on Monday. Paul Brisebois, of Fluoride Free Cornwall, presented their case against the chemical, suggesting the city should follow the example of dozens of other municipalities that have stopped using fluoride in their water. “Members of council are free to remove it […]
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Hamilton: Federal government “avoiding” PFOS issue
Hamilton politicians say the federal government is deliberating avoiding cleaning up the toxic contaminates at the John C. Munro International Airport, and leaving it to the municipality to take responsibility. “They are simply avoiding it,” said Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark. “It looks like political subterfuge. They are pretty much blowing us off.” Local environmentalist […]
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