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Keizer council fluoride meeting creates heated public discussion
The public has flocked to tonight’s Keizer City Council discussion to determine whether cutting fluoride from Keizer’s water would save money — or be a mistake. The 5:45 p.m. work session so far has included major pro and con PowerPoint presentations — and 17 people signed up. Dentists have spoken for and against the move. […]
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McMinnville City Council to hold fluoridation meeting on Nov 9, 2010
The McMinnville City Council has been asked to amend the City’s Charter that directs McMinnville Water and Light to fluoridate the City’s drinking water supply. In 1960, as the result of an initiative petition, the voters passed a measure that directed McMinnville Water and Light to fluoridate the City’s drinking water supply. On November 9, […]
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McMinnville Council still looking at fluoride issue
McMinnville City Manager Kent Taylor has recommended the city council to schedule a joint work session with the McMinnville Water & Light Commission in October to discuss fluoridation. Considering the matter during its informal dinner session Tuesday, the council took no official action. But it agreed to continue looking into the issue. Mayor Rick Olson, […]
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McMinnville: Request for fluoridation referendum
Excerpt from city council meeting: * Heard a second request from resident Jo McIntyre to put a measure on the November ballot to have voters re-decide whether city water should be fluoridated. McIntyre, who opposes fluoridation, told the council that this would be an appropriate time to have voters reconsider the issue, because this year […]
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McMinnville: Council asked to reconsider fluoride issue
This November will mark the 50th anniversary of McMinnville residents’ vote to fluoridate the city water supply, resident Jo McIntyre told the city council Tuesday. She said that makes it a good time for the council to send the issue back to the voters, to see if they’d like to reconsider. McIntyre told the council […]
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Oregon and fluoridation: The go-to place for tooth decay
Hundreds of dentists gathered in Portland this week for a national conference on oral health. They came to the right place: Once San Diego follows through on plans to fluoridate its municipal water by May 2010, Portland will be the nation’s largest city without fluoridated water. Portland’s kids, especially those in low-income families, will continue […]
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Say ‘Ah’ — Portland Hosts National Oral Health Conference
More than 700 dentists and dental hygienists from across the country are in Portland this week for a national conference on oral health. As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, Oregon’s continuing refusal to put fluoride in the drinking water is drawing attention. When San Diego and San Jose begin to put fluoride in their water this year, […]
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Survey finds tooth decay on the rise among Oregon schoolchildren
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cavities and tooth decay are on the rise among Oregon schoolchildren, according to a new survey of nearly 4,000 elementary students. The oral health survey was last conducted in 2002, and since then, Oregon’s scores have dropped in every area. More than one in three Oregon children needed treatment for tooth […]
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Oregon’s Hynix air pollution exceeds allowed hydrogen fluoride levels
The Hynix computer chip plant in west Eugene released more air pollution than it was allowed to in 2006 under its permit. But local air quality regulators say the company had been trying since last July to get its permit level raised. That process has just taken longer than anyone anticipated, officials with the company […]
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A capsule look at what Oregon Legislature did
Excerpt: Included in the twenty-two “key accomplishments of the 2007 Oregon Legislature” in this article… FLUORIDE — Lawmakers continued their long-standing opposition to efforts to expand the fluoridation of municipal drinking water. Oregon is ahead of only New Jersey and Hawaii in the percentage of residents who drink fluoridated water. Fluoride opponents argued that the […]
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