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Fluoride to be added to City of Wilmington water this week
The city received an Ohio Department of Health grant of $86,417.17 — plus an interest-free loan from Ohio EPA — to support implementation of fluoridation. WILMINGTON — The City of Wilmington will begin adding fluoride to its drinking water on Thursday, Feb. 25. It will take about three days for fluoridated water to reach all […]
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PM Jacinda Ardern promises to deliver two key solutions to New Zealand’s dental health ‘epidemic’
Watch: PM Jacinda Ardern promises to deliver two key solutions to New Zealand’s dental health ‘epidemic’. Fluoride could soon be added to most of the country’s drinking water, with the Prime Minister promising to pass a Bill that’s been on hold for nearly four years. It came alongside another dental promise on Wednesday: giving preschoolers […]
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After receiving 350 public comments, DEQ “withdraws” from proposed Special Order by Consent with Alcoa
Alcoa/Badin Business Park violated its discharged permit limits for cyanide and fluoride leaving Outfall 005, which flows into Little Mountain Creek. The creek ultimately connects with Lake Tillery, a drinking water reservoir, about six miles downstream. Alcoa had proposed pumping the contaminated water to Outfall 012, where cyanide and fluoride will flow into Badin Lake. The company […]
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Dental experts slam Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s decision on fluoride community poll as “baseless”
Australian Dental Association of NSW (ADA NSW) president Dr Kathleen Matthews. THE Australian Dental Association of NSW (ADA NSW) has called on Port Macquarie-Hastings Council to scrap a community poll on water fluoridation saying it is “baseless” and goes against expert health advice… *A subscription is needed to read the full article at https://www.portnews.com.au/story/7137024/dental-experts-slam-council-decision-on-fluoride-poll-as-baseless/
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Residents Lose Bid for Gas Restrictions at Site of Refinery Fire
Neighbors can’t show ongoing threats, so injunction denied But may proceed as class to determine liability from 2018 incident A federal district court judge allowed a Wisconsin refinery to continue using a hazardous chemical despite nearby residents’ concerns about the potential for an accidental release. The residents, who had been evacuated from their homes after […]
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Environment Minister David Parker slams Tiwai Point smelter’s stockpiling of hazardous waste
The Government tried to get Tiwai Point aluminium smelter to clean up toxic waste at its Southland site but failed. Environment Minister David Parker admitted this today in slamming New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, saying he was “incredibly frustrated” at the “uncooperative” company. RNZ yesterday revealed the smelter at Bluff has stockpiled 106,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced […]
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Tiwai Point smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near Bluff beach
The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Photo / NZH The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter at Bluff has stockpiled more than 100,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced hazardous waste less than 100 metres from a fast-eroding Southland beach. The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste, despite international industry guidelines it has signed up to […]
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State denies Alcoa’s Special Order by Consent to discharge contaminants into Badin Lake
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has denied Alcoa’s Special Order by Consent to discharge contaminants, including cyanide and fluoride, into Badin Lake. “The Badin Business Park SOC, as drafted, will not move forward,” DEQ spokesperson Anna Gurney said in an emailed statement to the Stanly News & Press. “We are in active conversations […]
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Does community water fluoridation affect IQ? No.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The following article is pure propaganda generated by fluoridation promoters. Smile Spokane, the group spearheading the fluoridation of the city of Spokane, is affiliated with Better Health Together that published this article. Our response to their misinformation: • The New Zealand paper cited by Broadbent et al. As recognized by […]
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NAMIBIA: Eenhana acquires a groundwater defluorination plant
The Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater), the public company responsible for water management, has just commissioned a reservoir as well as a groundwater defluorination plant in Eenhana, in the Ohangwena region of Namibia. The entire works cost N$29.6 million (more than US$2 million). The city of Eenhana, in the Ohangwena region of Namibia, is becoming self-sufficient […]
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