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Texas City Refinery Explosion Verifies Need for Safer Chemicals
Hazardous chemicals at BP Amoco’s Texas City refinery exploded early Wednesday afternoon, March 23, killing 14 and injuring over 100. The massive explosion also destroyed buildings and vehicles, and shook residents’ homes up to five miles away. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time this facility has released hazardous chemicals into the community. Over the course […]
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Anti-fluoride stand backed
CHICOPEE – Aldermen are being asked to reject a state proposal that would fluoridate Chicopee’s water supply. The Public Safety Committee voted Monday against the state Legislature’s Oral Health Bill, which would overturn current law allowing communities to vote on fluoridating their water. “We wanted to go on record as being against it,” said At-large […]
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Health board in U-turn on fluoride plan
GLASGOW’S health board has done a U-turn on its push to put fluoride in the water supply after learning it will have no support from the Scottish Executive. NHS Greater Glasgow agreed to take no action on fluoride as it published its strategy to improve the city’s dire tooth decay record. The move follows Deputy […]
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Fluoridation measure passes House, moves on to Senate
SALEM – The Oregon House passed a bill on Monday requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water – unless they don’t have the money to do so. About 20 percent of Oregonians drink fluoridated water. The bill passed by the House would apply to Eugene, Springfield, Portland, Medford, […]
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Bill to require fluoride in water passes House
The Oregon House on Monday passed a bill requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water, but it allows them a way out if they don’t have the money. The bill passed by a 36-22 vote. About 20 percent of Oregonians drink fluoridated water. Salem is one of the […]
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Fluoride fracas: State should keep paddle out of our pond
A person would have to have been living in a cave in these parts not to know that fluoridation is a controversial issue in Texarkana. So state Rep. Steve Harrelson’s actions on a bill to require fluoridation in Arkansas municipal water supplies seem murky. Harrelson knew Arkansas-side residents were opposed to fluoridation, yet he voted […]
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Orissa villagers demand shutdown of polluting NALCO plant
[India News]: Anngal (Orissa), Mar.18 : Residents of several villages in Orissa’s Anngal district have launched a series of protests in the area over the hardships that they are facing due to the pollution coming out from a factory run by the public sector National Aluminum Company (NALCO). Residents of at least five villages adjoining […]
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Doctors, citizens clash over fluoride
SPRINGFIELD – The debate about water fluoridation before the city’s Public Health Council this week was a case of dueling doctors and clashing citizens. Each side was armed with its own interpretation of the science underlying whether the treatment of water with fluoride – a form of the element, fluorine, which occurs naturally in the […]
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Town board’s anti-fluoride vote called hard to swallow
In a move that may leave a bitter taste with many, the North Attleboro Board of Health has ordered officials to stop putting fluoride in the town’s water supply. North Attleboro residents voted to fluoridate the water in 2000. Earlier this week, the Board of Health voted 2-1 to halt fluoridation. “I don’t want to […]
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NA vote bans fluoride
NORTH ATTLEBORO — In an apparent stealth move, the board of health voted Tuesday to halt fluoridation of the town’s water supply. The board also acted in disregard of an opinion two years ago from Town Counsel Robert Bliss that it does not have the statutory authority to supersede a November 2000 ballot question in […]
United States, Massachusetts