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Newport Seeks Public Input on Fluoridating Water
Newport began adding fluoride to their water in 1962. But in 2005 an administrative decision stopped the practice because of safety concerns about the method being used. The resolution to add fluoride to water was never repealed by the City Council. Julia Young-Lorion with Lincoln County Health and Human Services spoke in favor of fluoridation […]
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Newport: Fluoride debate shakes city hall
NEWPORT — A large, boisterous crowd packed Newport City Hall on Tuesday night with one thing in mind — to express their opinions on the possibility of fluoridating the city’s water supply. With a three-minute time limit for each person, residents took their turn speaking to the city council during a public hearing on the […]
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Water fluoridation issue resurfaces in Newport
Ten years after the city of Newport removed fluoride from its water supply, the polarizing issue has resurfaced. The Newport City Council will gather information and hear opinions from residents about putting the naturally occurring mineral back into the water supply at a public hearing during their Sept. 8 meeting. The Lincoln County Public Health […]
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Astoria City Council: Discussion of fluoridation
Excerpt: In other action Monday night, the City Council: … Agreed to have a future City Council discussion on fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Astoria voters approved fluoride in 1952 and again in 1956. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that drinking fluoridated water helps prevent tooth decay. The CDC listed […]
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Newport: Fluoride controversy to be discussed by “Clean Water Newport” Saturday Aug. 22
Clean Water Newport will be holding a meeting for everyone concerned or having questions about the proposal to fluoridate Newport’s water this Saturday, August 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Ocean’s Way Clinic at 644 SW Coast Highway, Suite D, in Newport. Dr. Susan Andersen, ND and Rick North, who worked on the Portland fluoridation campaign, […]
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Sept 8: City of Newport to hold public hearing on fluoridation
The Newport City Council will hold a public hearing on whether the city should consider the reinstatement of the fluoridation of the city’s water supply.
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Oregon ranks in bottom three in fluoridated water
As the federal government adjusts its recommendations on fluoride levels in public water systems, Oregon is left wondering how to get fluoride in its largest communities. Fluoride is hailed by dentists and public health as a low-cost and effective preventive measure against tooth decay. While in some places, fluoride exists naturally in the water, it […]
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Intel’s air-quality permit, which requests increased emissions, the subject of DEQ meeting in Hillsboro
The state Department of Environmental Quality is holding an informational meeting tomorrow evening (Thursday, Feb. 19) in Hillsboro about Intel’s recently submitted air-quality permit application. In the permit filed Dec. 31, the company is asking to increase the permissible carbon-dioxide equivalent at its Aloha and Ronler Acres locations from about 300,000 tons per year to […]
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Intel asks DEQ to increase its emissions limits, in some cases by over half
Intel is seeking to double the allowable carbon footprint and particulate matter emissions at two of its Washington County facilities, the company revealed at a public meeting Wednesday night in Hillsboro. In a new construction permit filed Dec. 31, the company is asking to increase the permissible carbon-dioxide equivalent at its Aloha and Ronler Acres […]
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Intel’s air quality: Officials may relax environmental regulations for chipmaker
The state Environmental Quality Commission will meet tomorrow – Wednesday, Jan. 7 – to discuss rule changes that could allow Intel to avoid regulation under a strict federal environmental program at its multibillion-dollar D1X facility under construction in Hillsboro. Intel is already doing so under a temporary rule adopted by the EQC last year, proposed […]
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