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Students step in where government fears to tread
Thirty college sophomores have set out to do what a slew of government schemes promised but failed — root out the seeds of water contamination in Nagaon and Karbi Anglong. Ever since arsenic and fluoride were found in the ground water along the Nagaon-Karbi Anglong border nearly a decade ago, thousands of villagers have been […]
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Cameco layoffs finalized
PORT HOPE – Although the cuts are not as deep as initially projected, 51 Cameco Corporation employees were given layoff notices this week, effective immediately. Cameco spokesman Dough Prendergast said 43 hourly employees are now on temporary layoff and nine salaried employee positions have been permanently eliminated as of Dec. 10, after the UF6 plant […]
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Digging up Boyne Smelters dodgy past
INDUSTRY has lied by omission to dupe the local community about their environmental credentials, according to eco-campaigner Ian Woodhouse and Friday’s discovery of a contaminated site at the Boyne Smelters (BSL) site was proof. Waste material dating from the 1980s, including used carbon anodes containing fluorides, was uncovered last week during preliminary earthworks for the […]
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Russellville: Health officials urge city to keep fluoride
A group of dentists, along with public health, pediatric and dental experts from Birmingham and Montgomery, met with members of the water board Tuesday to petition that fluoride not be removed from the city’s water. Doug Clement, Russellville Water Board manager, recommended in September that the board remove fluoride, a chemical added to drinking water […]
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Nottingham: City asks for fluoride-in-water report
HEALTH chiefs have commissioned a study into whether fluoride should be put into Nottingham’s water to improve children’s teeth. Nottingham is one of the worst areas in the country for tooth decay. Mansfield, Ashfield and Bassetlaw, have seen a drop in tooth decay since fluoride was put into the water supply. But the presence of […]
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Contract for Hogenakkal project to be finalised soon
CHENNAI: The contract, covering a major component of the Rs. 1,334-crore Hogenakkal water supply and fluorosis mitigation project, is likely to be settled shortly. The component covers the construction of head-works and two master balancing reservoirs in addition to the establishment of water treatment plant of the capacity of 160 million litres a day (MLD). […]
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Fluoride nod for Eurobodalla water supply
The New South Wales Government has given the green light to a controversial decision to fluoridate the Eurobodalla water supply. Moves to introduce the tooth decay fighting chemical began last year after representations by the Australian Dental Association and the Health Department in response to a reported low standard of dental and oral health in […]
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Halton: Fluoride debate deferred again
An impassioned plea from a councillor was not enough to make regional health committee members postpone, for up to two years, the ongoing debate on whether to remove fluoride from Halton’s drinking water. “I fear council is expected to make a judgment on evidence that only staff can understand,” said Burlington Regional Councillor John Taylor […]
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Conway: Fluoridation delayed until January
Conway’s drinking water has been without fluoride since the catastrophic failure of a water line at Conway Corp.’s Roger Q. Mills Jr. Water Treatment Plant over a year ago. Conway Corp, the city-owned utility service, did not publicly acknowledge the lack of fluoride until July, when a state official pointed out a Conway Corp. memo […]
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Russellville: City looking at fluoride-free water
A quick look The issue: The Russellville Water Board wants to remove fluoride from the city’s water system. What’s new: Four Russellville dentists have voiced objection to the proposal, saying fluoride helps strengthen teeth. What’s next: The Russellville Water Board will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the issue. The Russellville Water Board’s plan […]
United States, Alabama