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| ANTI-fluoride petitions Portland's City Hall. (APphoto/DRyan) |
Portland Again Rejects Fluoride in Bitter VoteStays biggest city in US without fluoridation
By Rob Quinn,
Newser Staff
Posted May 22, 2013 4:52 AM CDT
The good voters of Portland, Ore., have once again rejected plans to add fluoride to their water to combat tooth decay, keeping it the biggest American city without fluoridation. The city voted 60% to 40% to stay fluoride-free last night, the fourth such rejection since 1956, Oregonian. Fluoridation passed a vote in 1978, but the decision was overturned two years later before any fluoride was added to the water, the AP reports.
The good voters of Portland, Ore., have once again rejected plans to add fluoride to their water to combat tooth decay, keeping it the biggest American city without fluoridation. The city voted 60% to 40% to stay fluoride-free last night, the fourth such rejection since 1956, Oregonian. Fluoridation passed a vote in 1978, but the decision was overturned two years later before any fluoride was added to the water, the AP reports.
More
than $1 million was spent during a bad-tempered campaign that saw both
sides accusing the other of sign-stealing and using junk science.
Opponents of fluoridation argued that its effects on the body might not
be fully understood. "I don't want chemicals in my water," one woman
said after voting. "I know that there are really no known health risks
with it, but there's a lot of things we find out later in life really do
have health risks."
Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation, STEVEN DUBOIS, AP foreign,
With more than 80 percent of the expected ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 percent.
Mayor Charlie Hales supported fluoridation and said "the measure lost despite my own 'yes' vote.
"That's sure disappointing, but I accept the will of the voters," he said in a statement.
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Mr. Hales needs to be impeached, PETITIONS for a new leader that does not commit genocide, apartheid and thus, treason to We People Protected in our Bill of Rights' ~ U.S. Constitution COYOTE Howlin ~
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