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Iowa: Pretium Packaging faces trouble
MUSCATINE, Iowa – District Court Judge Mary E. Howes has issued a temporary injunction against Pretium Packaging LLC which requires the Muscatine plant to temporarily stop performing its fluorine process. Judge Howes, of the 7th Judicial District of Iowa, set a hearing for permanent injunction for 1:30 p.m. Monday. “This Court finds sufficient evidence that […]
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Watsonville cited for failure to fluoridate
WATSONVILLE – The state Department of Public Health cited Watsonville on Thursday for failing to fluoridate its water supply. The citation comes seven months after the City Council put off signing a contract for a $2 million grant to pay for a fluoridation system and established a committee to continue negotiating the deal. “I was […]
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Walden OKs return of fluoride
Fluoride. It’s back in Walden. With one opposing vote, the Village Board of Walden approved the local law on fluoride at their meeting last week, returning the chemical to the water supply. Of course, as the village has seen ever since the topic first came up some months ago, it wasn’t that simple. The board […]
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Mount Gambier: Fluoride protest ends with vow to keep fighting
Alex Young ended his hunger strike against fluoridation of Mount Gambier’s water on Sunday after he offered to eat in return for cooperation from his supporters for the next stage of his campaign?—?a “people’s mandate” against the State Government. The crowd of around 100 people cheered for Mr Young to break his 17-day strike, with […]
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Napa City Council Rejects Grand Jury recommendation to Fluoridate its Water
This year’s grand jury wants the city of Napa to fluoridate its drinking water and combine its Public Works Department with Napa Sanitation District. Don’t hold your breath. Napa Sanitation District’s board of directors, headed by Mayor Jill Techel, flatly rejected the consolidation recommendation last week. Tuesday night the City Council nixed fluoridation. The grand […]
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Southampton Itchen MP John Denham calls for clarity over fluoridation
SOUTHAMPTON MP John Denham is calling on the Government to spell out its policy on fluoridation, once and for all. Mr Denham has written to Tory Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, asking him to explain whether the coalition is going to intervene in the controversial scheme to add the chemical to tap water supplies in Hampshire. […]
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Boyne Smelters in Gladstone moves to reduce emissions
A central Queensland aluminium smelter has acknowledged it needs to substantially reduce its emissions to meet tough new environmental guidelines. Boyne Smelters Ltd (BSL) in Gladstone has been told it needs to reduce fluoride emissions by 20 per cent and particulate emissions by 30 per cent to meet new licensing requirements by the Department of […]
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Sandpoint: Council vote to quit flouride hurts Sandpoint’s youth most
If there is one word that pushes buttons for Sandpoint residents these days, it is fluoride. After years of debate, the Sandpoint City Council voted 4-2 last month to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply. Council President John Reuter, one of the two dissenting members, said not only does he support keeping fluoride in […]
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McMinnville: Request for fluoridation referendum
Excerpt from city council meeting: * Heard a second request from resident Jo McIntyre to put a measure on the November ballot to have voters re-decide whether city water should be fluoridated. McIntyre, who opposes fluoridation, told the council that this would be an appropriate time to have voters reconsider the issue, because this year […]
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Wichita activists concerned about safety of drinking water
(WICHITA, Kan.) — You may have seen the signs or read on Twitter, there is poison in the tap water. That’s the message a group of Wichita activists are trying to get out. “We’re trying to shock people into the reality of what’s going on. We want to get them concerned enough to research on […]
United States, Kansas