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Corvallis: H&V installs new filter
Hollingsworth & Vose is installing new pollution control equipment the company says will significantly reduce particulates and other emissions at its south Corvallis plant. On Thursday morning, workers with Forslund Crane Service and Bender Mechanical Services used a crane to lower a 7-ton fan into place for the first of a planned 18 ceramic dry […]
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The best museum you’ve never heard of: Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health
Excerpt: There’s a small corner where the story is told of patient George A. Nosen, who in 1942 mistook cockroach poison for powdered milk and accidentally caused the deaths of 47 patients who consumed scrambled eggs laced with the sodium fluoride. More than 400 hospital patients and employees became ill after eating the eggs. * Read the […]
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The EPA Petition to End Water Fluoridation
The sheer weight of scientific evidence has far exceeded reasonable doubt, and it’s difficult to see how the EPA, or anyone else, can continue to believe that water fluoridation is safe, according to the author. OPINION — Six weeks ago, the Fluoride Action Network, Food and Water Watch, Organic Consumers Association, American Academy of Environmental […]
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Tell Gov. Brown to Respect the Vote
Oregon’s new Dental Director Dr. Bruce Austin just announced a goal of adding fluoridation chemicals to 80% of Oregonians’ water by 2019, and asked for the legislature’s help. That goal could only be practically achieved through a Legislative bill to overturn the 2013 vote of 61% of Portlanders against water fluoridation, as well as a number […]
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Portland Water Fluoridation: A Newspaper Analysis
Abstract: Portland, Oregon is the largest city in the United States without community water fluoridation (CWF). A newspaper analysis was conducted of the failed 2013 CWF campaign to evaluate anti-fluoridation and pro-fluoridation messaging provided by newspapers during the campaign. News content was categorized by type and slant (pro-fluoridation, anti-fluoridation, or neutral) and 34 variables were […]
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Statewide Legislation to Overturn Portland’s Vote Against Water Fluoridation?
Groups Call on Gov. Kate Brown for Response After State Dental Director Suggests Goal That Would Require Overturning Votes Against Fluoridation in Portland and Other Oregon Cities Salem, OR – Clean Water Oregon called on Governor Kate Brown, House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney to respond to plans announced last week by […]
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Newport, Oregon, votes out fluoridation!
Newport, Oregon voters rejected water fluoridation yesterday by a landslide 64% – 36%. With only a few votes left to be counted, the final tally from 11:00 p.m. last night was: 2,335 Against 1,315 For The Newport fluoridation vote was the first in Oregon since Portland’s landmark vote defeating fluoridation 61% – 39% in 2013. […]
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Corvallis: Residents vent concerns at H&V forum
A roomful of local residents peppered state regulators with questions about air pollution from the Hollingsworth & Vose plant in south Corvallis during a three-hour public meeting Wednesday night that frequently turned testy. About 75 people turned out for the event, hosted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. […]
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Astoria sidesteps ballot question on fluoride
Sidestepping a fractious election-year debate, the Astoria City Council narrowly voted Monday night not to undertake a ballot question on fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Voters in 1952 authorized the city to add fluoride to the water supply and reaffirmed the decision in 1956. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has praised community […]
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Lebanon. Editorial: Water fluoridation issue should go to a vote
Excerpt: … Because it’s such a hot-button issue, the people should decide by a public vote. The water in Lebanon is fluoridated now because the city council voted to add fluoride to the water in 2000, and was not decided by the public… Read full editorial Print PDF
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