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Arsenic, fluoride-free wards by March ’19, says minister
PATNA: The public health and engineering department (PHED) has said all the 5,635 wards of the 896 panchayats, where drinking water has been found to be affected by arsenic or fluoride poisoning, will be freed from the contaminations by March 31 next year. State PHED minister Vinod Narayan Jha said the department has initiated the […]
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Uranium Hexafluoride Contamination Class Action Filed
A class action federal lawsuit has been filed in Metropolis, Illinois, against Honeywell International for uranium hexafluoride (U6). The federal complaint alleges that “Exposure to this radioactive and toxic mixture in the environment through human pathways can cause grave bodily injury and has created a need for a mitigation/abatement program to protect the public from […]
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MassDEP offers takeback program for toxic firefighting foam
BOSTON — State officials are asking local fire departments to take inventory of any stockpiles of toxic firefighting foam that might still be in their possession. A funded take-back program will send a contractor to dispose of any pre-2003 foam which contain perfluorinated compounds. The compounds, known as PFOA and PFOS, have contaminated groundwater and […]
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Solar energy: Mixed anion compounds with ‘fluorine’ works as new photocatalytic material
Summary: Scientists have shown that an oxyfluoride is capable of visible light-driven photocatalysis. The finding opens new doors for designing materials for artificial photosynthesis and solar energy research. Full Story: Scientists in Japan have shown that an oxyfluoride is capable of visible light-driven photocatalysis[1]. The finding opens new doors for designing materials for artificial photosynthesis […]
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Polymer solar cell hopes to claim new record?
By carefully tailoring the electronic properties and side-chain structure of a polymer, researchers have made one of the best performing organic solar cells yet. In tests in the lab, the polymer solar cell converts 14.2% of the energy in sunlight into an electrical current. If certified by one of the gold standard agencies for accrediting […]
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Sterlite: Indian police accused of killing at least 11 protesters
Demand for investigation after demonstrators shot protesting against copper smelter pollution in southern India. Rights groups and residents demanded an investigation after police in southern India opened fire and killed at least 11 people during a protest over alleged environmental pollution by a UK-owned copper smelter. Tensions were high in the Indian city of Thoothukudi on […]
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Children’s Fluoride Exposures Linked to Later Life Disease?
NEW YOR – “[F]luoride exposures in early life could influence or originate the root-cause of certain diseases in later life,” write researchers in The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry (5/2018), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) Nakamoto and Rawls, from the Health Sciences Centers of Louisiana State University and the […]
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Regulator may limit fluoride content in toothpaste
New Delhi: Your child may love the bubble gum-flavoured toothpaste, but the high fluoride content may actually be harmful. In light of the risks associated with excess fluoride in toothpaste, the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has agreed to amend the rules governing fluoride use in a meeting held on 16 May. DTAB has decided […]
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Houston: Fate of fluoride will be decided by voters
City voters in November will decide whether to continue the fluoridation of water — a move derided by it supporters and praised by those who want to end the practice started 17 years ago. The Houston City Council unanimously voted Monday night to place the issue on the Nov. 7 ballot. The six members could […]
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Oberon: Two towns are 48kms apart. One has twice as much tooth decay
For 40 years, dental therapist Jennifer James has had the “unique experience” of treating children in Bathurst, which has fluoride in its water, and 48 kilometres away in Oberon, which doesn’t. “The difference out here working is that you see twice as much tooth decay in children, twice as many fillings, twice as many extractions. […]
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