{"id":11251,"date":"2013-05-22T05:53:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T09:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2013-05-22T05:53:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T09:53:58","slug":"is-portland-anti-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=11251","title":{"rendered":"Is Portland Anti-Science?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, Portland has ranked<\/a> as one of America’s greenest cities. While its eco-minded culture has been famously lampooned in Portlandia<\/a>, the city’s environmentally friendly reputation is well earned, as (Seattle-based) Grist<\/em> notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Portland\u2019s public transit system is\u00a0held up as a model for the country<\/a>. Per capita carbon emissions are\u00a0down 26 percent<\/a>\u00a0since 1990. Portland\u00a0consistently tops lists<\/a>\u00a0for most bike-friendly city. The city even has an\u00a0eco-pub<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http://www.amandasatoz.com/?page_id=1324 So how is it possible that the citizens of a city lauded for its ecological values, a place “where every day feels like Earth Day,” as one magazine has written<\/a>, can be so irrational about something that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)\u00a0calls<\/a> one of the ten greatest public health achievements of the 20th century?\u00a0I’m referring to the latest voter rejection<\/a>\u00a0by Portlanders of a measure to\u00a0fluoridate the city’s water.<\/p>\n

https://worklivelaos.com/icbc4/ Just so we’re clear: the scientific consensus on the benefits and safety of fluoridated water is well established, as Slate<\/em> recently laid out<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Diazepam Online Purchase Almost every credible national, state, and local health and science organization<\/a>\u2014private and public\u2014gives its blessing to optimal levels of water fluoridation: The American Medical Association, the American Dental Association, the Environmental Protection Agency, the World Health Organization, American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..They all agree that fluoridated water is perfectly safe and extremely effective at preventing tooth decay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Purchase Valium Online Portland’s anti-fluoridation history is a curious thing. Much of the United States accepts fluoridated water, though pockets of resistance have sprouted up<\/a>\u00a0in the last decade (helped by the internet, it seems).The Slate<\/em> piece<\/a>\u00a0gets at the reasons underlying Portland’s holdout:<\/p>\n

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https://growthjourneytherapy.com/specialties/ Almost everyone interviewed cited the same argument for the ferocity of the opposition, even in the face of near-universal scientific consensus about the safety and benefits of fluoridation: Portlanders\u2019 attachment to their status as one of the greenest big cities in America, a sense of identity tied up with a perceived link to an unsullied environment. (\u201cIndustrial byproducts don’t belong in our drinking water” is \u201cthe No. 1 reason\u201d that Clean Water Portland opposes fluoridation.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://castlehomecomfort.com/plumbing-repair/ This sentiment is fascinating. At its core is an\u00a0appeal to nature<\/a>\u00a0that mirrors the animating force of the anti-vaccine and anti-GMO movements. Unfortunately, that emotive power makes opponents of vaccines, GMOs, and fluoridated water impervious to science. I have argued<\/a> that this fetishizing of nature prevents a dominant wing of environmentalism from modernizing.<\/p>\n

Purchase Hydrocodone Online The citizens of Portland, despite their embrace of trailblazing sustainability and urban planning initiatives, remain wedded to some outdated philosophical concepts that put the city at odds with science. \u00a0A Portland politician quoted by Slate<\/em><\/a>\u00a0bemoans the fetish of fluoride opponents in his city:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis obsession with the quality of the water \u2026 There isn\u2019t anything new in [Clean Water Portland\u2019s] arguments,\u201d says Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D), who represents much of Portland and was in the state legislature during the late 1970s statewide fight over fluoride. \u201cSince then we\u2019ve had 30 years more experience, and we don\u2019t have people growing extra heads; the supposed dangers haven\u2019t materialized. It truly is not a science-based rational argument.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/smile-gallery/ https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/resources/ UPDATED: <\/strong>I’m rounding up articles and reactions on the Portland news. The AP<\/em> has a\u00a0write-up<\/a>, as does the Verge<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0A local station reports<\/a> that\u00a0“new battle lines may be drawn in the future.” \u00a0Scientific American<\/em> has an excellent piece<\/a>\u00a0called, “Why Portland is wrong about water fluoridation.” This post<\/a> asks how you can tell someone is from Portland?<\/p>\n

Valium 10Mg Buy Online The backyard chickens, the beard, the inability to pump gasoline. And perhaps we should add a lack of a full set of teeth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/specialisation/ Sarah Kliff at the Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The vote makes Portland one of the\u00a0largest American cities<\/a>\u00a0not to fluoridate its water supply, second only to San Jose. Over-under on when we\u2019ll have a Portlandia episode on the subject? I\u2019m guessing next season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://theroyalstagproperties.com/about/ **For additional reading, see my Discover<\/em> blogging colleague, George Johnson<\/a>, the Washingon Post’s<\/em>\u00a0Sarah Kliff<\/a>\u00a0at Wonkblog\u00a0and Steven Novella<\/a> at the Science-Based Medicine<\/em> blog.<\/p>\n

Ambien 10 Mg Price Some historical context: In 1955,\u00a0fluoridated water was considered by some to be part of a communist plot, along with the polio vaccine. Source for image\/Wikimedia commons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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