May 13, 2013

Yes on 26-151: The Safe, Effective Solution To Our Dental Health Crisis

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How to start saving money

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Why it is important to start saving

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How much money should I save?

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What percentege of my income should go to savings?

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Oregon is in the midst of a dental health crisis that is threatening our children’s health and educational success. One third of Oregon children have tooth decay, and that rate is even higher in communities of color, and in many of our Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The solution is a combination of education, better access to dental care, and fluoridated water.


For many of our communities, particularly immigrants and refugees, our children face rampant dental decay. This has lifelong consequences. Asian and Pacific Islander children face a real disparity, with fewer than 15 percent visiting a dentist by age two. Our children who have cavities and are in pain miss more school days on average, have trouble eating and speaking, and have life-long health issues and costs. Dental decay is expensive for individual families, accounts for 30 percent of all healthcare costs for children, and drives up healthcare costs for everyone. And yet it is 100 percent preventable.


APANO, the Coalition of Communities of Color, the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon, and over 90 institutions and community groups have joined with every major health care organization in the country, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the National Institutes of Health, in recognizing that fluoridation is safe and effective. It’s the best way to ensure that every child, regardless of race, ethnicity or income, has access to the most important cavity-prevention measure.


Studies have shown that fluoridated water reduces dental decay by 30 percent. In the last 40 years, there have been more than 3,700 studies of its safety and effectiveness. Fluoridated water has been used for more than 65 years by hundreds of millions of Americans, and currently 74% percent of Americans drink it every day. It also saves us money: For every $1 spent fluoridating water, a community can expect to save $38 in dental costs.


The Healthy Kids Healthy Portland Coalition has formed to say that Oregon’s dental health crisis is not acceptable for our children and that fluoridating Portland’s water is the right investment to make now for our children’s health and educational success, for social justice and for economic prosperity. We the undersigned community, health and business leaders urge you to vote yes on May 21st to ballot measure 26-151.


Learn more at FluorideFactsPortland.com


Signatories (affiliations listed for identification purposes only)




  2. Kathy Delumpa Allegri, Allegri Wine & Art Gallery


  5. Marcelo Bonta, Environmental Professionals of Color and the Center for Diversity and the Environment


  8. Ronault LS Catalani, Attorney


  11. Lee Po Cha - IRCO Asian Family Center


  14. Jennifer Chang, MPH


  17. Jeannette Pai-Espinosa


  20. Vui Talitu Dr. Toeutu Faaleava, Samoa Pacific Development Corporation


  23. Anuradha Jairam, Program Coordinator, Family And Community Empowerment (FACE) a program of MESO


  26. Rujuta Goankar, MPH


  29. Dr. Gregory Garcia, MD


  32. Dr. Melissa Goebel, Internal Medicine, Legacy Health Systems


  35. Rujuta Gaonkar, MPH


  38. Dr. Jessica Gregg, Associate Professor of Medicine, OHSU


  41. Helena Huang, NW Health Foundation


  44. Dr. Cyrus Lee, President, Chinese American Citizens Alliance - Portland Lodge


  47. Dr. Junghee Lee, Social Work, Portland State University


  50. Jaime Lim, Asian Reporter Publisher


  53. Jason Lim, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon


  56. Evelyn Liu, Phoenix Lotus


  59. Julia Markley, Attorney


  62. Dr. Connie Masuoka, Dentist


  65. Kim Nguyen, Interpretation/Translation Services, Portland Public Schools.


  68. Thach Nguyen, Multnomah County Juvenile Court Services.


  71. Dr. Connie Nguyen-Truong, Researcher, OHSU School of Nursing


  74. Suk Rhee, Northwest Health Foundation


  77. Gauri Rajbaidya, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  80. Christine Chin Ryan, President, Synergy Consulting, Inc.


  83. Aimee Santos-Lyons, Western States Center


  86. Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  89. Betsy Tam Salter, Multnomah County Democrats


  92. Jeff Selby, former JACL President


  95. June Arima Schumann, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  98. Ping Khaw Sutherland


  101. Carol Suzuki, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  104. Elizabeth Takahashi, MPH


  107. Dr. Dennis Tan, MD


  110. Simon Tam, The Slants and PACE Foundation


  113. Tuyen Tran, MPA-HA


  116. Dr Thuy Tran, Rose City Vision Care, Parkrose School Board


  119. Lillian Tsai, TsaiComms LLC


  122. Sandy Tsuneyoshi, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  125. Dr. Farzin Turk, Dentist


  128. Dr. Anselmo Villanueva, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  131. Joseph Wahl, former President, Oregon Buddhist Temple


  134. Khalid Wahab, JD MPH, Former Chair Oregon Environmental Justice Task Force


  137. Mari Watanabe, Oregon Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs


  140. Bing Wong


  143. Byron Wong, Thymos and Bigwowo.com


  146. Hyeyoung Woo, Sociology, Portland State University


  149. Dr. Phil Wu, Kaiser


  152. Jean Yamamoto, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon


  155. Helen Ying, Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance Portland Lodge


  158. Julie Yu, MD

  160. Justin Yuen, Small Business Owner

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