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Florida Phosphate Gypsum Stacks Display Severe Environmental Impacts
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has broad concerns about Florida’s phosphate industry and the hazardous waste they leave behind in the form of huge “gypstacks”. The EPA finds radiation in the form of gamma radiation from these dangerous waste dumps. Gypsum Stacks One of EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) primary concerns with phosphate mines in Florida […]
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Fluoride debate returning to Port Orange at Nov. 17 workshop
PORT ORANGE — Officials have returned to the debate about fluoride in city water. They are, however, no closer to discontinuing the practice of adding it than they were the last few times they’ve considered options for the chemical. Next week, the council will revisit the subject again at a workshop and will gather information […]
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Editorial. Inverness City council makes right decision on fluoridation
OUR OPINION: A good decision. During its last meeting, the Inverness City Council was presented with a staff recommendation to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water, but after hearing from dental professionals, decided against the proposal. The most important benefit of adding fluoride to water is that it helps promote dental health and reduce […]
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Inverness to weigh continued fluoridation of water
INVERNESS — City council members will decide tonight if they want to discontinue adding fluoride to the city’s public water supply. Inverness followed the lead of many cities in the past several decades and introduced fluoride to its water in the late 1980s. It was seen as a way to help prevent tooth decay. However, […]
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Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste
Note from FAN: Mosaic supplies fluoridation chemicals to communities across the U.S. from their operations in Florida. This photo, taken Thursday, shows Mosaic Fertilizer’s phosphate mine operation off U.S. 41 near Riverview. LUIS SANTANA | Times Mosaic Fertilizer, the world’s largest phosphate mining company, has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle a federal […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Report details training, equipment problems of fumigator being sued by poisoned Palm City family
MARTIN COUNTY — The termite control company that fumigated a Palm City house where three family members later got sick, one seriously, had poorly maintained devices for checking that the house was clear for people to enter afterward, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. State investigators concluded that of Sunland Pest […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Florida boy hospitalized after termite fumigation at family’s home
PALM CITY, Fla. – The family of a 9-year-old boy plans to sue a pest control company. The family believes Terminix is to blame for an illness that sent 9-year-old Peyton McCaughey to the hospital. Bill Williams, the family attorney, says after the fumigation several weeks ago, the family returned to their home. Within hours, […]
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Eustis decides to continue water fluoridation
Expert after expert implored city commissioners to continue adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water, brushing aside concerns raised by a resident about potential health hazards. State Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, was one of the speakers last week representing “my dear profession of dentistry.” He said he was “appalled” at the suggestion that the city […]
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CDC awards Manatee County for excellence in community water fluoridation
MANATEE — Manatee County has been awarded for its excellence in community water fluoridation. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the county a Water Fluoridation Quality Award for 2013. Community water fluoridation is the “precise adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective in preventing cavities,” according to a […]
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Palatka says no to fluoride in water
Palatka city commissioners voted unanimously to keep additional fluoride out of the city’s drinking water. Palatka Water Plant Superintendent Melvin Register recommended the city not approve a request for community water fluoridation Thursday, and commissioners stood behind the staff recommendation. “The chemical is unnecessary and was an expense we cut back on when we were […]
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