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Louisiana: Fluoride Emission Standards for Phosphate Fertilizer Plants
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This regulation is currently in effect Louisiana SIP [State Implementation Plan]: LAC 33:III Ch 23 Subchap C, §2305–Phosphate Fertilizer Plants, §2305 Fluoride Emission Standards for Phosphate Fertilizer Plants; SIP effective 1989-05-08 (LAc49) Regulatory Text: Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Part III Air (LAC 33:III) Chapter 23. Control of […]
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20 Louisiana water systems receive CDC award for water fluordiation
Well-Ahead Louisiana, an initiative of the Louisiana Department of Health, is pleased to announce that the following water systems have made a commitment to improving the oral health of Louisianans, and have been awarded the 2016 Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This award recognizes communities that […]
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City of Sulphur re-introduces fluoride to water system
Excerpts: … The City just re-introduced Fluoride into its system today, to meet a state requirement. Many Sulphur residents are concerned about re-establishing Fluoride in their drinking water, but medical experts are certain it’s not harmful especially with such low quantities in the water. The City of Sulphur was already feeding fluoride until the age […]
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Louisiana’s water fluoride treatment initiative has fallen flat due to lack of funding
On July 6, 2008, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed Act No. 761 into law. Known as the Louisiana Community Water Fluoridation Act, the legislation mandated that water systems with over 5,000 connections throughout the state add fluoride to their water supply with the purpose of protecting Louisianans’ dental health. “This was a fairly significant statement by […]
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Louisiana’s fluoride flop
On July 6, 2008, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed Act No. 761 into law. Known as the Louisiana Community Water Fluoridation Act, the legislation mandated that water systems with over 5,000 connections throughout the state add fluoride to their water supply with the purpose of protecting Louisianans’ dental health. “This was a fairly significant statement by the […]
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More than 60 percent of Louisiana residents still without access to fluoridated water
Seven years after the state mandated communities with more than 5,000 population to fluoridate their water systems, more than 60 percent of Louisiana’s residents still do not have fluoride in their drinking water. The state legislature passed the Community Water Fluoridation Act in 2008. But the mandate is conditional on the state providing funds for […]
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Fluorogypsum: Old base materials causing cracks in resurfaced roads
GONZALES — Only months after being widened and resurfaced earlier this year, a new 350-foot section of Roddy Road in Ascension Parish began cracking and heaving. Looking like what happens to corn bread freshly baked in the oven, the cracks marred what was otherwise a welcome $1.85 million investment to a one-mile stretch of a […]
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Honeywell Announces $208 Million In Louisiana Projects
Gov. Bobby Jindal and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies President and CEO Andreas Kramvis have announced that Honeywell will invest $208 million in new manufacturing projects at its four production sites in Louisiana. The projects in Baton Rouge (two sites), Shreveport and Geismar will retain 698 existing jobs and create 42 new direct jobs. LED […]
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EPA fines Louisiana phosphoric acid manufacter to reduce hydrogen fluoride emissions
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced that PCS Nitrogen has agreed to reduce air emissions from phosphoric acid production at its facility in Geismar, La. “Reducing pollution from mining and mineral processing operations is one of EPA’s national enforcement initiatives because these facilities release more […]
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Guest column: Water bills should have fluoridation warning labels
Louisiana blindly passed a law in 2008 ordering every community of more than 5,000 to add fluoride to drinking water to reduce tooth decay in poor families. The American Dental Association initially supported fluoridation but over the years scientists, doctors and dentists have warned (sodium) “fluoride” is actually a hazardous waste taken from the scrubbers […]
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