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# An Inconvenient Tooth - Fluoride Documentary
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/fluoride_documentary_0923121146/
- Published: 2012-09-25T00:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T18:37:50.000Z
- Description: Portland's City Council approved fluoridating the water supply on September 12 despite opposition from a clear majority of residents. The item also notes New Zealand's Royal Society dropping fluoridation from its work program and citizen pressure in Cornwall, Canada and Phoenix, Arizona.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Sci-Tech, #vivvo-import

- On September 12, the City Council of Portland, Oregon approved the plan to add fluoride to the water supply, despite opposition from a clear majority of the residents
- The debate about water fluoridation has heated up on multiple fronts, and discussions have finally spilled into the media. In September, Dr. Paul Connett debated a forced-fluoridation lobbyist
- In New Zealand, the Council of the Royal Society made a sudden about-face, declaring it would not include water fluoridation in its current work program after initially issuing a call for relevant research to be included in a new risk-benefit analysis
- Citizens in Cornwall, Canada, and Phoenix, Arizona are currently pressuring their city councils to re-evaluate the issue of water fluoridation
- from mercola.com