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Fluoride headed for Quirindi water
Overview: The Liverpool Plains Shire Council is considering fluoridation of the public water supply. A consultation process will take place in the coming months. NSW offered to fund the feasibility study and the Liverpool Plains Shire Council has accepted the offer. The timing is good as the Quipolly Water Project is underway. *Listen to full […]
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Rajasthan: Release additional budget for safe drinking water: CM Vasundhara Raje
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has demanded NITI Aayog to release additional budget for Rajasthan to tide through scarcity of safe drinking water. She also repeated her demand of declaring Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP), a national project which envisaged to meet the water needs of 13 districts. Raje was addressing the 4th NITI Aayog Governing […]
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Delhi: Thirsty forever, Sangam Vihar angry that water woes still persist
NEW DELHI: Sangam Vihar, one of the biggest unauthorised colonies in the capital, is facing a major water crisis this summer. The scarcity of water is forcing many residents to use illegal borewells or a makeshift motor, often leading to disputes and even scuffles. On Thursday night, such a dispute killed a resident. When TOI […]
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Republican State Convention in San Antonio supports banning fluoridation in Texas
The following was passed at the Republican State Convention in San Antonio that ended today: 245. Fluoride in Water Supply: The Republican Party of Texas supports banning the fluoridation of the Texas water supply. See http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/tx-gop.platform.june_.2018.pdf
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Toxic Secrets: The town that 3M built – where kids are dying of cancer
Katie Jurek was 19 years old when she was told the osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, had returned. She could amputate her leg or die within three months. For the teenager with a contagious smile, love of fashion and a determined streak from the state of Minnesota in America’s upper mid-west, it was […]
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New modified iron trifluoride intercalation-conversion cathode could triple energy density
A collaboration led by scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the US Army Research Lab have developed and studied a new cathode material—a modified and engineered form of iron trifluoride (FeF3)—that could triple the energy density of lithium-ion battery electrodes. Their open-access paper is […]
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Liverpool Plains Shire Council will investigate adding fluoride to its regional water supply
Liverpool Plains Shire Council (LPSC) will consider fluoridation of the local water supply. Council has resolved to begin an investigation process, which will involve extensive community consultation. It comes after NSW Health contacted the council urging it to consider fluoridation of the regional water supply and offering it’s support to do so, including the provision of design […]
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Superior: City officials need to act
In the six weeks since the Husky Refinery disaster, Superior citizens have questions about their safety and the role of the Husky Refinery in Superior moving forward. Silence from the city council has done nothing to answer these questions. It should be noted that the Husky Refinery disaster has not been on the agenda of […]
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Franklin General Authority votes to terminate fluoride services
Franklin General Authority members unanimously voted Tuesday to terminate fluoride services within the city’s water system. The vote followed an incident in February when elevated levels of the acidic chemical were discovered in some residents’ water in the Third Ward, Oak Hill and Rocky Grove areas. Residents went without drinkable water for several weeks after […]
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Teeth bared as anti-flouridation campaign heats up
The NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, has rejected calls to force towns like Oberon and Byron Bay to fluoridate drinking water, saying consultation was more effective than forcing compliance with a “baseball bat”. Mr Hazzard said local and state governments had a “duty of care to try to win the debate,” and convince councils to […]
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