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Portland. Debating fluoride: The environmental impact
PORTLAND, Ore. – Portlanders will vote next month on whether to add fluoride to their water system. But will it damage the environment, specifically our rivers and fish? Angler Paul Johnston – known by his friends as Crawdad Paul – has been fishing salmon for 75 years. He was pulling his boat in at Cathedral […]
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Portland. Anti-Fluoride March draws big crowd at Last Thursday
Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland may have more cash in the war chest, but the anti-fluoride folks are trying to put more boots on the ground. Advocates for Clean Water Portland, the “no” vote in the measure to fluoridate the city’s water supply, held a raucous march down Northeast Alberta Street during Last Thursday. Revelers walked, […]
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Marching Fourth for Clean Water In Portland
Alberta Street saw upwards of 700 clean water lovers take to the streets Thursday in opposition to fluoridation chemicals being added to fresh Bull Run tap water. The heated campaigns for and against fluoridation have been waging an all out war, though the pro-fluoride side has received far greater big-money donations from large business interests. […]
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Portland. Debating fluoride: Can it hurt you?
Right now, Portland is the largest non-fluoridated metro area in the country and voters will be deciding whether to allow the city to start adding fluoride to their water. Ballots go out on May 3 and the issue has families lining up on both sides. Leah Johnson is the mother of two sons, Gabe, age […]
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Portland: Fluoridation opponents: ‘We are not in a dental crisis’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portlanders have one month to decide where they stand on adding fluoride to Portland’s municipal water supply. A group against it took over the Last Thursday event, trying to convince voters to vote “no” on a May 2013 ballot measure. Up Northeast Alberta Street they came, in the midst of Thursday […]
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Portland. Before you vote: Fluoride and kids’ teeth – what does the data show?
The KATU Problem Solvers are revealing ground-breaking new data that may change the way you vote on Portland’s fluoridation measure next month. It’s data that the state wasn’t eager for you to see. After dozens of emails, phone calls, and formal requests, KATU’s Shellie Bailey-Shah finally received yesterday a draft of the 2012 Smile Survey […]
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Portland. Sources Say: Big bucks bite fluoride fight
The big guns have come out in the Portland fluoridation fight, pushing the supporters of Ballot Measure 26-151 to a huge fundraising lead over their opponents. But early this week, Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland reported raising more than $500,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. In comparison, Clean Water Portland reported around $175,000. Topping the major […]
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Molar Majority. Out-of-state cash fuels anti-fluoride efforts.
The latest YouTube video in Portland’s fluoridation war has the bright cutout-style animation of South Park and the ominous string-and-synth score of Unsolved Mysteries. The four-minute clip, featured on anti-fluoride campaign Clean Water Portland’s Facebook page, urges Portlanders to vote in the May 21 election against “risky fluoridation chemicals.” “It’s time once again to fight […]
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Visits From the Tooth Fairy
Minority groups backing Portland’s pro-fluoride measure have received $143,000 in payments from the campaign The campaign advocating fluoridation of Portland’s drinking water has trumpeted the support it’s received from minority organizations, ranging from the Urban League of Portland to the Latino Network. This widespread support, backers say, shows just how important fluoridation is to the […]
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Portland: Pro-Fluoride Campaign Rakes in Another $80,000
Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, the political action committee advocating a “yes” vote on Measure 26-151 which would fluoridate Portland’s water, reported more large contributions today. Healthy Kids got $50,000 from the Washington Dental Service Foundation; a $25,000 in-kind contribution from the Northwest Health Foundation and $5,000 from the Oregon Medical PAC. Those contributions follow a […]
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