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Workers taken to hospital after hydrofluoric acid spill
NEW HOLLAND, Pa. — Two workers at a business in Lancaster County were taken to the hospital after a hazardous materials spill, firefighters said. Firefighters said the workers at Superior Plastic Products on Peters Road in New Holland were moving a 275-gallon tote of hydrofluoric acid. The tote was punctured and about a quarter of […]
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What city leaders think of fluoride in Coast water
GOLD Coast city leaders have revealed what they think about fluoride in the water supply five years after they were given the choice to remove it. *A subscription is needed to read the article at https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/
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Fluoridated water opponent to speak at Potsdam town meeting July 26
POTSDAM — One of the leading opponents of municipal water fluoridation will speak at the Potsdam Town Hall Community Room at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26. Dr. Paul Connett, formerly on the faculty at St. Lawrence University and now acting director of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), will present “Fifty Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation.” His […]
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Springfield OKs ballot measure seeking voter approval for fluoride
Springfield city commissioners voted Tuesday to move ahead with a proposal that would allow voters to decide whether to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. The vote Tuesday will allow the city to file the appropriate paper work with the Clark County Board of Elections putting the issue on the ballot, said Bryan Heck, […]
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Fluoride question will be on November ballot in Brooksville
BROOKSVILLE — Brooksville residents will decide in November whether the city will continue adding fluoride to their water supply, the City Council voted this week. The Council voted 3-2 to put the question to a vote after Mayor Betty Erhard questioned the expense of fluoridation and whether residents should be exposed to the substance without […]
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Water SOS to corporates
Patna: Bihar State Pollution Control Board chairman A.K. Ghosh on Tuesday said a corporate-government approach will be more effective in dealing with waterborne diseases here, stressing that it was their social responsibility. Ghosh said companies which manufacture water-purification devices should work for mass water-purification solutions as part of corporate social responsibility, going beyond the limited […]
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Oberon becomes one of the last NSW towns to fluoridate its water
One of the last remaining towns in New South Wales without fluoridation has decided to add it to its drinking water. The Oberon Council on the state’s central tablelands has voted five-to-three to add fluoride to the town’s supply after several months of heated debate and campaigning. It is one of eight local governments in […]
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Oberon fluoride: council meeting approves addition to water supply
A DIVISIVE community debate has ended, for now, after Oberon Council voted to allow fluoride to be added to the town’s water supply. But the peace might not last long as fluoridation opponents are already warning that the battle isn’t over. Oberon councillors voted 5-3 in favour of fluoridation at their ordinary meeting on Tuesday […]
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Sheridan Council decides not to put water fluoridation to public vote
City council held a public hearing on the fluoridation of the city’s water Monday and ultimately voted not to put the issue on November’s ballot or conduct a public survey on the issue. Council voted 4-2 not to pursue the issue further. Mayor Roger Miller and Councilor Thayer Schafer voted against the motion to take […]
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Tinci Materials to Use NEV Battery By-Products for Drugs, Pesticides
A unit of Tinci Materials Technology will seek uses for by-products that form while refining materials for new energy vehicles’ batteries. Jimute New Materials will construct production lines for by-products, such as photoinitiators, methyl acetate, trifluoroacetic acid, and sulfuryl fluoride, which appear while processing lithium hexafluorophosphate, the Guangzhou-based chemical manufacturer said in a statement yesterday. […]
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