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Researcher wins award to to study urinary fluoride in pregnant women from Indiana University
Excerpt: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has awarded six recipients with IU President’s International Research Awards, President Michael A. McRobbie has announced. The projects — in areas such as global maternal health, refugee arrival infrastructure and moisture recycling — aim to make a difference in communities around the world and here at home, furthering high-impact […]
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Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemicals To Produce Cleaner-Burning Fuels With Honeywell’s Groundbreaking Alkylation Technology
Note from FAN: This article describes an alternative to the use of hydrofluoric acid in oil refineries. DES PLAINES, Ill., April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) UOP announced today that Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s ISOALKY™ ionic liquids alkylation technology to produce cleaner-burning motor fuels at its refinery complex […]
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Duluth: Events Saturday highlight climate, impacts of Husky explosion
A green energy summit in Duluth will be followed Saturday by a rally outside the Douglas County courthouse in Superior. Organizers of the rally noted it comes one year and a day after the Husky Energy oil refinery explosion that caused the evacuation of much of Superior. Northwoods 350, a group that professes a desire […]
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Kendall Jenner Makes Oral Care Stylish with the Launch of [fluoride-free] Moon
Kendall Jenner celebrated the launch of Moon on April 23rd with the brand’s founder, Sean Neff. The direct-to-consumer brand is sold online. Moon’s mission is to elevate oral care, making it a “beauty experience” — and its black packaging looks stylish. Jenner worked with Neff to co-create the Kendall Jenner Teeth Whitening Pen. The Kendall Jenner […]
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Fluoride Glasses
Definition: glasses made from compounds of fluorine e.g. with zirconium, aluminum or indium German: Fluoridgläser Category: optical materials Fluoride glasses belong to the non-oxide glasses, made from compounds of fluorine with zirconium, for example (fluorozirconate glass), or with aluminum (fluoroaluminate glasses). They can also contain various other heavy metals like lead. There are also indium […]
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INSIGHT: Agency Regulation of PFAS Must Balance Costs, Benefits
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent a large group of synthetic chemicals that have been in use since the 1940s in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products. While PFAS can take different forms, their common characteristic is the presence of multiple fluorine atoms. The carbon–fluorine bond is the strongest chemical bond in organic […]
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EPA urged to update petroleum refinery safety rules
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review its existing hydrofluoric acid study to determine the effectiveness of existing regulations and the viability of utilizing inherently safer alkylation technologies in petroleum refineries. “In the last 4 years, the CSB has investigated two refinery incidents where […]
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Chemical Safety Board Calls On EPA To Update Hydrofluoric Acid Study In Wake Of Husky Fires
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revisit a 1993 study on hydrofluoric acid in the wake of an explosion and series of fires at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior last year. Kristen Kulinowski, the CSB’s interim executive, said the agency should examine existing regulations and […]
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Ocala. Editorial: Fluoride debate demands skepticism
There seems to be little argument that fluoridation of public water supply is one of the greatest public health success stories of the past three-quarters of a century — except in Ocala City Hall. The city’s water resources chief, Sean Lanier, has a different take. Lanier recently recommended the city stop adding fluoride to its […]
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Española: City Committee Approves Nitrate Filtration System
A panel with oversight authority of the city of Española’s water system has approved a plan to purchase a $113,000 nitrate filtration system to be installed on a city-owned well, with further commitments to buy a second system that would remove fluoride from a second well. Tony Granger, a sales engineer for Albuquerque-based Hennesy Mechanical […]
United States, New Mexico