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After 60 years, fluoridation controversy’s still hot
Back in 1964, when the fictional General Ripper launched World War Three because he was convinced the Commies were polluting his precious bodily fluids, opposition to water fluoridation was generally considered the exclusive province of right-wing wackos. More than 40 years later, the anti-fluoride forces are still on the march–but they’re a lot different. They’re […]
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Fluoridation: Weigh the risks along with the benefit
H ouse Bill 2025 would mandate the fluoridation of drinking water in Oregon municipal systems serving more than 10,000 people. At first glance that may sound like a healthy idea. After all, conventional wisdom is that fluorides help prevent caries of the teeth. As a physician, I was a proponent of drinking water fluoridation for […]
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Bill revives fluoridated water debate
SALEM — Across the country, adding fluoride to tap water is as routine as brushing your teeth. But in Oregon? It’s about as popular as paying a sales tax or pumping our own gas. At least three bills have come before the Oregon Legislature since 1995 proposing to require municipal water systems to add fluoride […]
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Dentists renew push to require fluoride
SALEM – Oregon dentists, who for decades have have come out on the losing side of campaigns to add fluoride to the state’s drinking water, returned to Salem on Monday to try again. But this session’s opening hearing made it clear that, while the battle is old, the battle lines aren’t. In decades past, dentists […]
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Fluoride debate renewed in Central Oregon
REDMOND, Ore. (AP) – Dentist Mark Jensen of Bend can always tell when someone is not from these parts. It’s all in the smile. “When people move here, you can look at their teeth and tell that they’ve come from fluoridated areas,” said Jensen of Bend, the past president of the Oregon Dental Association. “It’s […]
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Fluoridated water not favored in Willamina poll
Willamina’s city council Dec. 9 took action on two water issues that could affect the city’s water availability and quality for years to come. The council launched an investigation into connecting Sheridan and Willamina’s water supplies, and it voted against adding fluoride to the water supply. Willamina dentist Gary Brooks, who has supported adding fluoride […]
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New group files fluoridation initiative
A group of citizens is asking voters to stop the City of Hood River from adding what it terms “dirty fluoride” to the water supply. The Hood River Drinking Water Protection political action committee filed a voter initiative last week. The chief petitioners in the drive to put the issue on the March 8 ballot […]
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Drinking water fluoridation debate gathering momentum in Oregon
Mention “fluoride” to the average person and chances are the word elicits a knee-jerk positive reaction. For decades, fluoride has been associated with shiny, happy, cavity reduced kids. Fluoride, dispensed in tablets, oozing out of toothpaste tubes, is almost as American as apple pie. However, the topic of water fluoridation remains embedded in controversy as […]
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City drains fluoride vote from ballot
Tension in the municipal courtroom was palpable on Monday as the Hood River City Council debated over how to pull a fluoridation ballot measure. The result of Monday’s debate is that fluoridation question will not go before voters this November, and likely won’t be on the ballot before May 2005, based on council’s 6-1 vote […]
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City revises fluoride ballot wording
The City of Hood River has met citizen demands to include more information in the fluoridation measure slated for the Nov. 2 general election ballot. On Thursday, municipal officials forestalled court action by revising the the ballot language. The revised text discloses the names of the three potential fluoride compounds that could be added to […]
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