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Portland’s Vote Reflects Recent Scientific Findings on Fluoridation’s Risks
Portland, Oregon, the largest U.S. city without fluoridation chemicals added to its drinking water, rejected water fluoridation Tuesday in an election watched around the country. Despite being outspent by more than a 3 to 1 margin, fluoridation opponents defeated the measure with the current vote count at 60.5 to 39.4%. The latest polling showed especially [...]
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Portland fluoride: For the fourth time since 1956, Portland voters reject fluoridation
Fluoride supporters, it appeared, had everything going for them. Five Portland city commissioners had voted to add fluoride to the city water supply. Health advocacy groups, and many of the city’s communities of color, lined up behind the cause. And proponents outraised opponents 3-to-1. But none of that was enough. For the fourth time since [...]
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Pro-fluoride group concedes – Voters reject fluoridation in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. – Early returns Tuesday night showed voters rejecting fluoridating Portland’s water 60 percent to 40 percent. And just before 9 p.m., the pro-fluoride group Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland conceded it would not win its battle to get fluoride added to the city’s water. Get the latest results for this measure. But the campaign [...]
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A brief history of America’s fluoride wars
The fluoridation war is alive in Portland, Ore. The city is one of the few major American cities that does not fluoridate its water supply. It is now in the middle of a heated battle about whether to change that. While the Portland City Council voted last fall to reverse policy and begin fluoridating the [...]
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Portland: With ballots being counted tonight, more money flows into pro-fluoride campaign
The long-running reality show known as Measure 26-151, which would require the fluoridation of Portland’s water supply, draws to a close today. Ballots are due at Multnomah County elections or official ballot drop spots by 8 pm this evening. Filings today show that the Northwest Health Foundation contributed another $30,000 to the pro-fluoride campaign, Healthy [...]
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Portland: New emails reveal direct involvement by state agency in pro-fluoride campaign
Clean Water Portland Calls for Investigation of Improper Collaboration PORTLAND, May 20 – Newly uncovered emails from the Oregon Health Authority show direct collaboration between key OHA staff and Healthy Kids Healthy Portland to shape strategy and messages for the campaign to add fluoridation chemicals to Portland’s tap water. The emails, obtained by Clean Water [...]
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Gift of salt for Czech research program
A Czech nuclear research institute has received a shipment of fluoride salt from the US Department of Energy. The ?ež research institute is conducting studies into the use of the salt as a coolant in high-temperature nuclear reactors. The provision of such raw materials is provided for under a memorandum of understanding signed by the [...]
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Portland Fluoridation Vote Reignites Debate
Voters in Portland, Ore., will decide tomorrow (May 21) whether the city will begin fluoridating its water. For weeks, residents have been contentiously debating water fluoridation, the addition of fluoride to public water supplies for the purpose of reducing cavities and tooth decay. Portland is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States [...]
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Watertown: Water Super Says Fluoride Can Be OK
Watertown water superintendent Mike Sligar is speaking out after an anti-fluoride author and chemist argued that fluoride in public water may be harmful to the public’s health. Dr. Paul Connett addressed city lawmakers last week, arguing that adding fluoride to drinking water may lower IQ scores, cause dental problems, and even cause cancer in some [...]
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Portland: Few voters have returned ballots so far
With one day to go before the May 21 special election, only around 22 percent of Multnomah County voters have returned their ballots. That’s well above the 11 percent that had voted at this point in the May 19, 2009, Special Election. Ultimately, only about 15 percent of county voters took part in that election. [...]
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