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Intel could face fluoride-related Clean Air Suit
A group of neighbors and attorneys said this week they’ll sue to stop Intel Corp. from emitting fluorides into the atmosphere. Neighbors for Clean Air and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center filed notice of their intent to punish Intel for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act. The groups said Intel disclosed it has emitted fluorides […]
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Neighbors for Clean Air files intent to sue Intel over alleged Clean Air Act violations in Hillsboro
Neighbors for Clean Air and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center have filed a notice of their intent to sue Intel for what the groups claim are company violations of the Clean Air Act. At the crux of the suit is the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of Intel’s $3 billion expansion in Hillsboro. The […]
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Intel’s fluoride permit oversight may impact D1X expansion
The Department of Environmental Quality’s investigation into Intel’s non-existent permits for fluoride emissions has turned up more questions than answers and may impact the company’s huge D1X expansion project in Hillsboro. Intel is expanding its $3 billion D1X research fab on its Ronler Acres campus, with the original plan calling for the addition of nearly […]
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Lebanon: Citizen concerned about fluoride
Michaela Martin wants fluoride out of Lebanon’s water. She spoke during the citizen comments section at the Oct. 9 Lebanon city council meeting. Fluoride was originally added to water to prevent tooth decay, she said. But now people get fluoride treatments when they go to the dentist. She said even if people cannot afford to […]
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Intel’s air quality permit: DEQ could require fluoride testing, about 55 comments submitted
Intel could be required to perform stack testing specifically for fluoride, an emission it failed to report for years, under a pending state air quality permit for its Hillsboro and Aloha campuses. The public comment period wrapped up Monday for that permit, generating about 55 responses, the Department of Environmental Quality’s George Davis said. The […]
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Portland: NWHF Supports City Club Dental Task Force
Northwest Health Foundation is proud to announce its partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Daniel Deutsch, the largest in-state donor for the anti-water-fluoridation campaign, to support City Club of Portland in creating a special task force that will bring together both sides of the fluoride debate in the name of children’s dental health. We recognize that while community members may disagree about the benefits […]
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Intel promises to address Hillsboro neighbors’ pollution concerns
Intel says it plans to address neighborhood concerns about atmospheric pollution at its Hillsboro factories, responding to residents’ frustrations that the company failed to report fluoride emissions to regulators. “Quite honestly, it’s embarrassing to us because this isn’t the way we do business,” said Todd Brady, Intel’s global environmental director. “We are doing a tremendous […]
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Fluoride oversight leaves Intel with stain to clean: Editorial
Intel is to Oregon’s economy what Mount Hood is to its landscape: the signature feature that towers above everything else. It’s pretty much impossible for the semiconductor giant, with more than 17,000 employees in Oregon, to be inconspicuous. Its Washington County factories become visible from blocks away. Its employees and suppliers clog surrounding roads. Nevertheless, […]
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Intel, come clean on fluoride emissions: Editorial
As Oregon’s largest private employer and a major driver of the state’s economy, Intel wields enormous clout in Washington County and Hillsboro. The company employs 17,000 high-wage workers in the metro area, its ambitious expansion plans prop up the local construction industry, and it pays millions upon millions in fees and taxes for roads and […]
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Intel’s air quality permit in Washington County: answers to common questions
Intel is applying for a new state air quality permit as it continues a $3 billion-dollar expansion in Hillsboro. At a pair of public meetings the past two weeks, about 40 residents showed up. Many pushed for more regulation of Intel’s emissions and others asked questions of Department of Environmental Quality employees. It’s a complicated […]
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