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Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water
Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...
Tags: Tooth Decay, Fluoride, Metal, Kidney Disease, Elections
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Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...
Tags: Tooth Decay, Family, Fluoride, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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USC dental students treat patients in Kenya
L.A. NOWAbout 40 University of Southern California dental students recently returned from Kenya, where they ran a free dental clinic for local residents under the guidance of professors and a local dentist.... -
Jeffrey Beard sworn in as California's corrections secretary
PolitiCalJeffrey Beard, the former prisons chief of Pennsylvania, was sworn in Thursday morning as Gov. Jerry Brown's new corrections secretary. A spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Beard took his oath of... -
A simpler, fairer way to fund California's schools
Driving along Pacific Coast Highway, you can see the successive layers of earth and rock that have piled up over millions of years to create California's coastal landscape. You can see a similar but less attractive phenomenon if you look at the way...
Tags: Jerry Brown, University of California, Berkeley, Government, Environmental Issues, Teachers
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Dental care on a budget
Times are tough enough for Californians; they're even tougher for Californians' teeth. "One-quarter of all adults and 28% of children in California have untreated dental caries [cavities]," says Len Finocchio, a senior program officer at the California...Tags: University of Southern California, Tooth Decay, Harris Interactive Incorporated, Disasters and Accidents, Trials
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'Glee' recap: Brittany finds her inner Britney Spears
Show TrackerThree cheers for the Britney Spears episode! And an extra-loud Cheerios-style whoop for Brittany S. Pierce! I usually dread the musician-themed episodes of âGleeâ -- the music often feels forced and can derail the plot and compromise character in...
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