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Newport: March 18th meeting to adopt city council goals
Public Hearing and Adoption of Goals March 18, 2019 at 6 PM “Other items identified by the Council during the goal setting session, but not prioritized as goals are as follows: … Resume fluoridation.” *See original document at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/newport-or.proiposed-goals.march-2019.pdf Print PDF
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Moda’s $150 Million Deal With Delta Dental Of California Goes Through
Insurance officials in Oregon and California have approved a deal between Moda Health and Delta Dental of California that will give the Oregon-based company a much-needed infusion of cash. According to a press release, Delta Dental will invest $152.4 million and gain a 49.5 percent state in Moda. Jonathan Nicholas, communications director at Moda, said Delta Dental […]
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White City plant evacuated due to fluorine gas leak
WHITE CITY, Ore. – A gas leak and small fire shut down portions of West Antelope Road from Table Rock to Kirkland Road earlier Tuesday. Multiple agencies responded to the Linde Specialty Gases plant around 9:15 a.m. when some fluorine gas leaked inside of a gas cabinet. When the fluorine hit the air, it sparked […]
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Opinion: Water Fluoridation Is An Emperor Without Clothes
Putting fluoride – a known neurotoxin – in the water is unconscionable. Putting a drug – any drug – in drinking water is absurd. Putting fluoride – a known neurotoxin – in the water is unconscionable. Yet the U.S. government has endorsed water fluoridation since 1950. Many organizations in the medical establishment, led by the […]
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Medford: Linde expands manufacturing capacity for fluorine-nitrogen mixtures at Oregon site
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) is investing in the expansion of existing products to improve business continuity planning (BCP), while adding new products with improved purity to meet the growing needs of sub-10-nm semiconductor factories and advanced flat panel manufacturers. Linde has expanded capacity for fluorine/nitrogen mixtures at Medford, Oregon for etching and chamber […]
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Do you want X in your drinking water?
Suppose you heard these statements about a substance — let’s call it X — added to your drinking water: • A recent international study, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and led by scientists at the University of Toronto, linked higher X levels in pregnant women in Mexico to significant IQ losses in […]
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The Major Fluoride Risk Study You Never Heard Of
A few weeks ago, Willamette Week’s lead story, “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” featured Project Censored, highlighting important stories the media didn’t cover. The headline lends itself perfectly to another story ignored by U.S. newspapers: higher fluoride levels in pregnant women have been linked to lower IQ’s in their children. The levels were […]
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IQ Losses Continue to Haunt Fluoride
On September 19, Environmental Health Perspectives, a highly-respected journal, published a study (https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp655/) linking higher fluoride levels in pregnant women to lower IQ’s in their children. The decrease was significant. Each 0.5 part per million (ppm) increase in a pregnant woman’s urine fluoride levels reduced her child’s IQ by 2.5 – 3 points. A child […]
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Corvallis: H&V seeks greenway permit
A local manufacturer that wants to upgrade its pollution control equipment will have to wait at least two more weeks for a decision. The Corvallis Planning Commission continued a hearing on a request by Hollingsworth & Vose for a Willamette River Greenway conditional development permit for its glass fiber plant at 1115 SE Crystal Lake […]
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Corvallis: State begins testing near H&V plant
State environmental regulators have begun testing for particulate levels in the air around a glass fiber factory in south Corvallis. The Department of Environmental Quality announced it has installed monitoring equipment at four sites near the Hollingsworth & Vose plant at 1115 SE Crystal Lake Drive. Neighbors have been calling on the agency to provide […]
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